2K Games has removed its launcher from all of its PC games

And another one bites the dust. 2K Games has just announced the removal of its launcher from all of its PC games on Steam and Epic Games Store.

This means that all of your favourite 2K Games on PC will no longer launch its launcher. As such, you’ll be able to launch and play them directly from Steam or Epic Games Store.

So, Bioshock Remastered, Bioshock 2 Remastered, Bioshock Infinite, The Quarry, and Marvel’s Midnight Suns will now launch directly from their stores. The same goes for Mafia Trilogy Definitive Edition and the Civilization games.

On the other hand, XCOM 2 appears to be a special case. For those unaware, XCOM 2 relied heavily on its mods. So now, If you launch XCOM 2 from a Desktop Shortcut, it will default to the “Play XCOM 2” selection. To select another launcher type, you will need to launch the game directly from the Steam Client.

It’s also worth noting that 2K Games has removed the “2K Launcher Beta”, a completely separate launcher, from Sid Meier’s Civilization V.

And that is that. 2K Games has done the right thing here. Right now, 2K Games is the only publisher that has completely removed its launcher from all of its PC games. EA and Ubisoft have also released a couple of games in which their launcher is not used. To be honest, though, I don’t expect these two companies to do what 2K Games did.

Anyway, this is great news for all those that have been playing 2K Games’ titles on PC!

John Papadopoulos

John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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