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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