Talk:2K (company)

R* & 2K

For sure, Rockstar Games and 2K Games are both subsidiaries of Take-Two Interactive. But neither is 2K a subsidiary of R*, nor is R* a subsidiary of 2K. Both companies stand to each other as sister companies. The same with Global Star Software, Joytech and Jack Of All Games. –jello ¿? 23:10, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

2K is a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive. Rockstar Games isn't the owner of 2K, its 2K's sister Tanisho4Real (talk) 10:17, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

The 2K brand

Since 2007 2K Games have been purely labelled as 2K when published. Shouldn't this be noted in the article? You buy games from "2K", not "2K Games" these days. EMU-LMAO (talk) 18:07, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

We would need a published reliable source stating that. --Enric Naval (talk) 18:18, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

You really need a source when every game they release clearly shows the single image "2K" all over the box and no "Games" when it isn't part of the sports line-up? Or a source is actually needed to somehow literally verify that their head office only goes by "2K" now? I wsn't even right, it goes as far back as 2006. Since when do large corporations, like Take 2, even announce every branding change?

Wikipedia must be awful picky to literally need to make the obvious into an extreme exercise like that. Couldn't you just link to any product they release within the last two (2) years just to accomplish this amazing feat? The boxes say 2K now, what is so difficult? I am quite positive you can see this extraordinary change on any related article.

Ironically, the very image that show the change you want is being used on the page for 2K Games. EMU-LMAO (talk) 04:56, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

R* Games games are labelled with a logo that shows no "Games", too, but the company & label is still named R* Games, as is 2K Games. The contacts page at Take2Games.com states "2K Games", too. That they use the short form "2K" equals the use of "Rockstar"/"R*" for those games. –^(de)jello ¿? 20:19, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

They no longer use "Games" as you can see on the Contacts page you brought. Futhermore, 2kgames.com redirects to 2k.com and "Games" is nowhere to be found there as well. Debeet (talk) 03:55, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

The corporate name is still "2K Games, Inc." regardless of how they short hand it in marketing material. A quick research shows corporate listings/filings show it this way, and many stores list the full name as well. -- ferret (talk) 12:53, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, this isn't a Marvelous or Bandai Namco type of name change, where they clearly announced it. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 00:39, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Most recent source (6 February 2016) from their official website still says "2K Games, Inc.": [1], so, regardles of how they advertize themselves, it is still "2K Games, Inc.", though you may just put "commonly referred to as 2K". Lordtobi (✉) 09:10, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Well, we go by commmon name, not by the official name. The official name of a company is usually the first words of the lead section (as is here), while the article's title is name by which the company is most commonly referred to. We do have a source that refers to the company only as "2K": [2]. However, is this the common name? I would expect "2K Games" is more common, but I have no idea how to figure that out. Regardless, it would be easier to be a bit more specific so we don't have to use an ugly disambiguator: "2K (company)" ~Mable (chat) 10:33, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

The 2K brand divides in three studios: the 2K Games, the 2K Play andar 2K Sports. For reasons unknown they publish their games with the use of 2K. Still, they have a president for the 3 studios. Its only a question of organization. Tanisho4Real (talk) 10:21, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Also, its more than time to create a Hangar 13 wikipedia page. I can help with anything. Tanisho4Real (talk) 10:23, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

@YouHateThePlayer: Please do not try to split this page to 2K (Company) without discussion, especially as this talk session does not indicate any sort of consensus to do so. (Other editors: Please note talk section at YouHateThePlayer about multiple accounts, including Tanisho4Real above). -- ferret (talk) 12:29, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi Everyone, I actually WORK at 2K. I know what that means in terms of what I can / can't contribute. Just wanted to add some clarity here, if possible. The company is called, "2K" by everyone - both internally and within the game industry. That's how it's been identified for years now. It's just "2K" that publishes our titles - including the sports ones. I tried making those factual changes to the Wikipedia page, but ferret (talk) shut down my corrections and directed me here. What is the best, next step to getting this Wikipedia page corrected and brought up to speed? Because, to be honest, there's more missing / updated information I'd like to see about getting included. GizmoGladstone (talk) 15:51, 7 September 2016 (UTC)GizmoGladstone