Private company

2K China

Logo: Take-Two Interactive, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Chinese video game developer

2K Games (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., doing business as 2K China (formerly 2K Shanghai), was a Chinese video game developer based in Shanghai.2 It is part of Take-Two Interactive.1 It ceased to exist in 2015.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2006Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersShanghai1

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2K Games (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., doing business as 2K China (formerly 2K Shanghai), was a Chinese video game developer based in Shanghai.2

Corporate structure

2K China is part of a group headed by Take-Two Interactive. 168 entities, 24 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

2K Shanghai was founded as a subsidiary of 2K on 9 May 2006, in response to China's rapidly growing gaming market. 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".

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. Due to the closure, Borderlands Online was effectively cancelled. 150 people were made redundant at 2K China and its Hangzhou studio, while the Chengdu studio, as 2K Chengdu, was retained as a quality assurance facility.

From Wikipedia’s article on 2K China, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. Nov 6, 2015Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2006Founded Founded1

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