Take-Two Interactive announced financial results for its first quarter ended January 31, 2008, revealing sales of $240.4 million and losses of $38.0 million; but the good part was their plans for 2009.
2K Games said today that BioShock 2 is being developed by 2K Marin and is planned for release in the fourth quarter of fiscal (fall) 2009. BioShock was voted as the third top MegaGame of 2007 and has sold over 2 million units worldwide since its launch in August.
2K then 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.
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 it to the Nintendo DS this summer.
Finally, 2K Play announced that Carnival Games: Mini-Golf, a brand extension of the Carnival Games franchise, is coming exclusively to the Wii this fall.
"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", Ben Feder, Chief Executive Officer of Take-Two, concluded. "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."
