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By: Joe Topolnisky Jan 08, 2008

Take-Two Acquires Illusion Softworks

Doing a little wheeling and dealing today, Take-Two Interactive has issued a press release announcing the acquisition of Mafia game developer Illusion Softworks. Following recent trends, the Brno/Prague-based studio will be renamed "2K Czech", but that's the only real big change mentioned.

Anyways, here's a a few quotes from the press release:

"The acquisition of Illusion Softworks reflects our strategic focus on owning high-value intellectual property as we continue to expand our portfolio of triple-A titles," said Ben Feder, Chief Executive Officer of Take-Two.

Christoph Hartmann, President of 2K, said, "Adding 2K Czech to our network of development studios demonstrates our strong commitment to creating great franchises and building world-class creative teams. The 2K Czech team is responsible for several very innovative and highly-regarded franchises and we look forward to continuing to develop new and existing IP together."

"We have an excellent working relationship with 2K Games and the utmost respect for them," said Petr Vochozka, CEO of 2K Czech. "We are pleased to become a 2K studio and are confident that this new partnership will strengthen our current and future projects."

2K Czech is currently working on Mafia 2 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.


 

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