In other BioShock related news…
Just after announcing that Irrational Games’ upcoming first person shooter BioShock went gold, Irrational made another interesting announcement today; the changing of the company’s name to 2K Boston and 2K Australia.
In a statement, Take-Two Interactive announced that the intent of the name change was to help portray Irrational as one of the cornerstone developers in Take-Two’s portfolio of development teams.
Ken Lavine, President and Creative Director for Irrational Games, said of the change, “We’re proud to be part of the 2K Games family and enjoy the new opportunities and artistic freedoms this strengthened relationship provides. The name change signifies our growing position as a central part of 2K Games, and we plan to ensure our future titles continue to set new standards of quality and innovation for the industry.”
From the sound of it, the extremely talented team over at the newly named 2K Boston and 2K Australia will not be changing much from a development standpoint, so the extremely high quality content players have come to expect from Irrational Games in the past, should remain as high, if not higher than ever. The name change is merely a device for reinforcing Irrational as a lead studio for Take-Two interactive.
The full press release can be seen at GamesIndustry.biz
Irrational Games, 2K Boston, 2K Australia, BioShock, Take-Two Interactive
August 11th, 2007 at 5:56 am
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