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BioShock PC demo tonight News

PC Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese

20 August, 2007

2K Games has announced that the PC demo for BioShock will be released tonight at midnight.

You can pre-load it over on Fileplanet, or keep your eyes on the official BioShock community site The Cult of Rapture for a list of download locations.

The Xbox 360 demo was released last Monday and weighed in at around 1.35GB. Many reported a lengthy wait thanks to enormously high demand.

The full game is due out this Friday and is a must buy for PC and Xbox 360. We gave it top marks in our recent review, and have a strong hunch it will walk away with numerous game of the year awards.

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X201
20/08/07 @ 08:45
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Midnight GMT or midnight US (and if so which time zone?)


Oh, alomst forgot....

First!

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20/08/07 @ 08:51
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You can get it now.

Demo Torrent

lennon
20/08/07 @ 08:52
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Fill your boots pc lovers. I cant wait for this to come out.
zuljin
20/08/07 @ 08:52
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No deal!

I'm not going to spoil the experience now, its arriving in the mail this week!
Daymare
20/08/07 @ 08:52
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Is this real, disc? Tried it?
Yossarian
20/08/07 @ 09:00
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disc, how is that possible?
mingster
20/08/07 @ 09:00
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7pm EST
Daymare
20/08/07 @ 09:04
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Downloading already started but we won't be able to play the demo until we get the codes at midnight (7pm EST)?
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woodnotes
20/08/07 @ 09:09
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Bioshock Sucks, seriously. You guys should pick up a PS3 and download Q-Bert.
Bertie [staff]
20/08/07 @ 09:12
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Midnight UK time, so BST. Demo is officialy timed for 7pm EST (but should be EDT - summer time).



skillian
20/08/07 @ 09:15
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Yes, apparently the torrent is real - fileplanet let slip an unencrypted version.

Personally, seeing as the game is out in two days anyway, I'm not gonna bother with the demo.

edit: screenshots, info here: http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthr...
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andromeda
20/08/07 @ 09:18
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"The Xbox 360 demo was released last Monday and weighed in at around 1.35GB."

boy? girl?

Katsumoto
20/08/07 @ 09:19
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I can't even find the fileplanet version.
mkreku
20/08/07 @ 09:21
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My pre-order has been set back to 31st of August! Whyyyy??
skillian
20/08/07 @ 09:23
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Daymare
20/08/07 @ 09:24
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@skilian

Yeah, but the problem is I'm not so sure my PC's gonna run it in a playable form..
BBIAJ
20/08/07 @ 09:24
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Rather jaggy compared to the 360 version though... :?
skillian
20/08/07 @ 09:26
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@daymare: what's your specs?

@BBIAJ: jagginess (and indeed any measure of graphical quality) is all down to the user - depends if you switch on AA, and to what degree
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Yossarian
20/08/07 @ 09:26
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yeah, it doesn't actually look quite as good as the 360 version... except for the water, which I presume is using the added DX10 stuff.
Daymare
20/08/07 @ 09:33
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@skilian

Ahem, AMD 3000+, 7600GT, 1gig:) I'd play it in 1024x768 though..
skillian
20/08/07 @ 09:35
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^I think you'll be fine, though it's difficult to say for certain as from what I can tell not many people have actually got to play it yet. Your graphics card won't be a problem, but depends how much it taxes your CPU.

Demo's the way to tell I guess, but at 1.8GB it's a hefty DL.
Yossarian
20/08/07 @ 09:38
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this torrent is sooo slooow
Daymare
20/08/07 @ 09:39
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Myeah..

/taps fingers
Darren
20/08/07 @ 09:46
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I'm looking forward to trying the demo on my PC although I have both the PC and 360 versions pre-ordered anyway. The 360 version, the Collector's Edition no less, is so I can play it on a big HDTV while sprawled across my bed for maximum comfort and the PC version is for the inevitable mods. My PC is a 2GB Athlon64 X2 4200+ with 512MB GeForce 7900 graphics so I'm hoping it offers a comparable experience to the Xbox 360 version albeit at 1680x1050 with 2X AA.
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20/08/07 @ 09:47
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Daymare: That's on the low side, you'll have to scale the graphics down a bit :(
stampax
20/08/07 @ 09:50
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Whats the min spec for this on PC?
Yossarian
20/08/07 @ 09:50
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oh wow I'm finally getting 10+ kB/s
Daymare
20/08/07 @ 09:50
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@disc

If it's not gonna be playable, I'm buying 360, the hell with it!:) I think that time has come when no serious gamer wouldn't want one under his telly anyway..
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Hypercube
20/08/07 @ 09:55
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I'm going to get the demo just to see if my rather ageing PC can do anything with it. If it looks pony I'll have to decide whether to upgrade the beige box or get one of them newfangled XBox 360's I hear all the young kids talking about on street corners...
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20/08/07 @ 10:01
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Daymare: It will be playable but you'll probably get annoyed. Try the demo and you'll see.
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20/08/07 @ 10:03
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@Stampax - The minimum and recommended specs are:

BIOSHOCK PC SPECIFICATIONS

Operating Systems:
Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or
Windows Vista

Minimum System Requirements:
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor

System RAM: 1GB

Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).

Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card

Hard disc space: 8GB free space

Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor

System RAM: 2GB

Video card:
DX9: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better)
DX10: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better

Sound Card: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)

Important Note: Game requires Internet connection for activation.

I believe my PC meets the recommended specs but I play games on a 22" widescreen monitor with a resolution of 1680x1050 and I'm not sure what the "ideal" resolution is. I think I've seen the devs mention 1280x1024 as being the sweet spot.
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20/08/07 @ 10:05
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@Darren: Cheers for posting that, but now I'm very sure I'm going to have to get at least some form of new hardware! Ah well, I'll grab the demo and see what's what.
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20/08/07 @ 10:09
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I always planned to get the demo but now I'm just going to put a pre-order in today at Game since I want the limited edition version. I would rather experience all the weapons gradually during the course of the game rather than all in one blast as this demo appears to give you. Plus I know my gaming laptop will be ok to play it which was also one of the reasons to try the demo.
skillian
20/08/07 @ 10:15
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Darren: Let us know it runs please - you have almost identical specs to me, although I'll be running a lower res (mine will be 720p, on a HDTV).
Mentalist(air)
20/08/07 @ 10:35
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Bugger me, those are hefty specs.

I've just bought a new graphics card (X1950), but I feel it's about to be made to look stupid.

How can they justify it wanting 2 gigs of system and half a gig of video RAM, when it runs on a half-gig total 360?
Katsumoto
20/08/07 @ 10:43
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has anyone had any success pre-loading it other than via torrent?
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20/08/07 @ 10:44
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@ MENTALIST:

It all comes down to the system architecture and how things are made. Put it this way, 100% of the power of the 360 is used where all chips, ram, hard drive etc are dedicated to the gaming experience. This is not the same for the PC.

That being said, if you get a really nice rig it will beat any next gen consoles (including PS3) when it comes to the graphivvs department hands down. ALready there are DX 10 cards being produced which will make the PS3 look a little dated! lol

Still, I say for an overall gaming experience, everyone should buy a console (with the 360 probabaly being the best all rounder). Bioshock looks absolutely stunning with a HD TV and there isn't all that much difference to the PC version.
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20/08/07 @ 10:46
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Mentalist(air): 256 meg should be fine.
skillian
20/08/07 @ 10:59
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2 GB of ram should be almost a necessity now. If you play many games on your PC, you'll definitely feel a nice benefit (with more than just Bioshock - even older games like BF2 and FEAR are a much better experience with 2GB).
Kazzahdrane
20/08/07 @ 11:12
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My workplace just got the special editions delivered - didn't think I'd get to play the full game this much earlier!
skillian
20/08/07 @ 11:19
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^ If and when you get a chance, some impressions and performance comments would be much appreciated by more than just me, I'm sure.
Artemus
20/08/07 @ 11:20
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Is the demo just the opening section?
Les
20/08/07 @ 11:27
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Will get it as soon as my new iMac arrives. Am quite curious.
kangarootoo
20/08/07 @ 12:26
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@Daymare

Jesus, I've clearly been out of PC gaming a long time. That PC spec you listed sounded pretty good to me.

And since when was 1024x768 considered a low resolution? Man, all this 800x600 fields back in my day.
kangarootoo
20/08/07 @ 12:26
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Just noticed too, next monday is a bank holiday. It was just meant to be.
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20/08/07 @ 12:37
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And since when was 1024x768 considered a low resolution?

Basically, since LCD monitors came out, if not before. And that was a long time ago :P
kangarootoo
20/08/07 @ 13:51
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@skillian

Its been a while. I think Call of Duty 1 was the last game I played on a PC. I sacked off PC gaming back when the first XB came out. A never regretted move (and only occasionally lamented when a PC only title came out that I was interested in).
TonyCocaCola
20/08/07 @ 13:52
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@kangarootoo
lol, im with you on that.

Edit> the whole falling behind on pc spec thing
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skillian
20/08/07 @ 15:05
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Its been a while. I think Call of Duty 1 was the last game I played on a PC.

Wow, how could you give up after a game like that! That's one of my favourite PC games ever.

Now if you'd given up after Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault or something I could have forgiven you. :P

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20/08/07 @ 16:28
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Unsure whether or not to bother with this, already pre-loaded it via Steam...do I want to wait and play it through from scratch or not? Hmm...

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