2K Games
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 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)
- Kush Games
- Power and Magic Development
- Venom Games
- Visual Concepts
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 | |||
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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 |
Web links
- Official website (English)
- 2K Play (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Take-2 press release of January 25, 2006: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announces Formation of 2K Games Publishing Label (English)
- ^ North Bay Business Journal
- ^ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Take-2 press release, January 8, 2008: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Acquires Illusion Softworks (English)
- ↑ Take-2 press release, December 17, 2007: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announces Formation of 2K Marin (English)
- ↑ Take-2 press release of November 7, 2005: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Acquires Firaxis Games (English)
- ↑ Take-2 press release of January 9, 2006: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Acquires Irrational Games (English)
- ^ Curt Feldman: Take-Two helps Microsoft get out of sports game. In: GameSpot . CBS Corporation , December 16, 2004, accessed February 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Brendan Sinclair: Indie Built corporately dismantled. In: GameSpot . CBS Corporation , May 1, 2006, accessed February 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Tor Thorsen: PopTop folded into Firaxis? In: GameSpot . CBS Corporation , archived from the original on June 16, 2009 ; accessed on February 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Tim Surette: Snow falls off release list. In: GameSpot . CBS Corporation , June 6, 2006, accessed February 1, 2016 .