2K Games today releases BioShock 2 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The sequel continues the undersea first-person action adventure from the 2007 hit, BioShock. BioShock 2 also introduces a multiplayer component. More on the single player and multiplayer experience is detailed below from 2K Games.
"BioShock represented a watershed moment in the gaming industry when it illustrated that games, like feature films, can be viewed as art – both in art design and in the rich depth of the narrative," said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. "Most importantly, the media are stating what we’ve known all along; that whether or not you’ve played the original, BioShock 2 is a worthy successor to one of the best games of all-time that should not be missed."
BioShock 2 is now available as a Standard Edition and as a collectible Special Edition. The packaging of the Special Edition has definitely gone for the more artsy approach this time as well. See what’s inside the BioShock 2 Special Edition, in this series of unboxing photos. Two different edition strategy guides are also on sale here.
Xbox 360 gamers can get BioShock 2 Avatar items from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace (here). PlayStation 3 gamers who pre-ordered from Amazon.com will be getting a Big Daddy outfit for their PlayStation Home avatar.
BioShock 2 is a production that spans multiple studios from 2K Games (developed by 2K Marin with 2K Australia and 2K China), as well as Digital Extremes for the multiplayer component.
Plenty of information on BioShock 2 and the original BioShock game can be found at the official website at www.bioshock2game.com, the official community and fan site at www.cultofrapture.com and at the teaser and immersive experience website, www.somethinginthesea.com.
About the single player and multiplayer game, as described by 2K Games:
"The single player serves as a sequel to the original game and provides fans with an unsettling storyline, dazzling visual design and the evolution of the genetically enhanced shooter gameplay. Set almost a decade after a grueling civil war consumed the once magnificent city of Rapture, evil reverberates through the halls and a wickedness once thought gone forever returns along the Atlantic seaboard. An unspeakable series of kidnappings from local seaside communities by an unseen monster leads to the repopulation of Little Sisters in Rapture’s failed utopia under the ocean. Players must step into the boots of one of gaming’s most iconic characters, the Big Daddy, as they traverse through the fallen city, fending off attacks from an army of genetically modified Splicers, while searching for escape and the key to their survival.
Multiplayer in BioShock 2 provides fans with a rich and engrossing prequel experience that expands upon the fiction of Rapture’s origins. Set during the year before Rapture’s descent into chaos, players assume the role of a Plasmid test subject for Sinclair Solutions, a key provider of Plasmids and Tonics in the underwater city that was first explored in BioShock. Players will enter into areas from the original title as they struggle to gain superiority in franticly paced battles."
BioShock 2 Special Edition photographs:
