BioShock 2 announced News
PC Xbox 360 News by Tom Bramwell
Take Two has announced that BioShock 2 will be released in fiscal Q4 2009. The publisher's financial year is two months ahead of the calendar year, so that means we'll see the game somewhere in the August-October 2009 period.
Interestingly, Take Two hasn't set Ken Levine's 2K Boston (formerly Irrational Games) to work on this one, preferring recently-formed studio 2K Marin, based in Novato, California, for what's inevitably going to be among the most highly anticipated sequels of 2009.
(Update: However, the company said during a subsequent conference call that Levine would be involved in the game's production: "He will be working on Bioshock 2 and he will be working on a new IP.")
When Take Two announced 2K Marin's formation in December, the company said the studio would "build upon [2K's] success in creating and leveraging AAA franchises". Go team leverage! BioShock has now sold over 2 million units worldwide, Take Two pointed out today.
Platforms and other details were not mentioned (the first one was PC and 360, if you've already forgotten), and nor were details of what the "new IP" Levine/2K Boston are working on is. We'll let you know when we do.
It will certainly be interesting to see how 2K Marin approaches a BioShock follow-up. Events in the first game would suggest it's unlikely we'll see a return to Rapture unless we're in prequel territory. What do you reckon?
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monkeymagic
11/03/08 @ 21:56
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No 2K Boston? Pah. Well at least it means Levine and coe can start working on some new IP.
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TriggerHippie
11/03/08 @ 22:11
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"That's exactly what Bioshock needed! A sequel!"
So true. After all look what they did with System Shock 2. Hang on... |
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JediMasterMalik
11/03/08 @ 22:41
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I just don't think the game lends itself to a sequel is all. A prequel could be good though.
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BarrettBonden
11/03/08 @ 23:28
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Does this mean Levine won't be involved at all? That'd be like not letting Peter Jackson direct the Hobbit.
Oh wait... |
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lol :)
I can't see how a sequel or a prequel would really work.. i mean the game pretty much covered all the events leading to the game and also pretty much wrapped everything up in a nice neat bundle. I'd personally like to see a new setting and story...
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john_silence
11/03/08 @ 23:38
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Yay! *cork pops*
@BarrettBonden: Levine is apparently involved in the development of Bioshock 2. That's what Gamespot reports, anyway. |
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timberwolf
11/03/08 @ 23:48
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well... considering EA bought it....
don't expect any fixes, we've been playing the same fifa for about 30 years... not to mention madden, pga, nba, blah blah... considering storyline; prequels never, ever work. they simply retred old ground. this I find true in all cases, even clever prequels that tie in well... plus can't there just be some other guy goes down into rapture years in future to collect adam because led by big corporation turns out to be setup by ryan or fontaine from first game... something he set up incase rapture was destroyed shock, horror blah blah another of ryans kids blah blah actually it aint the future you are a robot and the sky is made of chikens you literaly can take the story anywhere as bioshock's storyline was actually incredibly vague hence people wanting a prequel. also late 2009 by then i won't care a jot as many better games will copy bioshock and do it better as has happened with gta.. yeah good first post this hehe... ;D
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NthSimulachum
11/03/08 @ 23:55
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Sequels are always better!
Er..except Deus Ex 2. I don't really understand what they can do with a sequel. The story was nicely wrapped up, and the combat/research system will be hard to improve upon. |
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wellzy4eva
12/03/08 @ 00:48
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I'm just glad that they aren't rushing for a sequel to cash in on the Francise as quickly as possible..
Hang on a minute Q4 2009, that sounds so far away and it isn't, damn you!!! |
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@dsmx
"Perhaps this time they can get the combat right, once you realise that all you need is electric shock followed by flame it gets kind of repetitive as there is nothing as effective." Wrong way round... Flame enemies, wait for them all to jump in the nearest water, then shock the lot of them! :) As to the news - I managed to avoid any spoiler/teaser, bought out of the blue, and loved it! I guess its got a lot to live up to, but it'll be a launch day buy for me! |
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nickthegun
12/03/08 @ 09:22
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I reckon that if its a prequel, im not buying it.
If theres one thing I hate, its a prequel...... |
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Britesparc
12/03/08 @ 10:14
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They could do BioShock... IN SPACE! No one's done that before.
Oh wait... |
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The sequel I'd like to see would be more a prequel, set in Rapture before the unmentionable hit the fan, and be more a free-roaming game, kind of 'World Of RaptureCraft' or 'Grand Theft Bathysphere', where we have the whole city of Rapture to walk around, with some external areas available.
I hope it's not going to be some retread, like 'Rapture on the Moon' or some such. |
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Maximilian
12/03/08 @ 10:55
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I read elsewhere that the new developers are a studio formed mainly of ex-bioshock people. The rumour is they hate Ken Levine and never want to work with him again. Why I don't know.
Far more excited by the rumour that Levine is working on a new X-Com game. |
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I loved BioShock, but I've got slightly mixed feelings about a BioShock 2.
I quite like the idea of making it a prequel, in which as the game progresses, you might have to choose whose side to take out of Ryan or Fontaine - doing missions for both of them until you've decided. I think it should be somewhat like Oblivion, in that it is completely free-roaming, with a central story and lots of side-stories. It should still be in first person - but with much greater enphasis on exploration, character-building and story over combat - though combat should still be important - especially later on. It would be good if it started just before everything went really wrong, so that we get to see Rapture in full, intact glory. A bit of swimming might be good as well, whether it be outside or in flooded areas - after the civil war kicks off in earnest. |
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