Sega Done with Sports, Take-Two Launches Label

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 25, 2005 @12:47PM from the mlb-for-the-win dept.

Gamespot has the news that Take-Two Interactive's MLB deal has already had repercussions. Sega has gotten out of the sports business, selling their internal sports studio Visual Concepts to Take-Two for a bargain price. This newest addition in hand, Take-Two has turned around and launched a new game label entitled 2K games. From the article: "2K Games will incorporate Take-Two's internally owned development studios Visual Concepts, Kush Games, Indie Built, Venom Games, PopTop Software, and Frog City Software, as well as the team at Take-Two Licensing..." This new label will have a subsidiary specifically tuned for sports titles. As expected, it appears the sports game market is now going to fall to only a few companies. Commentary on Greg Costikyan's Blog

2 of 134 comments (clear)

Sega Done with Sports? by Castaa · 2005-01-25 12:54 · Score: 4, Funny

I can see it now at EA's corporate offices: <mr. burns> Excellent... </mr. burns>

--
Chew: You Nexus, huh? I design your eyes.
Roy: Chew, if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes.
Oh, the irony... by physicsphairy · 2005-01-25 12:55 · Score: 4, Funny

...the irony of computer geeks staying at home playing physical sports on their computers.
Well, I'm not really one to talk: the only 'sport' I play is chess. (I wonder what the odds are of 2K making a killer chess engine?)

--
When things get complex, multiply by the complex conjugate.