You're not gonna believe this. An apparent screenshot from the Bioshock game that's currently in the works has leaked online, and, assuming it's genuine, it tells us one thing we've all been hoping to learn about the title. That it's a video game.
]]>Ok, so, you remember when it looked an awful lot like Take-Two was shutting down both Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Intercept Games and Roll7 - the studio behind Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World - earlier this month? Well, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has now said that it "didn't shutter" the studios, leaving us all wondering whether they still, er, actually exist.
]]>The next, currently untitled BioShock game has added a writer on Ghost of Tsushima as its narrative designer.
]]>2K Games will release collections for BioShock, Borderlands, and XCOM 2 for Nintendo Switch.
]]>A big part of BioShock 2 is exploration and survival, hunting around to find ammo and resources while constantly in peril. Occasionally, you'll come across a door barred by a vertical four-digit lock which you can interact with. Input the right code and you'll be granted access to a hoard of ammo, health, powers, and more that's often better than what you'll just find lying around.
]]>BioShock: The Collection has been patched on PC with some welcome adjustments to the first two games.
]]>Rapture has never looked so BioShock-ingly good.
]]>2K Games has provided information on how to upgrade BioShock and BioShock 2 to the remastered version on PC with the release of BioShock: The Collection.
]]>2K Games has released a set of Let's Play videos for the BioShock Collection, giving you a look at the upgrades for PS4 and Xbox One.
]]>This was pretty much expected, but it's nice to see confirmation anyway.
]]>Yet another board has rated Bioshock: The Collection, just in case you thought it wasn't happening.
]]>BioShock 2 has been temporarily removed from online marketplaces, but don't worry: it will return "soon," according to 2K Games.
]]>Irrational Games may be no more, but that isn't stopping publisher 2K from assigning development of future BioShock games to internal studio, 2K Marin.
]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>Gone Home , BioShock and System Shock could all take place at different times in the same fictional universe, according to The Fullbright Company's Steve Gaynor.
]]>Remember when a BioShock film was a thing? It's not a thing any more, but during the time that it was a thing, concept artist Jim Martin produced a series of works giving a feel for what it might have looked like. Go check out the gallery on his portfolio site. Franchise creator Ken Levine himself pulled the plug on the BioShock movie adaptation after its budget was slashed and a few personnel changes were made. Oh well, we'll always have, you know, the games.
]]>2K has announced four new game collections available through retailers Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, and Walmart.
]]>The Bureau and BioShock 2 dev 2K Marin is "essentially" shuttered after severe staff reductions that affected the "majority" of team members. There has been no official announcement of the studio's closure.
]]>BioShock 2 has been updated for Steam after moving away from the now-closed Games For Windows Live service. The shooter has been bolstered with Steam Achievements, new gamepad support and more.
]]>Those who have yet to play any of the BioShock games but would like to, should give it a go through Amazon. You can pick up all three games in the series: BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite as a download on PC for $19.99. That's an 80% savings. Hit up the link for more information. Thanks, Major Nelson.
]]>Tomb Raider co-writer and BioShock 2 scribe Susan O' Connor has given an insightful interview into the game writing process, in which she discusses the issue of violence in games. Connor has suggested that on one hand violence can be in a game for no good reason, but when written well it can help flesh out a character.
]]>Bioshock 2 lead designer Zak McClendon has jumped ship for Harmonix as Design Director, according to his online CV. The Rock Band studio appears to be gearing up towards something massive, if recent rumours are to be believed.
]]>If you haven't yet experienced the original BioShock and its solid if not quite as magical sequel, now is the time. Gamefly is offering both games on PC for $5, and if you use this Dealzon coupon code, you'll pay just $4. If that doesn't fill the hole left in your life by the ending of BioShock Infinite I am unsure what will. Probably nothing. There is only sorrow, forever.
]]>The BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition is now available at retail in North America. The disc contains BioShock, BioShock 2 and the following add-on content: Museum of Orphaned Concepts, Plasmids Pack, Challenge Rooms Pack, Sinclair Solutions Tester, Rapture Metro, The Protector Trials, and Minerva's Den. A collectible sticker pack from BioShock Infinite's world is included as well. It will run you $29.99 and will also be made available though PSN with the usual, weekly update.
]]>The BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition has been announced by 2K for PS3 and Xbox 360.
]]>PlayStation Plus subscribers across Europe can look forward to starting 2013 with a host of free games as part of the Instant Game Collection incentive. BioShock 2, Mortal Kombat and Jet Set Radio HD on PS Vita lead the new year charge.
]]>The next PlayStation Store update brings a free copy of BioShock 2 to all US PlayStation Plus subscribers. As detailed on the PlayStation Blog, members will also receive a 10% discount on the Rockstar Games Collection Edition 1, which bundles Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, L.A. Noire, and Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition for the price of a new release, as well as 50% off both the PlayStation 3 and Vita versions of physics puzzler Puddle.
]]>A listing for Bioshock Ultimate Rapture Edition cropped up on the British Board of Film Classification, before being removed, Eurogamer is reporting. The bundle includes both Bioshock and Bioshock 2, along with all previously released DLC and has been handed a mature, 18+ rating. There's currently no word on platforms, release date or price but we've contacted publisher 2K for further details.
]]>Good things come to those who wait. And wait. And wait. And give up hope, storm off in frustration, and randomly stumble across the news months later.
]]>Microsoft has put BioShock 2, Borderlands, and Mafia II DLC on sale for Xbox Live Gold Members from today until May 16.
]]>Below is your afternoon addition of shorts, and they are rather short. Who sports short-shorts? Why, we do of course!
]]>The oft-delayed Protector Trials DLC for BioShock 2 is finally arriving on PC on Monday, absolutely free.
]]>2K has confirmed that the Protector Trials DLC for BioShock 2 has been released on the Games for Windows Marketplace. However, don't download it just yet.
]]>As promised last week, select 2K and Rockstar games and add-ons have gone one sale through Xbox Live.
]]>Sony's detailed a massive sale for the EU PS Store, full to the brim of DLC and games. Who fancies the GTA IV DLC on the cheap?
]]>2K Games' community manager Elizabeth Tobey has posted an update on the 2K Games Forums regarding Protector Trials and Minerva's Den DLC finally hitting BioShock 2 PC.
]]>The world of literature has been bereft of Ken Levine's dark world for long enough, but the much-delayed Bioshock novel adaptation has finally found a release date in March.
]]>Eight. F**king. Quid.
]]>BioShock. $5. Enough said.
]]>2K has announced over on its official forums that PC users will end up getting BioShock 2 DLC after all.
Good news, that.
]]>If you're American, you should be interested in this.
]]>This week's Xbox Live Deal of the Week is of the Big Daddy theme.
]]>2K has said BioShock 2 on PC will not be getting the Minerva's Den or Protector's Trials DLC.
]]>Capcom has released Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, the Xbox 360-exclusive prologue to the full game, and you can get it now on the Marketplace.
2K has also put out the final bit of DLC for BioShock 2, Minerva's Den.
]]>A video for BioShock 2's upcoming DLC, Minerva's Den, has been released showing off the grand machine, The Thinker.
Get it below the fold.
]]>Take-Two said today that BioShock 2's Minerva's Den DLC will ship on August 31 for $10 on PSN and 800 MSP on Live.
]]>Take Two has lost its case in gaining control of a BioShock URL against a domain squatting firm.
]]>Ken Levine has told VG247 Irrational Games never thought of BioShock Infinite as part 3 of the series, but instead as a completely new game.
]]>2K Marin may have built BioShock 2, but we could have had an Irrational-made sequel. So why not, Ken Levine?
]]>2K's confirmed it has delayed the Protector Trials DLC for BioShock 2 on PC.
]]>2K's said BioShock 2's final piece of DLC will be known as Minerva's Den.
]]>2K has announced Protector Trials, the new single-player add-on for BioShock 2, is now available for XBL and PSN and it will run you 400 MSP/$4.99.
]]>2K's just announced a new single-player DLC pack for BioShock 2.
]]>Take-Two CEO Ben Feder has admitted that BioShock 2 wasn't the smash it should have been.
]]>Those who play BioShock 2 on PC will finally get the Rapture Metro Pack DLC tomorrow.
]]>Remember that scene from BioShock 2? You know, that scene? With the golf club? Well, have you ever thought, "Gee whiz, that sure would make an awesome multiplayer mode"? No?
Well, evidently, someone did.
]]>2K Elizabeth has said it is currently working on three patches for Bioshock 2, one for each of the game's platforms.
]]>2K's vice president of marketing, Matt Gorman, and marketing director Tom Bass, stated during an interview that because of the massive success of BioShock, the team felt pressure trying to convince the public it needed to revisit Rapture.
]]>BioShock 2's upcoming multiplay DLC may have slipped, but that doesn't mean you can't look at it, does it?
]]>Update: Looks like the DLC will not hit this week as promised, according to the Major, who says he will post an update and more information when he gets it. Bummer, little Splicers.
Original: Just a friendly reminder in case you missed the announcement last week - BioShock 2's getting some multiplayer DLC lovin' on Thursday with the Rapture Metro Map Pack.
]]>The Major has revealed that DLC for BioShock 2 and Just Cause 2 is coming around the end of the month.
There's also some for Mega Man 10.
]]>2K has confirmed that yesterday's BioShock 2 DLC is indeed just an unlock for content already held on the game's disc, saying the content's being delivered this way in order to not "split the player-base".
]]>It looks as though BioShock 2's Sinclair Solutions tester pack, paid DLC released yesterday for the shooter, may already have been on the disc.
]]>Does the GDC news rush have your head spinning? Then take a load off with February's NPDs, which came out today. So, how'd your favorite games fair?
Unsurprisingly, BioShock 2 made a drill-brandishing beeline straight to first place, while Mass Effect 2, Dante's Inferno, and Heavy Rain all managed to keep apace in the top ten. Long-legged favorites New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Modern Warfare 2, meanwhile, took second and third.
See the full results after the break
]]>2K has announced that the first bit of downloadable content for BioShock 2 will be made available worldwide on March 11.
]]>Take Two's just announced its sold over 15 million copies of Grand Theft Auto IV LtD.
BioShock 2 has sold 3 million units since its release last month with lifetime franchise sales sitting at around 7 million.
]]>2K's announced BioShock 2's first batch of DLC, due for release next month.
]]>BioShock 2 has gone to number one in this week's UK charts.
]]>2K has stated on the BioShock 2 official forums that gamepad support for the game on PC will not be implemented.
]]>BioShock 2's Michael Kamper has said that due to the uniqueness of Rapture, there are "many stories" that 2K could tell within the game's universe.
]]>BioShock 2's out today, and those who want to show their appreciation for the FPS's return to Rapture or just a bit of fandom, can now get some Avatar gear over on Xbox Live.
]]>The reviews embargo for BioShock 2 just went, with scores starting to float in.
Get the round-up below.
Console wars. What are they good for?
Absolutely nothing, said BioShock 2 creative director Jordan Thomas.
]]>BioShock 2's creative director, Jordan Thomas, has revealed that the game may "foster much more dissent than the first", in terms of the "nostalgia to novelty" ratio; thus, the team is preparing itself for such criticism, along with backlash from fans over the much-hyped return to Rapture.
]]>The soundtrack for BioShock 2 is to be made available via a standard and deluxe edition on iTunes come February 9 - same day the game that just got a 9 from IGN hits the world.
We have a track listing for you too.
]]>IGN's gone live with the first reviews of BioShock 2, with scores being a 9.
]]>The EU PS Blog had a chance to sit down with BioShock 2's senior producer Melissa Miller and lead environment artist Hogarth de la Plante, and chat about the sequel's storyline, atmosphere, and Big Sisters.
]]>Two new videos BioShock 2 have detailed the shooter's weapons.
They look absolutely brutal. But that's a good thing.
]]>It's been revealed that when BioShock 2 releases next week, PS3 versions will require a mandatory install weighing it at 5Gb.
]]>BioShock 2's got a launch trailer How so? It's below. Looks properly amazing, innit.
]]>2K has announced that Return to Rapture midnight openings celebrating the launch of BioShock 2 will be happening on February 9 at more than 2,500 GameStop and Best Buy stores across the US - check your local store for more information.
It also released a video unveiling the Special Edition for the highly anticipated title.
]]>2K's confirmed that BioShock 2's multiplayer won't have any LAN features or dedicated servers when the game launches in two-and-a-half weeks time.
]]>Zaavi's listed a Rapture edition for BioShock 2 that is exclusive to the retailer.
]]>Community manager Elizabeth Tobey has posted over on the official 2K message boards that BioShock 2 on PC will only use SecuROM as a disc check only.
After that, you can install as many times as you like, however - GFWL will limit the number of activations.
]]>2K has released the required and recommended PC specs for BioShock 2 via Steam, which also reveals the inclusion of SecureROM DRM.
]]>The call to push BioShock 2 back from November 2009 to February 2010 for quality reasons was one that cost 2K "millions of dollars" and was all the more "impressive" for it, Kent Hudson, 2K Marin senior systems designer, has said in an interview.
]]>BioShock 2's plot twists are going to knock you for six, if 2K Marin's Kent Hudson's to be believed. Would you kindly hit the link?
]]>Valve has announced that Bioshock 2's coming to Steam, and it's now up for pre-purchase on the site.
]]>2K Marin's Kent Hudson has confirmed that DLC is on the way for BioShock 2.
]]>PSM3 and PC Gamer (via CVG) have the first reviews of BioShock 2 in the world, with both mags giving the game over 90 percent.
]]>BioShock 2 creative director Jordan Thomas has explained how the Vita-Chambers will work in the sequel, and said this time around the option to turn the Chambers off will be on the game disc.
]]>BioShock 2 will last at least ten hours, the latest episode of Qore's apparently confirmed.
]]>Those planning a return to Rapture with BioShock 2 in February, might want to check out some of the new upgraded plasmids you'll come across after the break.
]]>2K's beefing up its BioShock 2 campaign aheadf of the shooter's February 9 release, with the TV spot below the break talking "sacrifice" and "love".
Chances of this being s**t: zero. Check out our interview with 2K Marin creative boss Jordan Thomas and pre-Christmas play impressions while you wait.
]]>The US PS Blog has detail on what you'll be getting for your $5 this month in Qore.
]]>All text by Simon Parkin.
There’s a lot at stake for Jordan Thomas, Creative Director of BioShock 2. As a man best known, not for designing famous games, but for designing famous levels (specifically, BioShock’s brilliant Fort Frolic and Thief: Deadly Shadows’ similarly standout Shalebridge Cradle) the keys to Rapture must have felt particularly heavy when 2K handed them over. Not only that, but the publisher tasked Thomas with creating his very own studio, 2K Marin, to make the sequel. So not only is this a game through which he must prove himself able to deliver a cohesive vision over a full game experience, but also his ability to handpick a talented team to deliver it is on test.
Add to this the pressure of maintaining the integrity of Ken Levine’s vision as laid out in the original game, not to mention that of answering its many critics, it's no wonder the man looks a little tired as we sit down for a chat on a December Friday afternoon. But with just a few months left till release, there’s perhaps no better time to reflect on the development so far, and look ahead to its conclusion. As ever, Thomas rises gracefully to the challenge.
]]>We were recently lucky enough to get play-time with the latest build of BioShock 2 in London. We sent Simon Parkin along to see whether or not 2K Marin's monster effort is worthy of Levine's original dream.
In the ten years that separate the end of Bioshock from the beginning of its sequel, the underwater city of Rapture has deteriorated. It’s not that the place has necessarily decayed, though the art deco signage and once plush 1930’s fixtures and fittings exhibit perhaps a little more wear, tear and gunshot wounds than before. Rather, it's those inhabitants that roam its deep-sea corridors who have worsened with the passing of time, their hellish mutations accelerated yet further by another decade’s worth of substance abuse.
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