| 2K Games (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Industry: | Video games |
| Fate: | Dissolved |
| Founders: | --> |
| Hq Location City: | Shanghai |
| Hq Location Country: | China |
| Num Locations: | 3 studios |
| Num Locations Year: | 2015 |
| Num Employees: | 150 |
| Num Employees Year: | 2015 |
| Parent: | 2K |
2K Games (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., doing business as 2K China (formerly 2K Shanghai), was a Chinese video game developer based in Shanghai.
2K Shanghai was founded as a subsidiary of 2K on 9 May 2006, in response to China's rapidly growing gaming market.[1] Initial projects for the company included doing Chinese localisation for Civilization IV, developing an original intellectual property, and "serve as a hub for sales, marketing, development and outsourcing opportunities in China".[2] [3] [4]
On 6 November 2015, 2K's parent company, Take-Two Interactive, announced that they had closed down 2K China due to profitability concerns over their in-development title Borderlands Online.[5] Due to the closure, Borderlands Online was effectively cancelled.[6] 150 people were made redundant at 2K China and its Hangzhou studio,[7] while the Chengdu studio, as 2K Chengdu, was retained as a quality assurance facility.[8]