2K Games has acquired HookBang’s Austin-based video game division, which it will integrate with Visual Concepts, a wholly-owned studio and developer of the NBA 2K franchise.
HookBang was founded in 2012 and recently partnered with Visual Concepts to provide art, design, and engineering support for NBA 2K21.
The studio will operate from an unannounced new location in the Austin, Texas metropolitan area and employ “hundreds of developers” to support NBA 2K, as well as 2K Games’ publishing business.
HookBang has partnered with us on NBA 2K for the past couple of years, and we’re pleased to welcome its talented team to the Visual Concepts family.”