Irrational Games head Ken Levine has revealed that BioShock Infinite will contain far more dialog than the first BioShock. How much more? One level of Infinite has three times more than the original game had in its entirety. The geometric increase in dialog is due to Levin's decision to have Booker and Elizabeth interact with each other and their world.
Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo has quit the BioShock film project as he reveals he's "completely out of that, and developing other stuff." Gore Verbinksi is attached as producer. Back in 2008 the game-to-movie project was announced but has suffered in development purgatory ever since. In April '09 Universal demanded the budget shrink from $160 million.
Irrational Games has unveiled the final "Heavy Hitter" for BioShock Infinite, and this one stands out in several ways. While the others are male and mechanical in some fashion, the Siren is a white robed female spirit who raises the dead.
US media research group Nielsen is reporting that the most anticipated games for American gamers were Assassin's Creed 3 and Halo 4. Other games hotly anticipated include Madden NFL 13 and Resident Evil 6.
Wedbush Morgan's analyst Michael Pachter claims Rockstar Games will strike with a Grand Theft Auto V showing before the arrival of this year's E3, because they've "outgrown" the spectacle. He adds they're "way too cool to go," pointing to their absence from previous events. They like "stealing the thunder from everything else." Pachter also feels GTA V will be out October 23rd.
Three developers who worked for 2K Marin have grouped up to form a new studio named The Fullbright Company. The developers, Steve Gaynor, Johnnemann Nordhagen and Karla Zimonja, had worked on BioShock 2, the Minerva’s Den DLC, Bioshock Infinite, and the first person shooter XCOM.
2K Games announced today that it has decided to delay the release of BioShock Infinite from October, 2012 to 26th February, 2013. "When we announced the release date of BioShock Infinite in March, we felt pretty good about the timing. Since then, we’ve uncovered opportunities to make Infinite into something even more extraordinary. Therefore, to give our talented team the time they need to deliver the best Infinite possible, we’ve decided to move the game’s release to February." said Ken Levine, Creative Director of Irrational Games.
It seems that one of the reasons BioShock Infinite has been pushed from an October to a February release is that Irrational is adding multiplayer to the sequel. The evidence is a new job listing on Gamasutra from Irrational looking for a network programmer.
Sony has announced the release of "Ultimate Editions" of several major PlayStation 3 titles, essentially full game downloads with all of the game's downloadable content included.
2K Games will be announcing the BioShock Ultimate Rapture Edition which includes the original BioShock and its sequel, according to a BBFC classification; it's 18 rated. All the DLC will also be bundled into the Ultimate Rapture Edition, as you'd expect. There's no official word from 2K Games yet but we should receive something soon.
Two important members of Irrational, the team working on Bioshock Infinite, have left the developer.
Irrational's Ken Levine has confirmed in an interview that two multiplayer modes that were to be in BioShock Infinite have been scrapped.
This week's PlayStation Network content for North America is a little light, with such standbys like Bioshock and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 going on the network, but one highlight is Zen Pinball 2, the PSN version of Pinball FX2, going free-to-play. The game will be making its money on the downloadable tables.
Comics publisher Dark Horse has announced a new hardcore art book The Art of BioShock Infinite. As the title implies, it'll feature 184 pages of concept art, character designs and information about the game's production.
Irrational Games combat design director Clint Bundrick and artificial intelligence lead Don Norbury have left the studio to work for Microsoft. Irrational is currently hard at work on BioShock Infinite.
Major Nelson has revealed the upcoming content coming to Xbox Live Arcade in the next two weeks, and it's highlighted by the long-awaited release of Croteam's Serious Sam 3: BFE on Xbox Live Arcade as well as content for the new release Forza Horizon and deals on Batman: Arkham City DLC.
Irrational Games has released a new trailer for BioShock Infinite showing off intense combat gameplay.
Irrational Games and Lazy 8 Studios have worked closely together to make a web game called 'BioShock Infinite: Industrial Revolution'. It's a puzzler that has us in the role of a factory worker. We have to complete "increasingly difficult puzzles" whilst learning of the warring factions within the sky-city of Columbia. Earn in-game rewards from "nearly 60 puzzles".
Future Shop has placed an unannounced bundle called the BioShock Ultimate Rapture Edition for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The bundle will include BioShock and BioShock 2 with all of the DLC released for the game.
Bioshock series creator Ken Levine has confirmed Bioshock Infinite will not include multiplayer. The game is set to take inspiration from the original title, which focused solely on the single-player campaign.