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Background

In 2007, Take-Two Interactive reorganized its budget game subsidiary, Global Star Software under the 2K brand, becoming its casual publishing arm known as 2K Play.

Logo (October 23, 2007-November 6, 2012)

Visuals: The usual 2K logo with "pLay" in a straight font below it. A curved line is seen under the "L", connecting the "p" and "a" to form a smiley face, resembling that from the Intel Play logo.

Variant: On the Xbox 360 version of Nicktoons MLB, the logo zooms in and out.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: Usually none, but sometimes the opening theme plays.

Audio Variants:

On later prints of Carnival Games for the Nintendo Wii, the Global Star Software theme is heard.
On the Xbox 360 version of Nicktoons MLB, crowd cheering and a "Charge" organ theme plays.
On the Nintendo DS version of Nicktoons MLB, a man says "2K Play."

Availability: Seen on casual games published under the 2K Play label. Its final known appearance was on Bubble Guppies for Nintendo DS.

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+===Background===
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+In 2007, [[Take-Two Interactive Software|Take-Two Interactive]] reorganized its budget game subsidiary, [[Global Star Software]] under the [[2K Games|2K]] brand, becoming its casual publishing arm known as '''2K Play'''.
+===Logo (October 23, 2007-November 6, 2012)===
-=== Background ===
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-'''Global Star Software''' was founded in Canada as a software publisher in 1995 by Craig McGauley and Damian Cristiani. Since September 1, 1999, the company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of [[Take-Two Interactive Software|Take-Two]] and published budget game titles. In 2007, Take-Two decided to perform another company reorganization (the first one led to the creation of [[Rockstar Games]] in 1998) and merged several of the companies under the [[2K Games]] brand. Global Star became its casual publishing arm known as '''2K Play'''.
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+{{YouTube|id=EE9BilGOXwI|id2=NAayNw1pxKQ}}
+'''Visuals:''' The usual 2K logo with "'''pLay'''" in a straight font below it. A curved line is seen under the "L", connecting the "p" and "a" to form a smiley face, resembling that from the [[Intel Play]] logo.
+'''Variant:''' On the Xbox 360 version of ''Nicktoons MLB'', the logo zooms in and out.
-=== 1st Logo (1995-2003) ===
+'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic.
-'''Nicknames''': "Earth in a Star", "The Global Star"
+'''Audio:''' Usually none, but sometimes the opening theme plays.
-'''Logo''': The logo is a toothed golden medal in the form of the circle. The words, "'''GLOBAL STAR'''" and "'''SOFTWARE'''" are written inside the circle. Also, there is a star with a picture of the planet Earth inside at the very center. Sometimes the company's website appears below.
+'''Audio Variants:'''
-'''Variant''': On ''Worlds of Billy'', the Earth ball jumps into the CD and blows to form the logo.
+* On later prints of ''Carnival Games'' for the Nintendo Wii, the [[Global Star Software]] theme is heard.
+* On the Xbox 360 version of ''Nicktoons MLB'', crowd cheering and a "Charge" organ theme plays.
-'''FX/SFX''': None.
+* On the Nintendo DS version of ''Nicktoons MLB'', a man says "2K Play."
-'''Music/Sounds''': None.
-'''Availability''': Very rare. The games having this logo are ''Search and Rescue 4'', ''Airport Tycoon 2'', and ''Siege of Avalon''. Nearly all of them are long out of stores.
-'''Editor's Note''': None.
-=== 2nd Logo (late 1990s-2003) ===
-'''Nicknames''': "Earth in a Star II", "The Global Star II"
-'''Logo''': We move around and see many cogs working over a blue background. One of the gears is the logo, which comes into full view and rotates, while the others fade away.
-'''FX/SFX''': The cogs moving.
-'''Music/Sounds''': Humming synth with the gears working.
-'''Availability''': Very rare. Was seen on ''Kayak Extreme''.
-'''Editor's Note''': None.
-=== 3rd Logo (2002) ===
-'''Logo''': TBA
-'''FX/SFX''': TBA
-'''Music/Sounds''': TBA
-'''Availability''': TBA
-'''Editor's Note''': None.
-=== 4th Logo (2003) ===
-'''Logo''': We can see a black rectangle with "'''Global Star'''" written over its bottom, and "'''SOFTWARE'''" below the plate. There is a stylized image of a golden eye in the plate, which has a star inside the eyeball.
-'''FX/SFX''': None, but sometimes the logo shines.
-'''Music/Sounds''': None.
-'''Availability''': Not very common, but can be found on ''Mall Tycoon 2, Jetfighter V'', and ''Airport Tycoon 3''.
-'''Editor's Note''': None.
-=== 5th Logo (2003-August 27, 2007) ===
-'''Nickname''': "GS"
-'''Logo''': On a black background, a golden "'''G'''" fades in, then a white "'''S'''" fades in, being overlapped by the "'''G'''". The name, "'''GLOBAL STAR SOFTWARE'''", with "'''SOFTWARE'''" under "GLOBAL STAR" in spaced-out letters, appears below in a simple white font.
-'''Variants''':
-* Later variants have the letters in gradient colors and in a 3D effect. This time, the letter S overlaps the letter G.
-* On ''Carnival Games'', the background is white.
-'''FX/SFX''': Only the letters fading in.
-'''Music/Sounds''': A short rock tune or none.
-'''Availability''': Uncommon. This logo appeared on ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', ''Jetfighter 2015'', ''Mall Tycoon 3'', and other budget titles. The last game to use this was on ''Carnival Games'' for the Nintendo Wii.
-'''Editor's Note''': None.
+'''Availability:'''  Seen on casual games published under the 2K Play label. Its final known appearance was on ''Bubble Guppies'' for Nintendo DS.
+{{Chronology|[[Global Star Software]]|}}
+[[Category:American video game logos]]
+[[Category:United States]]
+[[Category:Video game logos]]
 [[Category:2K Games]]
-[[Category:Video game logos]]
+[[Category:Take-Two Interactive Software]]
-[[Category:American video game logos]]
-[[Category:American logos]]