2K Games

Infobox Company
company_name = 2K Games
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company_type = Subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive
foundation = January 25, 2005
location_city = New York, New York
location_country = United States
key_people = Christoph Hartmann (President)
industry = Interactive entertainment
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homepage = [http://www.2kgames.com/ www.2kgames.com]

2K Games is a video game publishing subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive which also owns Rockstar Games notable for the "Grand Theft Auto" series. It was created on January 25, 2005 after Take-Two acquired developer Visual Concepts and its wholly owned subsidiary Kush Games from Sega for US$24 million.

The name "2K Games" comes from Visual Concepts' sports game lineup typically referred to as the "2K series", which were originally published exclusively for the Sega Dreamcast console. 2K Games is headquartered in Manhattan. The label publishes a wide variety of console and PC titles developed both internally and externally.

Games

For games published by Sega for Visual Concepts prior to its acquisition by Take-Two, see 2K Sports.

* In development

tudios

Take-Two Company structure

* 2K Games
** Firaxis Games (acquired in 2005)
*** Frog City Software (merged into Firaxis Games in 2006)
*** PopTop Software (merged into Firaxis Games in 2006)
** 2K Boston/2K Australia (formerly known as Irrational Games, acquired in 2006)
** 2K Czech (formerly Illusion Softworks)
** 2K Marin
** 2K China (Shanghai)
** Take-Two Licensing (formerly known as TDK Mediactive)
** Venom Games, Ltd. (acquired in September 2004; closed in July 2008)
* 2K Sports
** Visual Concepts
** Kush Games (defunct 2008)
** Indie Built, Inc. (acquired in 2004; closed April 28 2006)
** PAM Development (acquired in 2006)
* 2K Play
* Global Star Software (closed; some brands merged into 2K Play)
* Gathering of Developers (closed; brands merged into Rockstar and 2K)
* Gotham Games (closed)
* TalonSoft (closed in 2005; most brands sold to Matrix Games)
* Jack of All Games (distribution arm of Take-Two)
* Rockstar Games, Ltd.
** Rockstar North (formerly known as DMA Design)
** Rockstar Leeds (formerly known as Mobius Entertainment)
** Rockstar Japan
** Rockstar London
** Rockstar Vancouver (formerly known as Barking Dog Studios)
** Rockstar San Diego (formerly known as Angel Studios)
** Rockstar Toronto (formerly known as Rockstar Canada)
** Rockstar Vienna (formerly known as neo Software; closed May 11 2006)
** Rockstar Lincoln (formerly known as Tarantula Studios)
** Rockstar New England (formerly known as Mad Doc Software)

External links

* [http://www.take2games.com/ Take 2 official website]
* [http://www.2kgames.com/ 2K Games official website]
* [http://www.2ksports.com/ 2K Sports official website]
* [http://www.2kmarin.com/ 2K Games Marin official website]
* [http://www.2kgames.cn/ 2K Games China official website]
* [http://www.2kboston.com/ 2K Games Boston official website]
* [http://www.2kaustralia.com/ 2K Games Australia official website]