Type Subsidiary Website Official website Acquisition date January 2005 | Products Video games Headquarters Novato Parent organization Take-Two Interactive | |
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Industry Computer and video games
Interactive entertainment Key people Greg Thomas (President), David Ismailer (Chief Operating Officer) Founded 25 January 2005, New York City, New York, United States Video games NBA 2K16, NBA 2K17, NBA 2K, NBA 2K15, NBA 2K14 Profiles | ||
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2K Sports, Inc. is a division of 2K Games that develops and publishes sports video games. It comprises a single development studio, Visual Concepts, which was purchased from Sega in 2005 after Sega Sports shut down. 2K Sports mainly develops and publishes American sports video games; such as NBA 2K series, the NHL 2K series and the WWE 2K series. It previously produced the MLB 2K series.
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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 USD.
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 October 20, 2008, 2K Sports released their first PC game, NBA 2K9. Their second, MLB Front Office Manager, was released on January 26, 2009. On January 23, 2013, 2K Sports bought the WWE game license from THQ.
The MLB 2K series was discontinued on January 6, 2014 due to the poor reception of MLB 2K13, which was criticized for being almost exactly the same as MLB 2K12. However, this move was met with frustration from baseball fans as well as Xbox 360 owners, who were left without an MLB title.
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