BioShock 2 announced for 2009

Mike Bantick
Wednesday, 12 March 2008 08:19

Your IT - Entertainment

Other Take-Two business announcements included;

* Carnival Games, a wholly owned and internally developed title for the Wii, shipped over 1 million units since its debut in late August.  2K Play will be bringing this popular title to the Nintendo DS this [northern] summer.

* 2K Play announced today that Carnival Games: Mini-Golf™, a brand extension of the Carnival Games franchise, is coming exclusively to the Wii this [northern] fall.

* 2K announced the acquisition of Illusion Softworks, the creator and owner of several hit video game franchises, including Mafia, Hidden & Dangerous and Vietcong. Renamed 2K Czech, the Czech Republic based studio is currently developing Mafia II for next generation consoles and Games for Windows. 

Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two, stated, “We are pleased with Take-Two’s stronger than expected top and bottom line results for the first quarter.  Our performance benefited from a diverse range of hit titles in the first quarter, and we are eagerly awaiting the release of Grand Theft Auto IV in the second quarter.  We believe that our extraordinary creative assets and improving operational efficiency will be sources of significant value for shareholders as the interactive entertainment industry moves further into the current growth cycle.” 

Ben Feder, Chief Executive Officer of Take-Two, added, “We’re excited about our robust product lineup, most of which is based on internally-owned and developed IP. With one of the strongest release schedules in the industry, Take-Two is clearly well positioned for the future. In addition to Grand Theft Auto IV, for the balance of fiscal 2008 our releases will include Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution, Top Spin 3, Don King Presents: Prizefighter, Carnival Games for DS, Carnival Games: Mini-Golf for Wii, NBA® 2K9, NHL® 2K9, episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360, as well as other titles. We also have significant visibility into fiscal 2009, which includes additional episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV, Mafia II, Borderlands™, BioShock 2, our complete sports lineup, additional Nick Jr. titles under our agreement with Nickelodeon, and several new brands.”