===Background===
'''Irrational Games''' was founded in 1997 in Boston by Ken Levine and other people from the closed [[Looking Glass Studios]]. In 2000, they opened a side studio in Canberra. [[Take-Two Interactive Software]] acquired these studios on 9th January 2006, and a year after, the "Irrational" name was dropped and the studios were incorporated into the [[2K Games]] label, renaming them 2K Boston and 2K Australia respectively (in 2007, [[2K Marin]] was also spun off by five people from 2K Boston). These names were used for ''Bioshock'' and its sequel before 2010, when Take-Two decided to return the "Irrational" name back "to respect the studio's legacy". It was announced on February 18, 2014 that the studio would close down.
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|Irrational Games (first era)|
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|Irrational Games (1999) (From - System Shock 2).png|1st Logo (August 11, 1999)
|Irrational Games (2002) (From - Freedom Force for PC).png|2nd Logo (January 9, 2002-2006)
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|2K Boston/Australia|
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|2K Boston (2007) (From - Bioshock).png|1st Logo (August 21, 2007)
|2K Marin (2010) (From - Bioshock 2).png|2nd Logo (February 9, 2010)
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|Irrational Games (second era)|
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|Irrational Games (2013) (From - Bioshock Infinite for PC).png|(August 12, 2010-March 25, 2014)
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==Irrational Games (first era)==
'''Logo:''' We see a rusty metal ball in a dark space. Then a light shine comes to float around it, making it into the circular logo with a wide "'''i'''" in it. The name "Irrational Games" zooms out over the circle.
'''Technique:''' The3D ball moving, the shine flyinganimation.
'''Music/Sounds:''' Space humming sounds, and a robotic voice saying "Irrational".
'''Availability:''' Used on ''System Shock 2''.
===2nd Logo (January 9, 2002-2006)===
'''Variants:'''
* On the ''Freedom Force'' dilogy, game characters appear in action.
* On ''Tribes: Vengeance'', the print version is used.
'''Technique:''' None, or the game-generated action.
'''Availability:''' Seen on the ''Freedom Force'' dilogy and ''SWAT'' and its add-ons The print version is seen on ''Tribes: Vengeance''.
==2K Boston/Australia==
'''Logo:''' We see an art-deco grammophone playing old-style music. When the camera comes close to the recording disc, the 2K initials can be seen on it. Then the 2K sign flashes into the 2K Boston logo, which looks like the normal 2K Games logo, but it's {{color|blue}} and the word "''BOSTON''" replaces "''GAMES''". Then, the town name is wiped out by smoky effects and replaced with "''AUSTRALIA''".
'''Technique:''' The grammophoneCGI animation, the logo-changing smoke effects.
'''Music/Sounds:''' The music playing before the logo is shown.
'''Availability:''' Seen on ''BioShock''.
===2nd Logo (February 9, 2010)===
'''Logo:''' We see a closeup of a Little Sister stacking some colored blocks. We zoom out, where we see a Big Daddy behind the window. It stomps the ground, causing the cubes to fall and revealing that each block has a different one of the games companies on it. We then see each individual logo on a grungy background: '''Digital Extremes''', '''2K China''', '''2K Australia''', and '''2K Marin'''. The fifth cube, depicting '''2K Games''', is not shown fullscreen.
'''Technique:''' TheA game-basedmix animation,of theCGI logo-changingand effects2D animation.
'''Music/Sounds:''' Some ominous game-world sounds.
'''Availability:''' Appears on ''BioShock 2''.
==Irrational Games (second era)==
'''Variant:''' On ''BioShock Infinite'', the logo is full of static noise, while the game's trailers have it still.
'''Technique:''' TheCGI staticanimation.
'''Music/Sounds:''' The static sounds.
'''Availability:''' Seen on trailers for ''BioShock Infinite'', the game itself, and its expansions.
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