Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) today announced the
acquisition of Illusion Softworks, a premier Central European-based game
development studio with operations in Brno and Prague, the Czech
Republic. Illusion Softworks has approximately 200 employees and will
join Take-Two’s 2K Games publishing label as
its newest studio, 2K Czech.
Established in 1997, Illusion Softworks is the creator and owner of
several hit video game franchises, including Mafia, Hidden
& Dangerous and Vietcong. The studio is
currently working with 2K Games on Mafia II, the sequel to
the original Mafia, which helped establish the gangster
genre and sold more than two million units.
Full press release here.
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