2K

American video game publisher

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2024 Gearbox Software, Gearbox Studio Montreal, and Gearbox Studio Québec were acquired by 2K
November 18 2024 2K completely removed its launcher from every game on both Steam and Epic Games' storefronts.
August 2024 2K began phasing out its game launcher, removing it from Civilization VI and assuring it would not be used in Civilization VII.
October 2023 2K Sports Lab was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2022 2K Games released its own game launcher for computer users, which included quality of life updates for the BioShock series and the ability to purchase add-on content.
September 2022 2K's customer support team was hacked, resulting in user data theft and subsequent sale.
November 2021 2K Valencia was acquired
June 2021 2K Madrid was founded in Madrid, Spain
March 2021 2K acquired HB Studios, gaining rights to the Golf Club series and securing Tiger Woods as an executive director and consultant for future PGA Tour 2K games.
March 2021 2K purchased HookBang's games division in Austin, Texas, relocating and rebranding it as Visual Concepts Austin.
2019 2K Silicon Valley was founded, later rebranded as 31st Union in 2020
2018 2K Games began publishing the PGA Tour 2K video game series.
September 2018 2K launched 2K Foundations, a program to refurbish basketball courts in underserved communities, partnering with Microsoft to establish Xbox gaming stations.
April 2018 Melissa Bell was hired as senior vice president and head of global marketing.
November 2017 Phil Dixon was hired as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
May 2017 Christoph Hartmann resigned as 2K's president after approximately twenty years with Take-Two.
2015 2K Australia was closed
November 2015 2K China was closed
2014 Hangar 13 game studio was founded
2013 2K West was rebranded as 2K Vegas
January 2013 2K obtained rights to publish video games based on WWE professional wrestling.
2012 2K Games began publishing the X-COM video game series.
June 2011 2K Chengdu was founded in Chengdu, China
2010 2K Games started publishing the Mafia video game series.

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