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===Background===
Illusion Softworks was founded by Petr Vochozka in Czech Republic in 1997, and produced some successful games, including ''Mafia'', until 2008, when they were purchased by Take-Two and renamed 2K Czech. In 2014 the main office in Prague was closed, leaving the only division in Brno.
'''2K Czech''' is the Czech division of [[2K Games|2K]]. It was initially founded as '''[[Illusion Softworks]]''' in 1997 by Petr Vochozka and Jan Kudera, and produced some successful games, including ''Mafia''. In January 2008, the studio was purchased by [[Take-Two Interactive]] and was integrated into the [[2K Games|2K]] brand as '''2K Czech'''. In January 2014, the studio's Prague office was closed, leaving the only division in Brno. In 2017, 2K Czech was merged into another 2K studio, Hangar 13.
 
===1st Logo (1998August 24, 2010)===
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'''Visuals:''' A pistol quickly flies into view, before slowing down as the camera pans over the pistol slowly. On the pistol's top, the 2K Czech logo is carved into the side of it, which gives off a light blue gleam, and then the camera quickly tilts back from the pistol. The hand holding the pistol fires it, shooting a bullet towards his target: a shadowed mob boss with a cigar lit and a bottle of whiskey with the 2K Games logo on it, and the camera slows down drastically to show a shot of him in the distance. After going back to full speed, the bullet breaks the bottle, causing the camera to become focused on the 2K logo for a brief moment, before quickly sweeping around to reveal a red door. A silhouette of a gang member holding a tommy gun walks into the door, creating a "'''II'''" shape as smoke clears away to reveal the ''Mafia II'' logo in full.
Logo: We see a stylized silver hat and the name, crossed by a thin line.
 
'''Technique:''' CGI.
FX: None.
 
'''Audio:''' An ingame-type tense soundtrack with a slowed down sound of shooting.
Music/Sounds: None.
 
'''Availability: Only seen on two games released in Czech: ''Léto' sSeen Oskarem'' andon ''LuridMafia LandII''.
 
{{Chronology|[[Illusion Softworks]]}}
Editor's Note: Low.
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===2nd Logo (1998-1999)===
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[[Category:2K Games]]
Logo: There are two greenish spaces on the black screen. First of them shows the scrabbling starting with yellow dot and two eyes looking from inside. The second one has black "ILLUSION" and "SOFTWORKS" in yellow.
[[Category:Take-Two Interactive Software]]
 
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FX: None.
 
Music/Sounds: None.
 
Availability : Very rare, as it's only seen on ''Hidden & Dangerous''.
 
Editor's Note: Low.
 
===3rd Logo (2000-2008)===
 
Logo: There is a weird orange figure with "'''''illusion'''''" under it and "''softworks''" even below, both in blue font.<br />FX: None.<br />Music/Sounds: None.<br />Variants: <br />
 
* On ''Mafia'', the logo was preceded by a long cutscene, where the gangster burned the logo on the arm of another gangster.
* On ''Vietcong'', the logo zoomed below and remained there, while the sequence of other logos passed by.Availability: Common, seen on ''Hidden & Dangerous'' 2 (and its addons), ''Mafia, Vietcong'' and ''Flying Heroes''.<br />Editor's Note : None.
===4th Logo (2010)====
 
<br />Logo: We move along the close-up of pistol barrel, turn into slow motion and observe the 2K Czech logo carved on the barrel. When the light passes it, the carve gleams blue. The pistol makes a shot and we chase the bullet, again turning into slo-mo as the bullet moves with a trail behind and crushes the bottle with 2K logo, which also floats slowly. After this the Mafia logo plays.<br />FX/SFX: Perfectly made animation.<br />Music/Sounds: An ingame-type tense soundtrack with slowed down sound of shooting.<br />Availability: Appeared on Mafia ''II''.<br />Editor's Note : Low to Medium. Because of the slow motion, the logo is not harmful.<br />
 
[[Category:Czech Logos]]
[[Category:Video Game Logos]]
[[Category:Czech Video Game Logos]]

Latest revision as of 15:51, 8 November 2024


Background

2K Czech is the Czech division of 2K. It was initially founded as Illusion Softworks in 1997 by Petr Vochozka and Jan Kudera, and produced some successful games, including Mafia. In January 2008, the studio was purchased by Take-Two Interactive and was integrated into the 2K brand as 2K Czech. In January 2014, the studio's Prague office was closed, leaving the only division in Brno. In 2017, 2K Czech was merged into another 2K studio, Hangar 13.

Logo (August 24, 2010)


Visuals: A pistol quickly flies into view, before slowing down as the camera pans over the pistol slowly. On the pistol's top, the 2K Czech logo is carved into the side of it, which gives off a light blue gleam, and then the camera quickly tilts back from the pistol. The hand holding the pistol fires it, shooting a bullet towards his target: a shadowed mob boss with a cigar lit and a bottle of whiskey with the 2K Games logo on it, and the camera slows down drastically to show a shot of him in the distance. After going back to full speed, the bullet breaks the bottle, causing the camera to become focused on the 2K logo for a brief moment, before quickly sweeping around to reveal a red door. A silhouette of a gang member holding a tommy gun walks into the door, creating a "II" shape as smoke clears away to reveal the Mafia II logo in full.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: An ingame-type tense soundtrack with a slowed down sound of shooting.

Availability: Seen on Mafia II.

Illusion Softworks
2K Czech
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