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2K will donate up to $500,000 to blood cancer research in WWE marketing campaign

Publisher partners with Leukemia & Lymphona Society as survivor Roman Reigns stars on the cover of this year's wrestling game

Sept. 12, 2019 James Batchelor

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Take-Two investigating streamer over Borderlands 3 leaks

Publisher says Twitch and YouTube user SupMatto has "a history of profiting from infringing our copyright"

Aug. 8, 2019 James Batchelor

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Borderlands 3 is about more bullets, not new bullet points

Gearbox developers say the latest entry was about broadening the familiar, share thoughts on collaboration, crassness, and crunch

May 1, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Borderlands 3 joins list of Epic Games store PC exclusives

2K says its goal is "to embrace new distribution platforms that will contribute to our effort to grow the audience" for Gearbox's shooter

April 3, 2019 Brendan Sinclair

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NBA 2K League reflects on its rookie season

Managing director Brendan Donohue talks Twitch, Olympics, and player diversity as the esports effort enters its sophomore campaign

Sept. 25, 2018 Rebekah Valentine

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Microtransactions "an unfortunate reality in modern gaming" - NBA 2K19 dev

Every game tries to get additional revenue from players in some way, says senior producer Rob Jones in wake of NBA 2K18 criticism

Sept. 4, 2018 Brendan Sinclair

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2K's light slate belies bigger ambitions

President David Ismailer discusses publisher's plans to grow, how it evaluates development partners, and thoughts on esports betting

July 23, 2018 Brendan Sinclair

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Take-Two: "We don't believe in Red Dead Redemption 2 success until we deliver it"

CEO Strauss Zelnick discusses expectations for Rockstar's next epic and the publisher's muted E3 presence

July 2, 2018 James Batchelor

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Evolve servers to shut down in September

Publisher 2K confirms end for AAA game turned free-to-play

June 4, 2018 Ivy Taylor

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Mafia III developer Hangar 13 opens UK studio for AAA console game

New Brighton office is no mere support studio, says 2K-owned company

May 15, 2018 Christopher Dring

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Mafia III developer Hangar 13 hit by redundancies

Cutbacks "to ensure that the studio's resources are properly aligned with its long-term development plans," says publisher 2K games

Feb. 16, 2018 Ivy Taylor

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Civilization VI depiction upsets Poundmaker Cree Nation

Headman Milton Tootoosis says 2K never consulted First Nation for expansion, which "perpetuates this myth that First Nations had similar values" to colonial culture

Jan. 4, 2018 Brendan Sinclair

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NBA: “Esports is a massive industry, and we think we have a place in it”

The basketball league's esports boss discusses decades-long plans for professional competitions with 2K Games

Oct. 16, 2017 James Batchelor

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Gearbox has stopped working on Battleborn updates

The servers will keep running, but creative director Randy Varnell will now move over to the new Borderlands game

Sept. 18, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Zelnick: “We're probably undermonetising our users”

Despite ongoing success of Grand Theft Auto Online, CEO insists publisher is “not going to grab the last nickel”

June 1, 2017 James Batchelor

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2K president Christoph Hartmann departs

Long-serving Take-Two exec leaves firm after 20 years

May 4, 2017 Christopher Dring

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Mafia III has "allowed me as a white developer to make connections with people of color"

Hangar 13's Haden Blackman on tackling race and pushing the medium forward

Dec. 5, 2016 James Brightman

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Zelnick: Annual releases burn out franchises

Take-Two CEO says publisher doesn't exhaust its IP the way its rivals do, aims to have at least one blockbuster launch per year

Nov. 18, 2016 James Batchelor

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Battleborn takes #1 on a quiet week in the UK

The closest rival for Gearbox's latest was Call of Duty: Black Ops III

May 9, 2016 Matthew Handrahan

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Take-Two sued over 2K16 tattoos

Solid Oak Sketches seeking damages over eight copyrighted designs

Feb. 3, 2016 Matthew Handrahan

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2K Games hires PlayStation vet Murray Pannell

PlayStation UK's former marketing director to serve as vice president of publishing

Dec. 17, 2015 James Brightman

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Bioshock Infinite reaches 11 million sales

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick reiterates that Bioshock is, "a really important franchise for us"

June 1, 2015 Matthew Handrahan

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Take-Two "blessed" by less competition - Zelnick

Head of Grand Theft Auto publisher says there are really only four companies left in AAA business, doesn't mind being a fast follower in VR

May 28, 2015 Brendan Sinclair

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Haden Blackman heading up 2K's new Hangar 13

Bay Area AAA studio focusing on proprietary tech, games where every player's story is unique

Dec. 4, 2014 Brendan Sinclair

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Hackers claim to have raided PSN, 2K, Origin, Windows Live mail

Group who DDOS'd Blizzard posts partial list of passwords & emails

Nov. 21, 2014 Dan Pearson

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