2K Games, Inc.

2K Games, founded in 2005, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. and acts as its publishing label.

Known subsidiaries

Names in italics used to be subsidiaries, but no longer are as they were closed or sold off.

Publishing sub-labels

• 2K Sports (sports label - 2005-present)
• 2K Play (casual label - 2007-2012)

Divisions

Dates do not always refer to the foundation of the division (unless founded by 2K itself), but to the dates they were acquired and/or otherwise became part of the 2K brand.

• Firaxis Games, Inc. (development division - Sparks, Maryland, USA - 2005)
• Cat Daddy Games (mobile development division - Seattle, USA - 2005)
• Visual Concepts Entertainment (development division - Novato, USA - 2005)
  • Take-Two Interactive Software Vancouver (development division, formerly Visual Concepts Blue Shift - Vancouver, Canada - 2005)
  • Visual Concepts South (development division, formerly Specular Interactive - Orange County, USA - 2016)
  • Visual Concepts Hungary (development division - Budapest, Hungary - 2018)
  • Visual Concepts Austin (development division, formerly HookBang - Austin, USA - 2021)
• 2K China (umbrella name for the Chinese divisions - Shanghai, China - 2006)
  • 2K Shanghai (development division and Chinese headquarters - Shanghai, China - 2006)
  • 2K Hangzhou (development division - China - 2007)
  • 2K Chengdu (QA division - Chengdu, China - 2011)
• Ghost Story Games, LLC (development division, formerly 2K Boston / Irrational Games - Boston, USA - 2006)
• 2K Australia (development division, formerly 2K Marin Australia / Irrational Games Australia - Canberra, Australia - 2006-2015)
• 2K Los Angeles (development division, formerly Kush Games - Los Angeles, USA - 2007-2008)
• Cloud Chamber (development division, formerly 2K Marin - Novato, USA - 2007 / additionally Montréal, Canada since 2019)
• 2K Czech (development division, formerly Illusion Softworks - Brno/Prague, Czechia - 2008-2017)
• 2K Vegas (testing site - Las Vegas, USA - 2012)
• Hangar 13 (umbrella name for multiple studios - 2014)
  • Hangar 13 Novato (development division - Novato, USA - 2014)
  • Hangar 13 Brighton (development division, formerly Gameaholic / IronFist Games - Brighton, UK - 2016)
  • Hangar 13 Brno (development division - Brno, Czechia - 2017)
  • Hangar 13 Prague (development division - Prague, Czechia - 2017)
• 31st Union (development division - San Mateo, USA - 2019)
  • 2K Valencia (graphics, motion capturing and technology division - formerly Elite3d Team - Valencia, Spain - 2021)
• 2K Madrid (testing site - Madrid, Spain - 2021)
• HB Studios Multimedia (development division - Lunenburg, Canada - 2021)
• Gearbox Software (development division - Frisco, USA - 2024)
  • Gearbox Publishing (publishing division - Frisco, USA - 2024)
  • Gearbox Studio Montréal (development division - Montréal, Canada - 2024)
  • Gearbox Studio Québec (development division - Quebec City, Canada - 2024)