Irrational Games is a video game developer founded in 1997 by three former employees of Looking Glass Studios: Ken Levine, Jonathan Chey, and Robert Fermier. On January 9, 2006, Take-Two Interactive announced that they had purchased Irrational, and would publish their games under the 2K Games label.

Irrational has two studios, one in Quincy, Massachusetts just outside Boston and the other in Canberra, Australia.

History

• 1997 - Boston studio formed by former Looking Glass Studios employees Ken Levine, Jonathan Chey, and Robert Fermier.
• 1999 - System Shock 2 released to critical acclaim.
• 2000 - Canberra studio opens, with Jonathan Chey taking the helm.
• 2002 - Legal issues with publisher Crave Entertainment result in the development of "The Lost" being halted.
• 2004 - Irrational designers Ed Orman and Dean Tate awarded "Best Design" in the Australian Game Developer Awards, as well as the studio receiving "Best Game of 2004" and "Best PC Game".
• 2005 - Irrational's Boston studio moves to larger office space in Quincy, Massachusetts. The studio retains the "Irrational Games Boston" title.
• 2006 - Irrational is acquired by Take-Two Interactive, under the 2K Games publishing arm. ^*.

Studios

• Studio Canberra is working on an unannounced title.
• Studio Boston is currently working on Bioshock, intended to be a true "spiritual successor" to System Shock 2.

Games

• System Shock 2, with assistance from Looking Glass.
• Deep Cover, with assistance from Looking Glass (unreleased)
• The Lost (Being co-developed with FXLabs Studios)
• Freedom Force
• Vengeance
• Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich
• SWAT 4
• The Stetchkov Syndicate
• Bioshock (in development, slated for release in early 2007)

External links

• Official site
• Australian Official site
• Irrational Games profile on MobyGames

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