2K Games

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legal form Take 2 Interactive subsidiary
founding January 25, 2005
Seat Novato , California , USA
management Christoph Hartmann (President)
David Ismailer ( COO )
Website www.2k.com

2K Games is one in January 2005 in Manhattan / New York based distribution label of computer games - Publishers Take 2 Interactive . The headquarters moved to Novato , California in 2007 .

Companies

2K Games comprises a total of three departments, 2K , 2K Sports and 2K Play . Full price games of all stripes (e.g. shooter, strategy), as well as sports games or casual games & edutainment software are sold under this name .

2K Games itself can be seen as the successor to Gathering of Developers , as 2K Games' first games should appear before Gathering, including, for example, Close Combat: First to Fight and Stronghold 2 .

2K Sports emerged from ESPN Video Games with the takeover of Visual Concepts and Kush Games. The 2K Play division , which was only founded in September 2007, emerged from Global Star Software , which was previously active as the casual games / low-price label Take 2 Interactives.

Internal development studios

2K Games
  • 2K China (founded in Shanghai and Hangzhou in mid-2006)
  • 2K Czech (formerly Illusion Softworks; acquired in January 2008)
  • 2K Marin (founded December 2007; includes developers from 2K Australia and formerly 2K Boston who split off due to differences with leader, Ken Levine); 2010 Renaming and incorporation of 2k Australia (previously Irrational Games) into 2k Marin.
  • Firaxis Games (acquired in November 2005)
  • Irrational Games (acquired in January 2006 with two development studios in Boston and Canberra (Australia); 2007 split into 2k Boston and 2k Australia, 2010 renaming of 2k Boston to Irrational Games)
  • Take-Two Licensing (formerly TDK Mediactive; part of Take 2 Interactive even before 2K Games was founded)
2K Sports
  • Kush Games
  • Power and Magic Development
  • Venom Games
  • Visual Concepts
2K Play

Closed development studios

  • Frog City Software (already part of Take 2 Interactive before 2K Games was founded; probably merged with Firaxis)
  • Indie Built ( sold to Take 2 by Microsoft in December 2004 ; closed at the end of April 2006)
  • PopTop Software (already part of Take 2 Interactive before 2K Games was founded; merged with Firaxis at the beginning of 2007)

Most employees were offered positions in other Take 2 studios. The merger of Frog City Software and Firaxis Games has never been officially confirmed, but is generally accepted: on the one hand by the discontinuation of the Snow project , on the other hand by the close connection between Frog City and PopTop Software and the fact that the studio's official website www.frogcity. com is no longer available.

Publications

2K games title
Surname developer publication Platforms
BioShock Irrational Games August 2007 Windows , X360
2K Marin October 2008 PS3
BioShock 2 2K Marin February 2010 Windows , PS3 , X360
BioShock Infinite Irrational Games March 2013 Windows , PS3 , X360
Borderlands Gearbox software October 2009 Windows , PS3 , X360
Borderlands 2 Gearbox software September 2012 Windows , PS3 , X360
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Headfirst Productions ,
Bethesda Softworks
October 2005 Xbox 1
CivCity: Rome Firefly Studios , Firaxis Games July 2006 Windows
Close Combat : First to Fight Destineer Studios ,
Atomic Games
April 2005 Windows , Xbox , OS X
Dungeon Siege II: Broken World Gas Powered Games August / September 2006 Windows
Dungeon Siege II: Deluxe Edition (contains Dungeon Siege II , the add-on and bonus material) Gas Powered Games December 2006 Windows
Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony SuperVillain Studios,
Gas Powered Games
January 2007 PSP
Family Guy - The Video Game! High voltage software October 2006 PS2 , PSP , Xbox
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 7 studios July 2007 PS2 , PS3 , X360 , NDS , Wii
Ghost rider Climax February 2007 PS2 , PSP , GBA
Jade Empire : Special Edition BioWare , LTI Gray Matter February 2007 Windows 2
Mafia II 2K Czech August 2010 Windows , PS3 , X360
Prey Human Head , 3D Realms July 2006 Windows
Venom Games X360
Aspyr Media January 2007 OS X
Serious Sam II Croteam October 2005 Windows , Xbox
Shattered Union PopTop software October 2005 Windows , Xbox
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete Firaxis Games July 2005 Windows , OS X 3
Sid Meier's Civilization IV Firaxis Games October 2005 Windows , OS X
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords ( Add-on ) Firaxis Games July 2006 Windows , OS X
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (Add-on) Firaxis Games July 2007 Windows
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition (contains Civ4 , the add-on Warlords and bonus material) Firaxis Games July 2007 Windows
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Complete (contains Civ4 , the add-ons Warlords and Beyond the Sword as well as bonus material) Firaxis Games October 2007 Windows
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization Firaxis Games Fall 2008 Windows
Sid Meier's Civilization Chronicles (contains Civilization I - IV , the add-ons from Civ2 & Civ3 , Civ2: Test of Time and bonus material) Firaxis Games October 2006 Windows
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution Firaxis Games June / July 2008 PS3 , X360 , NDS
Sid Meier's Pirates! Firaxis Games July 2005 Windows , Xbox 3
Full Fat Productions January 2007 PSP
Sid Meier's Railroads! Firaxis Games October 2006 Windows
Spec Ops: The Line Yager Development June 2012 Windows , PS3 , X360
Stronghold 2 Firefly Studios April 2005 Windows
Stronghold Legends Firefly Studios October 2006 Windows
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified 2K Marin August 2013 Windows , PS3 , X360
The Da Vinci Code - The Da Vinci Code The Collective May 2006 Windows , PS2 , Xbox
The Darkness Starbreeze Studios July 2007 PS3 , X360
The Darkness 2 Digital extremes February 2012 Windows , PS3 , X360
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bethesda Softworks March 2006 Windows , X360 4
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles (Add-on) Bethesda Softworks March 2007 Windows , X360
The Elder Scrolls IV: Game of the Year Edition (includes Oblivion , Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine ) Bethesda Softworks September 2007 Windows , X360 4
Vietcong 2 Pterodon , Illusion Softworks October 2005 Windows
XCOM: Enemy Unknown Firaxis Games October 2012 Windows , PS3 , X360
Zathura High voltage software November 2005 PS2 , Xbox
Development stopped
Surname developer Reason for hiring
Snow Frog City software Presumably discontinued because of the controversial content and expected problems.
2K Sports title
Surname developer publication Platforms
All-Pro Football 2K8 Visual Concepts July 2007 PS3 , X360
Amped 3 Indie Built December 2005 X360
College Hoops 2K5 - 2K7 Visual Concepts Late summer d. Previous year to spring d. each year common consoles
Don King presents Prizefighter Venom Games June 2008 X360 , NDS , Wii
Major League Baseball 2K5 - 2K8 Kush Games Spring of the respective year common consoles
Major League Baseball 2K9 Visual Concepts March 3, 2009 PS2 , PS3 , X360 , PSP , Wii , PC
Major League Baseball 2K10 Visual Concepts March 2, 2010 PS2 , PS3 , X360 , PSP , Wii , NDS , PC
Major League Baseball 2K11 Visual Concepts March 8, 2011 PS2 , PS3 , X360 , PSP , Wii , NDS , PC
Major League Baseball 2K8 Fantasy All-Stars Deep Fried Entertainment April 2008 NDS
MLB Power Pros Konami PS2 , Wii
NBA 2K5 - NBA 2K17 Visual Concepts Late summer / autumn of the previous year PS2 , PS3 , X360 , Xbox One , PSP , Wii , Windows and PS4
NFL 2K5 Visual Concepts July 2004 PS2 , Xbox
NHL 2K5 - 2K9 Kush Games Late summer / autumn of the previous year common consoles
The bigs Blue Castle Games June 2007 PS2 , PS3 , PSP , X360
October 2007 Wii
Top spin Power and Magic , Indie Built September 2005 PS2 5
Top Spin 2 Power and Magic, Indie Built April 2006 X360 , GBA , NDS
Aspyr Media November 2006 Windows
Top Spin 3 Power and Magic, 2K China June 2008 PS3 , X360 , NDS , Wii
Top Spin 4 2K Czech March 2011 PS3 , X360 , Wii
Torino 2006 49Games January 2006 Windows , PS2 , Xbox
World Poker Tour October 2005 PS2 , Xbox , GBA
April 2006 PSP
WWE 2K14 Yuke's Visual Concepts 4th quarter 2013 PS3 , X360
WWE 2K15 Yuke's Visual Concepts 4th quarter 2014 PS3 , PS4 , X360 , Xbox One , Windows
WWE 2K16 Yuke's Visual Concepts 4th quarter 2015 PS3 , PS4 , X360 , Xbox One , Windows
WWE 2K17 Yuke's Visual Concepts 4th quarter 2016 PS3 , PS4 , X360 , Xbox One
WWE 2K18 Yuke's Visual Concepts 4th quarter 2017 PS4 , Xbox One , Microsoft Windows , Nintendo Switch
WWE 2K19 Yuke's Visual Concepts 4th quarter 2018 PS4 , Xbox One , Microsoft Windows
2K play title
Surname developer publication Platforms
Carnival: The fairground party Cat Daddy Games October 2007 Wii
1Ubisoft holds the rights for the Windows version
2The rights for the Xbox version are owned by Microsoft Game Studios
3Rights for Windows version acquired afterwards; previously owned by Atari published
4thRights for the PlayStation 3 version are held by Ubisoft
5Rights for Windows version are with Atari , for Xbox version with Microsoft Game Studios

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Take-2 press release of January 25, 2006: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announces Formation of 2K Games Publishing Label (English)
  2. ^ North Bay Business Journal
  3. ^ Take-2 press release of September 10, 2007: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announces New 2K Play Publishing Label and Video Game Partnership with Kid's Entertainment Leader, Nickelodeon
  4. Take-2 press release of May 9, 2006: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Establishes 2K Shanghai (English) - slightly contradicting information on www.2kchina.com/. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 21, 2012 ; accessed on January 14, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.2kchina.com
  5. Take-2 press release, January 8, 2008: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Acquires Illusion Softworks (English)
  6. Take-2 press release, December 17, 2007: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announces Formation of 2K Marin (English)
  7. Take-2 press release of November 7, 2005: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Acquires Firaxis Games (English)
  8. Take-2 press release of January 9, 2006: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Acquires Irrational Games (English)
  9. ^ Curt Feldman: Take-Two helps Microsoft get out of sports game. In: GameSpot . CBS Corporation , December 16, 2004, accessed February 1, 2016 .
  10. Brendan Sinclair: Indie Built corporately dismantled. In: GameSpot . CBS Corporation , May 1, 2006, accessed February 1, 2016 .
  11. Tor Thorsen: PopTop folded into Firaxis? In: GameSpot . CBS Corporation , archived from the original on June 16, 2009 ; accessed on February 1, 2016 .
  12. Tim Surette: Snow falls off release list. In: GameSpot . CBS Corporation , June 6, 2006, accessed February 1, 2016 .