2K Los Angeles (formerly Kush Games, Inc.) was an American

video game developer A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with em ...

based in

Camarillo, California Camarillo ( ) is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 70,741, an increase of 5,540 from the 65,201 counted in the 2010 Census. Camarillo is named for brothers Juan and ...

. Founded by Umrao Mayer in 1998, the company was part of

Visual Concepts Visual Concepts Entertainment is an American video game developer based in Novato, California. Founded in May 1988, the company is best known for developing Sports video game, sports games in the ''2K'' franchise, most recently ''NBA 2K'' and ' ...

, which itself was a part of

Sega is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo. It produces several List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises for arcade game, arcades and video game cons ...

. Both Kush Games and Visual Concepts were sold to

Take-Two Interactive Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in New York City founded by Ryan Brant in September 1993. The company owns three major Imprint (trade name), publishing labels, Rockstar Games, Zynga and 2K ...

and subsequently became part of their new 2K label. Kush Games was renamed 2K Los Angeles in February 2007 before being shut down in 2008.

History

Kush Games was founded by Umrao Mayer in 1998 to develop

sports game A sports video game is a video game that simulates the practice of sports. Most sports have been recreated with video games, including team sports, track and field, extreme sports, and combat sports. Some games emphasize playing the sport (such ...

s. Kush Games was acquired by

in 2004 and became part of

. On January 24, 2005, Visual Concepts and Kush Games were acquired by

for million. A total of million had been paid to Sega for the acquisition of Visual Concepts and affiliated properties by January 2006. On January 25, 2005, the day following the acquisition, Take-Two Interactive announced their new publishing label, 2K, which would henceforth manage Visual Concepts and Kush Games. In February 2007, Kush Games was rebranded 2K Los Angeles. By August 2007, Mayer had been succeeded as

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

by Graeme Bayless. Mayer, together with partner George Simmons, went on to found Zindagi Games in 2008. 2K Los Angeles was shut down that same year.

Games developed

References

{{Authority control 1998 establishments in California 2008 disestablishments in California 2K (company) Camarillo, California Companies based in Ventura County, California Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles Defunct video game companies of the United States Take-Two Interactive divisions and subsidiaries Technology companies based in Greater Los Angeles Video game companies based in California Video game companies disestablished in 2008 Video game companies established in 1998 Video game development companies