2K Sports

2K Sports

Infobox Company
company_name = 2K Sports
company_
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.2ksports.com/ www.2ksports.com]

2K Sports is a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., and it is a publishing company comprising of two development studios, Visual Concepts and Kush Games. The games developed and published under the 2K Sports label concentrate on sports, high-profile licensing, and specialty products. Among these are the All-Pro Football 2K, NBA 2K, Major League Baseball 2K, NHL 2K, and the Top Spin series.

History

In January 2005, Take-Two Interactive acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Visual Concepts and its wholly owned subsidiary, Kush Games, the developers of some of the company's sports titles, and certain intellectual property rights associated with these products from SEGA for $24 million. [cite journal |year=2005|month=April|title=Buy! Buy! Buy! EA and Take 2 battle for exclusive licensing supremacy|journal=GamePro|issue=199|pages=20]

2K Sports, which in late 2004 purchased development studio Indie Built from Microsoft Game Studios, closed down the Indie Built studio in April 2006. Indie Built was known for its work on the Amped, Links, and Top Spin series. However, 2K Sports still owns the rights to these intellectual properties. 2K Sports has the exclusive third-party rights to produce Major League Baseball and World Poker Tour games.

On 2008-02-24, competitor Electronic Arts launched a hostile takeover bid for Take-Two Interactive, worth around US$2 billion. [ [http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080224/20080224005062.html?.v=1 Electronic Arts Proposes to Acquire Take-Two Interactive Software for $26 Per Share in Cash, or Approximately $2.0 Billion: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance ] ] The bid was extended on 2008-05-15, but expired for good on June 16.

Games

* "All-Pro Football 2K8" (2007)
* "Amped 3" (2005)
* "The BIGS" (2007)
* "College Hoops 2K6" (2005)
* "College Hoops 2K7" (2006)
* "College Hoops 2K8" (2007)
* "ESPN NFL 2K5" (2004)
* "Major League Baseball 2K6" (2006)
* "Major League Baseball 2K7" (2007)
* "Major League Baseball 2K8" (2008)
* "Major League Baseball 2K9" (2009)
* "MLB Power Pros" (2007)
* "MLB Power Pros 2008" (2008)
* "" (2008)
* "NBA 2K6" (2005)
* "NBA 2K7" (2006)
* "NBA 2K8" (2007)
* "NBA 2K9" (2008)
* "NHL 2K6" (2005)
* "NHL 2K7" (2006)
* "NHL 2K8" (2007)
* "NHL 2K9" (2008)
* "Top Spin" (PlayStation 2 version)
* "Top Spin 2" (2006)
* "Top Spin 3" (2008)
* "Torino 2006"
* "World Poker Tour"

Internal developers

*Kush Games (defunct 2008)
*Visual Concepts

References

External links

* [http://www.2ksports.com/ 2K Sports official website]
* [http://www.2kgames.com/ 2K Games official website]
* [http://www.take2games.com/ Take 2 official website]


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