Take-Two files trademark for 'Irrational Boston'
The clues have been building up and it appears that 2K Boston may be changing its name to Irrational Boston, the original name of the development studio (albeit now with a location tacked on to the name). The information comes by way of a trademark registration (via superannuation) filed by parent company and publisher Take-Two Interactive, not to mention shirts we spotted 2K Boston employees wearing at GDC last week.
Little is known about how the name change will affect the development studio but we are prone to wild speculation. So let's begin! Is it a sister studio inside 2K Boston? Is it to spin off 2K development studios under the "Irrational" name? And what does this mean for the other half of the original Irrational Games that's now named "2K Australia?" The official word from 2K Boston as of this morning was, "No comment," but we should expect to hear something "very soon." We'll update this post as news comes in.
[Via superannuation]
Little is known about how the name change will affect the development studio but we are prone to wild speculation. So let's begin! Is it a sister studio inside 2K Boston? Is it to spin off 2K development studios under the "Irrational" name? And what does this mean for the other half of the original Irrational Games that's now named "2K Australia?" The official word from 2K Boston as of this morning was, "No comment," but we should expect to hear something "very soon." We'll update this post as news comes in.
[Via superannuation]












Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ Apr 1st 2009 11:16AM
Having met a few people from Boston, I can say that the name is apt.
AwesomeTown @ Apr 1st 2009 6:33PM
Hey..... I'm from the Boston area, and I'm not irrational... all the time.
milan @ Apr 1st 2009 11:19AM
I thought that Irrational Boston was a reference to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force terrorism incident.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Apr 1st 2009 11:25AM
That would be kinda awkward....
"Irrational Boston Presents a Rockstar Production"
ScottG13 @ Apr 1st 2009 11:28AM
Good. I hated the 2K (Insert City Here). Developers want identities. Don't take that away.
Readme @ Apr 1st 2009 11:57AM
I'm only here for the superannuation.
Rocketboy @ Apr 1st 2009 12:47PM
I was hoping that this was a video game. Sigh.
Ryuukuro @ Apr 1st 2009 2:01PM
It was tragic to see Irrational get swallowed up but now that they're getting unswallowed I can only hope that they don't come out as vomit.
eww...
Shadowcast @ Apr 1st 2009 3:07PM
Surely 2K Irrational makes way more sense.
MarvellousM @ Apr 1st 2009 4:00PM
jobs@irrationalbacon.com?
jack @ Apr 2nd 2009 3:33PM
or is this just another april fools joke to make you all think that something fishy is going on?!
tomokazu.osada @ Apr 23rd 2009 6:27PM
IRRATIONAL...........IRRATIONAL...........does this speak of fluency in mathematics or plain old stupidity?
tomo
san francisco, ca