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No LAN or Dedicated Servers for BioShock 2 Multiplayer
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Jan 27
By Owen Good How dare 2K Games turn its back on the PC multiplayer community that made BioShock ... oh ... uh ... that's right. Well, they confirmed that BioShock 2 won't support LAN gaming or dedicated servers anyway. BioShock 2 Multiplayer and Matchmaking Q&A [Cult of Rapture]
BioShock 2 Score will be Available Digitally
Original at Kotaku
• Sun, Jan 24
By Owen Good Garry Schyman, who composed the award-winning score for the first BioShock, returns to duty in BioShock 2, and word is that you won't need to buy the special edition just to get your hands on the soundtrack. BioShock 2 Score by Garry Schyman to See Digital Release [Gametunes.net, thanks Tyl...
In 2010, We Will Learn What Ken Levine Has Been Working On
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jan 19
By Luke Plunkett Ever since production wrapped on BioShock, people have been keen to know what Ken Levine's next project would be. Seems we're finally, years after his last game shipped, going to find out. Irrational Games debuting new game this year [GameSpot]
Bioshock 2's Chief Creator Against A Tide Of Skeptics
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jan 19
By Stephen Totilo The 2007 original was beloved, a first-person shooter that drowned its player in the underwater failed art deco Utopia of Rapture, asking the player to make moral choices about the fate of half-living little girls called Little Sisters while strategically battling enemies, includin...
Irrational Pitch for a Zombie Shooter was Well Ahead of Its Time
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Jan 13
By Owen Good Irrational released a concept trailer for the game, which you can see with the rest of the interview on GI's site. It's interesting to think what would have happened had Irrational in fact kickstarted this sub-genre of the FPS and made a ton of money in the process, what would have happened w...
BioShock 2 Preview: Something Bad Is About To Happen
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Jan 11
By Stephen Totilo Two levels deeper into BioShock 2 and unwilling to spoil any of the major events in the game, I will instead share a feeling I've gotten from a preview of next month's sequel from 2K Games: Bad things are coming. The sense I get is that I am not long for Rapture or Rapture is not long for me. If Raptu...
BioShock 2 Multiplayer Lobby Preview: Yes, The Lobby
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Dec 23
By Stephen Totilo To progress I'd have to leave and step into the Bathysphere, located down a hallway containing a bucket catching ceiling leaks. In that Bathysphere, I'd be able to select a multiplayer mode of play — Survival of the Fittest, Civil War, Capture the Sister, Turf War or Team ADAM Grab — and proc...
BioShock 2 Preview: Maybe It Was Needed After All
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Dec 21
By Stephen Totilo I have, however, returned to Rapture, with the help of 2K Marin, 2K Australia, 2K China and Digital Extremes. I have played BioShock 2's single player campaign through its prologue and first full level, and I am both impressed and pleased. Dare I write this, but the new game has improved elem...
Top 10 most anticipated video games of 2010
Original at Telegraph.co.uk
• Sun, Dec 20
BioShock 2 combines improved gameplay with even loftier literary ambitions than BioShck and, if our experience is anything to go by, it's set to be one of ...
Here's the Achievement List for BioShock 2
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Dec 17
By Owen Good Gather 600 ADAM with Little Sisters. • Big Spender (15 points) Spend 2000 dollars at Vending Machines. • Dealt with Every Little Sister (50 points) Either Harvest or Save every Little Sister in the game. BioShock 2 Achievements List [Xbox 360 Achievements via HBG]
BioShock 2 Update: Single- Player From the Start... Almost
Original at GameSpot
• Fri, Dec 4
We return to Rapture in 2K Marin's BioShock sequel and get a pretty deadly homecoming. ... Bioshock 2 New Gameplay FootageExaminer.com all 2 news articles »
New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email - Kotaku.com
Original at Kotaku.com
• Wed, Dec 2
New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email blog) He's personally participated in review events "under a 'controlled environment'" for 2K Games' BioShock and Bungie's Halo 2. "I have very mixed feelings ... and more »
Serious Sam HD Review
Original at IGN
• Wed, Dec 2
There are definitely cheap thrills to be had here but don't expect the substance that modern first-person shooters like Half-Life and BioShock offer. ...
2K Reviving Spec Ops Series with New Teaser
Original at IGN
• Fri, Nov 20
No, it's not BioShock 3. It's a new Spec Ops title, which a source tells us is being developed by 2K Boston. As first uncovered by 1up, a CGI teaser trailer ... and more »
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Sep 8
By Brian Crecente Levine is a founder member of and creative director for 2K Boston, which was originally known as Irrational Games. He is perhaps best known for his work on BioShock, but also worked on Thief: The Dark Project, System Shock 2, Tribes: Vengeance, Freedom Force, its sequel Freedom Force vs. th...
Opinion: Why Depression-Era Clothes Became Xbox 360 Fashions
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Aug 11
By Stephen Totilo Xbox gamers can dress as a BioShock Big Daddy or a Halo trooper if they sample the new virtual world fashions launching today. Or they could dress like they're from the Great Depression. The line's designer explains why. Who thinks about what their characters wear when they play or browse an X...
E3 2009: BioShock 2 Brings More Choices, More Philosophies
Original at NintendoDS Advanced
• Fri, Jun 12
Where the gameplay of the original BioShock was concerned, most found it to be nothing remarkable. What really seemed to draw people in was the context, the atmosphere, the characters and the story. So naturally, when talk of a sequel begins, ...
Opinion: E3: BioShock 2 both a sequel, prequel
Original at San Jose Mercury News
• Mon, Jun 8
USA He can use the iconic drill and the rivet gun, but better than all these natural powers is his ability to use plasmids. Yes, players will be a Big Daddy that has the power to burn, electrocute and freeze splicers. On top of that, 2K Marin and company ... BioShock Review Stick Skills Gaming
**INSIDE LOOK** AT BIOSHOCK 1 & 2 ReviewOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, May 11
By rss@youtube.com (GaminAlbanian) Author: GaminAlbanian Keywords: Bioshock Bioshock 2 Tits Boobs Games Shooters Music Rhianna Comentary Comdey Action One Million Trailers Inside Look Xbox Xbox360 PS2 PS3 PC Steam Added: May 11, 2009
BioShock DemoOriginal at GameSpot
• Thu, Apr 30
This a walkthrough of BioShock the spirtual successor to System Shock 2. I got the demo from IGN.com, a site that has good videos but worthless ... www.gamespot.com
BioShock 2 Impressions: Spoilers? What Spoilers?
Original at Kotaku.com
• Thu, Apr 23
NY Once back inside Rapture, the game introduces combat. No real spoilers here, since the only enemies around were Splicers. No explanation what they're still doing in Rapture after 10 years, but they're just as agro as ever – even considering that ...
Those About to Die: 16 Colossi
Original at Destructoid
• Wed, Apr 22
Florida I don't mean something “bad” as in the “good and bad” morality choices we've seen over the past two years like BioShock and Mass Effect. Games that ask you to make the choice between being a Paragon of righteousness and a hell spawn that enjoys ...
BioShock 2 Eyes on Impressions
Original at Ve3d.com
• Thu, Apr 9
Before you get your legal panties in a bunch about breaking NDAs, an extended BioShock 2 gameplay trailer was just shown on SpikeTV's Gametrailers show. So you can relax about that. The clip itself was fairly short; I didn't time it but I'd reckon it ...
BioShock Mobile Going Live - BioShock iPhone To Follow?
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Mar 23
By AJ Glasser But maybe all is not lost for BioShock in formats other than console. IG Fun worked "very closely" with 2K Games so we wouldn't get a repeat of what happened to the Halo mobile game, even scoring original art and audio to work into the game.
How To: BioShock - Graphics TestOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, Jan 4
By rss@youtube.com (B0mbH3ad) I get a good 85 FPS when not recording. Author: B0mbH3ad Keywords: bio shock how to tutorial smart tips and tricks oblivion gameplay video sony vegas Added: January 4, 2009
BioShock: Challenge Rooms Review for PS3 - VideoGamer.com
Original at Videogamer.com
• Tue, Nov 25
Yes if you absolutely loved 2K Games' BioShock. And we mean absolutely loved, because this is fan service in the extreme. When you first access one of the three challenge rooms a disclaimer of sorts presents itself. ...
Podcast: 26 The PlayStation Show 11.23.08Original at theplaystationshow (WordPress)
• Sun, Nov 23
By The PlayStation Show Staff Playable Content MotoGP demo Add-on Content LittleBigPlanet “Sack In The Box” costume (free)LittleBigPlanet “Loco Roco” costume pack ($2.99)BioShock Challenge Room add-on ($9.99)Dead Space content (listed here) Commercial
BioShock RS w/ Trainer, Save + Shader 2.0 Patch | Enthusiasm ...
Original at kelvintco.com
• Sat, Nov 15
By Orange BioShock is a video game by 2K Boston/2K Australia—previously known as Irrational Games—designed by Ken Levine. It was released for the Windows.
BioShock DLC Adds A Lot But Loses Something Important
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Nov 7
By AJ Glasser Something about the the BioShock "Challenge Room" downloadable content seems wrong to me. It’s not the fact that it’s DLC. I appreciate 2K trying to get more mileage out of the blockbuster to distract us from the fact that they haven’t given us BioShock 2 yet. And it’s not exactly the fact that...
BioShock - PS3 - GR Review
Original at Game Revolution
• Wed, Nov 5
image1]Years ago, I reviewed a first person shooter & RPG that is still one of the best PC games of all time, System Shock 2. Back then, it was rare for an FPS game to be much more than a run and gun affair. ...
BioShock - Review - play.tm
Original at Play.tm
• Tue, Nov 4
First-person shooter with class or dumbed-down role-playing game? In the end it doesn't matter, because BioShock is best enjoyed when you stop worrying about what kind of a game it is... and just start experiencing it. ...
BioShock Review
Original at PSU.com
• Mon, Oct 27
Immersive storyline. Incredible art direction. Stunning visuals. Unique gameplay. These are just many ways in which one may extol the qualities of 2K's universally praised aquatic FPS, BioShock. Following months of speculation, 2K G...
BioShock PS3 Review
Original at The Gamers Cafe
• Thu, Oct 23
By selecta1 The biggest question mark concerning 2K Games’s digital masterpiece is that of the potential differences in both gameplay and graphics between the Xbox 360 version and its finalized PS3 translation. And it may or may not surprise you to ...
Portal: Still Alive Review
Original at 1up.com
• Wed, Oct 22
By Andrew Hayward The brightest gaming gems of 2007 are resurfacing this week, with BioShock on PlayStation 3 and now Portal: Still Alive on Xbox Live Arcade. True, the latter migration's perhaps less necessary, due to Portal's previous inclusion in The Orange Box (already available for Xbox 360), but St...
BioShock Review (PS3)
Original at DriverHeaven.net
• Thu, Oct 16
By MIG-31 Last year, 2K Games released a dark and compelling tale for Xbox 360 and PC owners that was set beneath the sea in the halls of an underwater city known as Rapture. Initially a utopian experiment for artists and scientists, the machinations of Rapture's citizens twisted the city into a nigh...
Patch being readied for BioShock PS3 graphics issues
Original at qj/ps3 (Feedburner)
• Tue, Oct 14
By Karl B. 2K Games will be rolling out a patch in response to the graphical issues brought up against the Big Daddy textures in the PS3 version of BioShock (PS3, Xbox 360, PC). This was announced by 2K Community Manager Elizabeth on the official ...
2K Games: BioShock PS3 Patch Coming to Fix Texture Issues
Original at PS3News
• Tue, Oct 14
By PS3 News I have good news from the dev team about a patch for BioShock PS3! They have been working on a patch to address the concerns some of you on the forum have talked about. As work is in progress I do not have a definite date for when this ...
Opinion: Hard-Core Gamers Unite at Penny Arcade Expo
Original at Wired
• Thu, Aug 28
By Chris Kohler PAX, which runs Friday through Sunday, has plenty to offer the hard-core contingent. This year Nintendo will show The Conduit, an upcoming first-person shooter for Wii, at its booth. Electronic Arts, which participated only minimally in previous years, is going "whole hog" in 2008 with...
Patch: 2K Boston's Kline Talks BioShock Philosopy and Technology
Original at Gaming Today
• Fri, Aug 8
By Shawn Sines Related Articles at Gaming Today:. BioShock Video: Developer Diary 2; Widescreen Patch Coming for BioShock; New BioShock Trailer Here on FileFront; Ken Levine Talks DLC in BioShock; Rumor: BioShock 2 To Be A Prequel.
BioShock Movie: Don't Expect "Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey Hunting for Pirate Treasure"
Original at Gaming Today
• Wed, Aug 6
By Stephany According to recent interview with hunky Ken Levine at Develop in London, VG247 learned that BioShock movie director Gore Verbinski “gets” the BioShock franchise. According to recent interview with hunky Ken Levine at Develop in London, VG247 learned that BioShock movie director Gor...
Daddy, Is There A LittleBigPlanet Movie? [Night Note]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Aug 5
By Brian Ashcraft Second Halo Movie Script Lives Long Enough To Generate Concept Art Xbox Live Phishing Scam Why 2K Boston Aren't Making BioShock 2 Final Fantasy XIII Xbox 360 Asia Version Announced! FFXIII Comes To Men's Formal Wear Xbox Avatars Can't Be Killed, Limited To E Rated Titles Only
BioShock Finally Coming to PlayStation 3
Original at Wired
• Thu, May 22
By Earnest Cavalli 2K Games' ultra-successful underwater morality tale BioShock will see a release on PlayStation 3 consoles this holiday season, according to the latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. BioShock Confirmed for PS3 [1up] Image courtesy 2K Games
Opinion: Verbinski to Direct BioShock Film
Original at Wired
• Fri, May 9
By Chris Kohler Image: 2K Games Gore Verbinski: Game Industry Needs 'Auteurs'Creepy Moral Dilemmas Make BioShock a Sophisticated ShooterKen Levine: How I Screwed Up BioShock's StoryFirst-Person Shooter BioShock Owes More to Ayn Rand than DoomTop 5 Real Biology Concepts In BioShock
Opinion: X-Play Awards BioShock Game Of The Year [And The Winner Is]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Dec 18
By Mike Fahey Game of the Year - BioShock Best Gameplay Innovation - Assassin's Creed (free-running/climbing) Best Role Playing Game - Mass Effect Best Writing/Story - BioShock Best Original Soundtrack - BioShock Best Downloadable Content - Pac-Man Championship Edition (XBLA)
Podcast: Xbox 360 Fancast 046 -- Ferret Approved
Original at Xbox 360 Fanboy
• Tue, Dec 11
By Richard Mitchell News: Fall Update is out CoD5, GHIV and others confirmed BioShock update and DLC Burnout Paradise demo next week New GTAIV trailer released Heroic Map Pack released Canadians getting hosed Xbox Live Silver members getting hosed DMC4 demo in 2008 Deus Ex 3 sort-kinda-confirmed for 360
On Shelves This Week: August 27-September 2, 2007
Original at Qj.net
• Mon, Aug 27
By Glen D. Hot off the big BioShock launch last week, more great games are coming to stores this week. Particularly eye-catching is that wham-banger Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. There's also a new Naruto game coming out on the PSP, and Stranglehold will smash in to the PC and Xbox 360 scenes.
Joystiq interviews BioShock's Ken Levine about success and harvesting Little Sisters
Original at Joystiq
• Fri, Aug 24
By Alexander Sliwinski Earlier we posted some choice moments from our interview with BioShock's Lead Designer Ken Levine. Below is the full interview. There's more depth on the tech issues Irrational experienced, Levine's ability (or lack of) to harvest Little Sisters, their experience with the Unreal Engin...
"Jack Thompson": I'm a game violence expert and BioShock is in trouble
Original at Qj.net
• Fri, Aug 17
By Ryan C. You all can relax. Dr. Phil s people called me last week, and at that point they were going to take the show in the direction of video game violence. They indicated they wanted me on the show. I got a call yesterday, and they decided to take the show in a different direction, with the focus on role-pl...
Opinion: In Case Of Rapture: BioShock Hands-On Impressions
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Jun 22
By Mike M. As the game takes place largely underwater, showing off Irrational Games' brilliant technology that creates the best water reflections and effects ever seen in a video game, you'll be brusquely baptized prior to your first steps into the new world of Rapture. The beautifully designed a...
BioShock cover art contest concludes, Limited Edition cover art revealed
Original at Qj.net
• Fri, May 18
By Ceasar S. Of course, the winner gets his art work plastered on the uber-limited Limited Edition of the spiritual successor to System Shock 2, and so revealing Adam Meyer's entry means the game cover would look as gorgeous as these images on creepy site Cult of Rapture.