Working in the video-game industry and posting things LinkedIn is a risky business. With the number of projects that can’t be talked about, or worse, are in a state where it’s hard to know if they can be talked about or not, it’s easy to slip up. There are also other more ambiguous situations. When someone leaves the company and accidents aren’t so accidental. After all, they’re no longer employed by the company. But LinkedIn is already one of our most reliable sources to learn about new projects, and that’s how we hear all about 2K’s latest news.
According to the LinkedIn page of a 2K employee who works as a motion capture animator, 2K has been working on the remake of a video game for the past two and a half years. This person has also been working on WWE 2K25, NBA 2K25, the new Mafia game, and the new BioShock game, as well as two unannounced games– an unnamed sports title and an unannounced remake.
It’s not surprising that a studio of 2K’s caliber is developing a remake of one of its franchises. Although it’s true that we usually associate 2K with sports games, they have a great catalog of all kinds of games from which they could choose to make a remake. Especially now that the industry has clearly moved in that direction.
Although we don’t know which game it is, judging from the company’s catalog, there are numerous interesting possibilities. A remake of the first BioShock or Mafia seems most likely, since both franchises are beloved and have new installments coming. We shouldn’t rule out a remake of some Borderlands game, probably the second one, given the success of that one. Digging deeper into the catalog, there’s The Darkness, Spec Ops: The Line, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and Sid Meier’s Pirates! These may be less likely, but could be even more interesting remake possibilities.
In any case, nothing is confirmed. Although it’s practically certain that the remake will be of one of the above-mentioned games, this particular LinkedIn posting doesn’t give us any more clues. We’ll have to wait until 2K decides to reveal more to answer all our questions. Although it’s clear to us is that if you want to keep something a secret, it’s better that your employees don’t post it on their LinkedIn.
