Irrational Games

Irrational Games
Formerly	Irrational Games; (1997–2007, 2009–2017); 2K Boston; (2007–2009);
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	1997
Founder	Ken Levine; Jonathan Chey; Robert Fermier;
Defunct	February 23, 2017
Fate	Rebranded
Successor	Ghost Story Games
Headquarters	Westwood, Massachusetts, US
Key people	Ken Levine (creative director)
Number of employees	15 (2014)
Parent	2K (2006–2017)

Irrational Games (known as 2K Boston between 2007 and 2009) was an American video game developer founded in 1997 by three former employees of Looking Glass Studios: Ken Levine, Jonathan Chey, and Robert Fermier. Take-Two Interactive acquired the studio in 2006. The studio was best known for two of the games in the BioShock series, as well as System Shock 2, Freedom Force, and SWAT 4. In 2014, following the release of BioShock Infinite, Levine opted to significantly restructure the studio from around 90 to 15 employees and focus more on narrative games. In February 2017, the studio announced that it had been rebranded as Ghost Story Games and considered a fresh start from the original Irrational name, though still operating at the same business subsidiary under Take-Two.


Formerly	Irrational Games (1997–2007, 2009–2017) 2K Boston (2007–2009)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Founder	Ken Levine Jonathan Chey Robert Fermier
Defunct	February 23, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-02-23)
Fate	Rebranded
Successor	Ghost Story Games
Headquarters	Westwood, Massachusetts , US
Key people	Ken Levine (creative director)
Number of employees	15 (2014)
Parent	2K (2006–2017)