Visual Concepts
Vorlage:Infobox company Visual Concepts Entertainment is a video game developer based in Novato, California best known for developing Take-Two Interactive's 2K series of sports games. After the success of the series, they were acquired by Sega and became a wholly owned studio with Sega, usually termed a first-party developer. However, Sega at the time termed non-internal studios that the company either set up or purchased as "1.5 development studios" in order to differentiate them from their own internal studios. In January 2005, Visual Concepts was sold to Take-Two Interactive along with their wholly owned subsidiary Kush Games. With the purchase of Visual Concepts, Take-Two created 2K Games, a new publishing label.[1] Although the company started out developing quirky titles such as Lester the Unlikely, development efforts are now primarily centered on sports titles such as Basketball and Wrestling.
Games developed by Visual Concepts
The following games have been developed by Visual Concepts.[2]
2K/WWE game series
2K/ESPN game series
- NFL Football
- NFL 2K (Dreamcast)
- NFL 2K1 (Dreamcast)
- NFL 2K2 (Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- NFL 2K3 (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube)
- ESPN NFL Football (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- ESPN NFL 2K5 (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Fantasy Football
- NBA Basketball
- NBA 2K (Dreamcast)
- NBA 2K1 (Dreamcast)
- NBA 2K2 (Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube)
- NBA 2K3 (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube)
- ESPN NBA Basketball (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- ESPN NBA 2K5 (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- NBA 2K6 (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360)
- NBA 2K7 (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
- NBA 2K8 (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- NBA 2K9 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PC)
- NBA 2K10 (Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PC, PSP)
- NBA 2K11 (Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PC, PSP)
- NBA 2K12 (iOS, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360)
- NBA 2K13 (iOS, Android, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSP, Wii, Wii U)
- NBA 2K14 (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
- NBA 2K15 (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
- NBA 2K16 (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
- NBA 2K17 (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
- College Football
- NCAA College Football 2K2: Road to the Rose Bowl (Dreamcast)
- NCAA College Football 2K3 (Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2)
- College Basketball
- NCAA College Basketball 2K3 (Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- ESPN College Hoops (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- ESPN College Hoops 2K5 (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- College Hoops 2K6 (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360)
- College Hoops 2K7 (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360)
- College Hoops 2K8 (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- MLB Baseball
- World Series Baseball 2K2 (Dreamcast, Xbox)
- World Series Baseball 2K3 (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- ESPN MLB Baseball (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Major League Baseball 2K5 (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Major League Baseball 2K6 (Nintendo GameCube, PSP, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360)
- Major League Baseball 2K7 (PSP, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance)
- Major League Baseball 2K8 (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360)
- Major League Baseball 2K9 (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Wii)
- Major League Baseball 2K10 (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Wii)
- Major League Baseball 2K11 (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Wii)
- Major League Baseball 2K12 (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS, Wii)
- Major League Baseball 2K13 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
- NHL Hockey
- NHL 2K (Dreamcast)
- NHL 2K2 (Dreamcast)
- NHL 2K3 (Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- ESPN NHL Hockey (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- ESPN NHL 2K5 (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- NHL 2K6 (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360)
- NHL 2K7 (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360)
- NHL 2K8 (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- NHL 2K9 (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii)
- NHL 2K10 (Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2)
- NHL 2K11 (Wii)
Other games
PlayStation 3
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Xbox 360
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
PlayStation 2
- SEGA Soccer Slam
GameCube
- SEGA Soccer Slam
Xbox
- ToeJam & Earl III (in collaboration with ToeJam & Earl Productions)
- SEGA Soccer Slam
Dreamcast
- Floigan Bros.
- Ooga Booga
- Sonic Adventure 2
- Visual Concepts is listed in the credits of Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.
PlayStation
- NBA Fastbreak '98
- NHL Hockey '97 (published by EA Sports)
- One
- Viewpoint
- One Developer Diary
Sega Saturn
- NBA Action 98 (published by Sega Sports)
- NHL Hockey 97 (published by EA Sports)
SNES/Genesis/Mega Drive
- Lester the Unlikely
- Madden NFL '94 (published by EA Sports)
- Madden NFL '95 (published by EA)
- Bill Walsh College Football (published by EA Sports)
- ClayFighter
- Clay Fighter II
- Claymates
- Harley's Humongous Adventure
- MLBPA Baseball (published by EA Sports)
- NHL 95 (published by EA Sports)
- Taz-Mania
- Weaponlord
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
- Desert Strike
- Jungle Strike
- Toughman Contest
- Nickelodeon GUTS
- Phantom 2040
Game Boy
- Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
- Spot: The Cool Adventure
NES
DOS
- Designasaurus II
- Dominus
- McDonaldLand
Apple IIGS
- Task Force (published by Britannica Software)
- Gnarly Golf (published by Britannica Software)
- Great Western Shootout (published by Britannica Software)
- Pipe Dream
References
Vorlage:Take-Two Interactive Vorlage:WWE video games
- ↑ Dinesh Sharma: Take-Two takes Sega's sports-game studios. In: CNET. 25. Januar 2005, abgerufen am 24. August 2011.
- ↑ Games Developed by Visual Concepts www.ign.com