TL;DR: 2K Games has removed its launcher from all games on Epic and Steam, allowing direct play without additional software. This change affects titles like Bioshock and Civilization, with no impact ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...

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Among all the unnecessary PC game launchers forced on us over the years, 2K Games’ version easily ranked among the very worst – when it was not clunky or broken all by itself, it always found ways to ...

2K has fully removed its unpopular launcher from PC, meaning you can play the likes of XCOM and BioShock on Steam and Epic without the faff of dealing with another barrier to access. 2K explains on ...

First off, find your ‘TheQuarry.exe’ file on your computer. This will be in the folder you selected for the game to install. You can quickly access the folder by right-clicking The Quarry from your ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Marvel's Midnight Suns has some performance issues, and if you're playing on Steam, turning off the 2K launcher could be the antidote. Rock Paper ...

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launcher, from Sid Meier’s Civilization V. "On November 25, a follow-up update was sent out via Steam to make sure the 2K Launcher was fully removed. You may notice the 2KLauncher folder was replaced ...