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2K Czech (previously known as Illusion Softworks) is game development company located in Brno, in the Czech Republic, and was founded by Petr Vochozka and the venture capital investors, Cash Reform Group. It was founded in 1997 and as of November 2003 it had roughly 170 employees.
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Illusion Softwork's old logo.
Primary mission of Illusion Softworks is developing games for PC and consoles (PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast, Microsoft Xbox etc.). First well known game was Hidden & Dangerous in 1999 – tactical shooter game, where the player takes control of a four man British Special Air Service team executing a number of important sabotage and/or rescue campaigns during World War II. This game also represents the beginning of cooperation with worldwide publisher Take-Two Interactive. First 3D game was not so famous Flying Heroes, fantasy mid-air action duels. In this game Illusion Softworks presented a brand new 3D engine called Ptero-Engine (game was developed together with Pterodon company). Illusion softworks' own 3D engine called LS3D engine was prepared for the game Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, released in 2002. This game met great acclaim from critics and was even labelled the best game about Mafia because of its original plot and revolutionary capabilities within gameplay. In 2003 two games by Illusion Softworks were released. A first-person shooter game Vietcong situated in the Vietnam War which had been developed alongside with Pterodon using their enhanced engine Ptero-Engine II and a successful continuation of the adventures of an SAS team during World War II: Hidden & Dangerous 2, based on the attested LS3D engine. The official sequel to the Vietcong named Vietcong 2 was released in 2005 (with Pterodon company). Currently, they are working on a first-person shooter war game called Enemy in Sight, and the long awaited sequel to Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven.
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[edit] Released games
- Hidden & Dangerous (1999) (PC, Sega Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation), tactical action war-game
- Hidden & Dangerous datadisc (1999) (PC), tactical action war-game datadisc (in EU named Fight for Freedom, in USA Devil's Bridge)
- Flying Heroes (2000) (PC), action fantasy game
- Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002) (PC, Xbox, PS2), third-person shooter game
- Vietcong (2003) (PC), first-person shooter war-game
- Hidden & Dangerous 2 (2003) (PC), tactical action war-game
- Vietcong: Fist Alpha (2004) (PC), first-person shooter war-game datadisc
- Wings of War (2004) (Xbox, PC), flighting-combat simulator
- Hidden & Dangerous 2 Sabre Squadron (2004) (PC), tactical action war-game datadisc
- Vietcong: Purple Haze (2004) (Xbox, PS2, PC), first-person shooter war-game
- Vietcong 2 (2005) (PC), first-person shooter war-game
- Chameleon (2005) (PC), tactical action game
- Circus Grande (2005) circus simulation game
[edit] Games under development
- Enemy in Sight (TBA) (PC), first-person shooter war-game
- Mafia 2 (TBA) (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), third-person shooter mob-game[1]
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