A Peek At Bioshock 2: Where Good Ideas Turn Monstrous

Story: The plot takes place 10 years after the fall of Rapture, the undersea paradise-turned-distopia inhabited by genetically mutated "splicers," ghoulish Little Sisters and their protectors, the Big Daddies. Sofia Lamb, a psychologist and political rival to Rapture's creator, t...

BioShock 2 Trailer Makes Everything Better, Wetter, Deader

The gameplay shows the firepower; the cinematics show a suspense factor to match. And pay attention to the final title card. Of course it'd behoove you to check back here on Thursday, because when an embargo breaks, we fix it! Siren Alley Trailer [GameTrailers]

Is Single-Player Gaming In Danger Of Extinction?

Games like Bethesda's Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion help retain their value with much longer campaigns and a regular flow of single-player downloadable content, an alternate solution to the multiplayer extension.

There's Something in the Box ...

And now the thrilling conclusion to yesterday's BioShock 2 telegram mystery. The folks who got a cable yesterday were paid a visit today by the Speedy Brothers delivery boy again, this time bearing a mysterious package. Dear Friend: Thanks, Bioshock 2 Telegram: Part Two [Network 23]

There's Someone at the Door ...

Today, certain people - we're trying to figure out why - were delivered telegrams by an old-school bicycle messenger. The cable comes from "Mark G Meltzer," the loner searching for "something in the sea," on BioShock 2's hype Web site. MARK G MELTZER=

BioShock As A Bedtime Story

Ashley Davis' dramatic reading of BioShock the Bedtime Story is compelling and moving, but ultimately serves only to underscore on terrible fact: no one reads me bedtime stories anymore. Forget live sex webcams. I want to start up a bedtime story live webcam service so no one has to spend an...

Where Are All The "Next Gen" Games?

It's something that's been gnawing at me for a while now, but as we approach Christmas 2009 – the fifth holiday season for the Xbox 360, and fourth for the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii – that gnawing has turned into some serious, unchecked mastication.

Halo 3: ODST Review: The More Vulnerable Edition

Bungie's fourth Halo game, Halo 3: ODST, will officially be released for the Xbox 360 this week. A side story of a campaign that leads into the events of Halo 3, the game stars less powerful protagonists than series champion Master Chief. It is packaged in a way that has provoked consumer doub...

Alignment Error: Even Good Games Can Offer Bad Choices

Naik brings inFamous, KOTOR, BioShock Mass Effect and Fallout 3, all of them acclaimed games, in for some criticism. The choices in inFamous were simply about power acquisition, he argues. Mass Effect let you be either a paragon of virtue or a belligerent jerk. And he even says the choice out...

BioShock 2 Hits in February

Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture," according to the press release. "Players step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture, the Big Daddy, as they travel through the decrepit and beaut...

BioShock Composer Scores Dante's Inferno

Scoring Dante's Inferno was one of the most interesting and challenging projects I have ever tackled," said Garry Schyman. "Literally being asked to score hell was fantastic especially once I saw the surrealistically frightening world that Visceral Games had developed. I thought long...

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...

Now That's A Big Daddy Banner

Maruscak started drawing this BioShock art when the doors opened at PAX on Friday. The artist told Kotaku last night that he was into his 26th hour and counting, hoping to be finished today. Don't get your hopes up if you want to keep it for yourself. After being displayed at PAX, the huge pastel...

Take-Two Pegs New BioShock, Max Payne, Red Dead For First Half Of 2010

Rockstar Games, developer of two of the slipped titles that now have more firm sounding release plans, has had a little trouble making its dates this generation, with similar slips on Midnight Club Los Angeles and Grand Theft Auto IV.

BioShock 2 Artist Series Continues At PAX 09

The BioShock 2 Artist Series that began with Jhonen Vasquez at the San Diego Comic-Con continues next week at PAX 09, with this creation from Penny Arcade's Mike Krahulik titled, "Mr. Bubbles." BIOSHOCK 2 ARTIST SERIES: PART TWO PENNY ARCADE'S "MR. BUBBLES" [The Cult of Rapture]

BioShock Movie Gets A New Director

According to SlashFilm, Spaniard Juan Carlos Fresnadillo will replace Gore Verbinski in the director's chair (though Verbinski will remain as a "producer"). Never heard of Fresnadillo? He's the guy who directed 28 Weeks Later, and...nothing else you've ever heard of

Kotaku Approval Ratings Delivers 56% Negative for Wolfenstein

Valve's commitment to keeping Team Fortress 2 fresh with consistent updates has given the franchise an enviable reputation for quality. It's 15 percent "not worth it" score was the lowest of any title surveyed last weekend, which includes Modern Warfare and BioShock.

Kotaku Originals: Annual Affairs

New Xbox Live Dashboard Xbox 360 Games on Demand Region Locked [Update] Why Depression-Era Clothes Became Xbox 360 Fashions 360 Update Brings Star Wars, BioShock Avatar Outfits Microsoft Responds To Crazy Games On Demand Pricing Who Needs Fuzzy Dice When You Have Xbox 360 Avatars

Sega: Bayonetta Was Delayed To Avoid November Danger

Sega executives had hoped to launch the game in the U.S. in September or October, when they feel original games still have a chance to thrive. Sega's own Alpha Protocol, a new role-playing game set in the world of modern espionage, still has its 2009 date because it is hitting in mid-October. An...

Opinion: Why Depression-Era Clothes Became Xbox 360 Fashions

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...

Least We Know 2K Boston Aren't Working On A Wii Party Game

Because rumour has it - and has had it for a while now - that Ken Levine and crew are working on a new X-Com game. Whether they are or not, nobody knows. But if they are, that game is a shooter, with job ads for the company revealing that 2K Boston's "next big project" is "an unannounced shooter".

GameStop Pre-Order Reveals BioShock Multiplayer Characters

No word if these will be available for purchase to the public at large after BioShock's release, or if they'll remain exclusive to those who put down a deposit with GameStop. BioShock 2 MP Characters Promotion Revealed [Koku Gamers via Joystiq. Images from BioShock 2 forum member Rocco.]

Borderlands Preview: It Shoots Rockets!

Borderlands is a four-year-in-development first-person shooter supporting four-payer co-op. It comes to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall from development studio Gearbox Software and publisher 2K Games. The game is a Mad-Max-looking adventure set on a wasteland planet called...

2009 San Diego Comic-Con Round Up

Stan Lee's Going To Be In A Video Game Comic Artists Signed For Army of Two Morality Cut Scenes Halo Waypoint Becomes Destination For Halo Fans This Fall Ghost In The Shell Director Joins Halo Legends comic-con 09 Halo Waypoint Further Detailed By Microsoft

Kotaku Originals: I Said Turn Off That Machine Now!

Xbox Live Hands On With Xbox 360's New Dashboard Xbox 360 Avatar Marketplace: Giant Cotton Swabs to Steampunk Goggles How Much Xbox 360 Avatar Clothes And Toys Cost Making Xbox Live Safe, While Keeping It Fun August Xbox 360 Update Bears Good News About Save Files

NECA's BioShock Toys Are Disturbingly Awesome

NECA's Comic-Con 2009 display was chock full of BioShock playthings, from sisters big and little to full-sized ADAM extractors. As we saw last week, NECA is taking great care to make sure their line of BioShock toys is of the highest quality, staying as faithful as possible to the game desi...

No Snickering, Games Climax Too Late

A listener of the Listen Up podcast recently asked the show's hosts to talk about the poor quality of game endings. The listener was blue over the arguably poor endings of Metal Gear Solid IV and BioShock. Indeed it did, Christian. And the denouement was playable, which is more than one can say...

BioShock Action Figures Ready To Set Bees Upon Comic-Con

Due to be officially unveiled at Comic-Con, there's currently a few figures scheduled: a Big Sister, a Little Sister, a Splicer and a few variants of the Big Daddy. Those waiting for an Andrew Ryan's Office playset, complete with swinging golf club action, will have to wait.

BioShock Meets Tabletop Gaming

Guy by the name of Robert Sakaluk has tried something a little new, taking some Warmachine miniatures and turning them into BioShock miniatures. There's a Big Daddy, A Big Sister and a Little Sister, each of which would look equally as comfortable amidst the ruins of Rapture as they would c...

BioShock Designer's New Project "More Ambitious" Than BioShock

Ken Levine designed BioShock, but he's not involved with BioShock 2. He and his team are working on another title, a very "ambitious" title. Sounds like this will be big, and it sounds like it's something we won't see for a long, long time. Be patient!

BioShock 2's "The Sisters" By Jhonen Vasquez

2K introduces the BioShock 2 Artists Series today, with a rendition of sisters both big and little by Jhonen Vasquez, creator of Invader Zim and Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. BIOSHOCK 2 ARTIST SERIES PART ONE: JHONEN VASQUEZ'S "THE SISTERS" [Cult of Rapture]

The Thinning Video Game Fall Of 2009

The delay to BioShock 2 was what was getting reporters and developers talking yesterday. And this was all in a year, 2008, that already gave the world a new Mario Kart, a new Grand Theft Auto, a new Smash Brothers, a new Metal Gear Solid and Wii Fit.

T2 Pubbing Next 4 Heavyweight In First Half 2010

Following the delay of BioShock 2, the game's publisher announced that it expects to launch it, Red Dead Redemption, Mafia II and Max Payne 3 before July 1, 2010. Publisher Take Two announced its revised release slate during a call with investors on Monday afternoon, timed to elaborate on...

BioShock Designer Picked "Zelda" Over Girlfriend

The original The Legend of Zelda made quite an impact on BioShock designer Ken Levine — so much so that it cost him his first serious girlfriend. Needless to say, Levine adds, the next summer was not spent together. Good thing he had Link to keep him company!

BioShock 2 Delayed To FY 2010

Your return to Rapture will be a bit delayed, as publisher Take-Two Interactive announced today that BioShock 2 won't be releasing in the company's fourth quarter as previously planned. Now for the bad news. Now, BioShock 2 could very well be pushed into calendar 2010, missing the holiday...

Kotaku Originals: Comment is Free, but Stars are Earned

Forza 3 Will Deliver Nearly Limitless Online Multiplayer Variety Game & Watch Titles Coming To DSi Ware Two New Maps, Two New Weapons For Killzone 2 Think Of Dragon Age As A Massively Single-Player RPG What's On The BioShock 2 Record LucasArts' Rereleases Classics on Steam

What's On The BioShock 2 Record

Oh rise, Rapture, rise! We turn our hopes up to the skies. Oh, rise, Rapture, rise! Upon your wings our dreams will fly. music warbles, trembling voice of little sister begins]: Daddy. Where are you, daddy? Are you going to come and find me?

Designing BioShock 2's Little Sisters

Unlike the first lot, which showed the initial designs for the original Big Daddies, these show how 2K Marin - the developers working on the sequel - have gone about depicting the Little Sisters for the second game. And they look...well, pretty much identical. Which I guess was the point!

Get BioShock, Civ & X-Com For $54

This ought to see you through the weekend. 2k have announced the release of the "2K Huge Game Pack" on Steam, which bundles BioShock, five Civ titles, five X-Com titles and nine other games, all for $54. Here's every game you get in the pack:

Sink Or Swim? The Game Designer's Conundrum

Swimming is something you and I can probably do — and will do more this summer. But swimming has long been an ability less common to video game characters than running, jumping or shooting shotguns. I asked top developers why. That's the story explanation.

Father Knows Best: The Best and Worst Fathers in Video Games

Big Daddies, BioShock series – Father of Little Sisters: Big Daddies have no blood relation to Little Sisters and probably no soul, either. But they do what all good daddies do: protect the bejesus out of their babies with power tools.

Portable Game Beats Console Games For... The First Time Ever?

Maybe Slaczka was onto something, because Scribblenauts has been chosen as the Best of Show for E3 2009 not only by three of the biggest gaming outlets around — IGN, Gamespot and GameSpy — but it's done so without having to be a console or PC game.

Army of Two: The 40th Day's Smartest Feature Guarantees Arguments

Before you roll your eyes at yet another game infused with an innovative morality system, consider the arresting E3 2009 debut of Army of Two's co-op morality. But the most interesting thing I saw in Army of Two: The 40th Day was co-op morality.

Bioshock 2 Multiplayer Impressions: That Sinking Feeling

While the final game will feature three multiplayer modes, we were only shown one, which centred around a single Big Daddy. At the start of the level, there's a Big Daddy suit dropped randomly into the level. First person to find it becomes said Big Daddy, and inherits all the advantages you'...

BioShock Movie Needs To Be Filmed Outside America

If director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of Caribbean) were to helm the picture, he says the movie would need to be filmed abroad. "The bottom line is it has to shoot out of the States for budget reasons and my schedule may be prohibitive." he tells The Los Angeles Times. "Big movies are just not bein...

Kotaku's E3 2009 Predictions

4. Smaller, cheaper PlayStation 3 announced for Fall release (3:1) 5. Steven Spielberg's "PQRS" project revealed for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (5:1) 6. Half-Life 2: Episode Three unveiled for PC and Xbox Live Arcade (3:1)

First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy

Not to be outdone by distinguished competitor Game Informer's cover reveal of BioShock 2's Big Sister, GamePro has given us our first third-person look at the star of the sequel, the new Big Daddy. BioShock 2's Big Daddy unveiled in July 2009 GamePro [GamePro]

BioShock Mobile Going Live - BioShock iPhone To Follow?

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.

Replica BioShock Needle Will Take Your Breath, Not Your ADAM, Away

Harrison Krix is one talented, talented guy. First, he made that amazing replica Portal gun. Now, he's made this amazing replica ADAM syringe, "weapon" of choice for the Little Sisters of 2K's BioShock. Bioshock Little Sister ADAM Syringe [Volpin Props, via Dtoid]

BioShock DLC Adds A Lot But Loses Something Important

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...

PS3 BioShock Challenge Rooms Priced And Dated [DLC]

Worlds of Hurt – Step up and take on the most grueling challenge offered in the world of Rapture. Players must battle through eight rooms of Big Daddies, Splicers and the worst that Rapture has to offer. Accumulate Adam, build an arsenal of Plasmids, Tonics and Weaponry, and fight through to...

PS3 BioShock Demo Out On October 2

What, PS3 owners, you never played BioShock on 360 or PC? Not even for a minute? How the hell are you meant to make an informed purchasing decision without some hands-on time with the game and? How the hell indeed. You're getting a demo, and you're getting it soon, with 2K announcing that one w...

BioShock PS3 Versus BioShock 360

Sure it takes a little while to get started and eats up a lot of drive space, but other than that, the PlayStation 3 version of BioShock 3 looks amazingly similiar to the Xbox 360 version, as seen in this side by side comparision Game Videos slapped together. A few discrepancies here and there...

PS3 BioShock Features "Over Ten Minute" Mandatory Install

Sure, that PS3 BioShock trailer looks nice and all, but here's something that's not as nice. The game features a 5GB mandatory install. It takes a little over ten minutes. Word of something like this first came back in July when the BBFC rated the title as having an install of "around 5 or 6 minut...

New BioShock P33 Trailer

2K just passed this new BioShock PS3 trailer along. Nothing new or terribly exciting here for anyone who owns a 360 or PC, but hey, not everyone owns a 360 or PC.

The BioShock PS3 Trailer

While game site IGN says the PS3 version of BioShock will have "cleaner high resolution textures for every facet of the game", we can't really see difference from it and the Xbox 360/PC versions. Then again, maybe it's one of those you gotta play it things or one of those you gotta run them sid...

BioShock Movie Staying Faithul To Source, Won't Star Kate Hudson

PHEW. Speaking with VG247 at the Develop conference in Brighton (fun fact: I used to live in neighbouring Seaford), BioShock creator Ken Levine has told everyone to relax. The upcoming BioShock movie project is staying faithful to the source:

You Will Never, Ever Game On This 40-Foot Rig (With 27 HD Monitors)

One of our readers - who would prefer to remain nameless - installs PC rigs for a living. He helped install this one, in a government office, then proceeded to do what anyone confronted by twenty-seven 67" HD monitors would do - he played a ton of BioShock and WoW on it. For reference, 27 panels e...

Daddy, Is There A LittleBigPlanet Movie? [Night Note]

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

Behind the WGA Nominees: Where Were Portal, BioShock?

Though Portal and BioShock were largely the critical favorites among last year's crop of titles, earning numerous industry awards apiece, the Writer's Guild of America decided to bestow its newly-created Videogame Writing Award on Dead Head Fred. Nothing against that title, but many...

BioShock PC's DRM: Gone

Yup. You asked for it (last year), and now, it's gone! 2K's Elizabeth Tobey has announced on the game's official boards that, as of right now, "all activation restrictions, including install limits, have been removed from BioShock PC". And not only gone, but gone automatically on 2K's end...

BioShock PS3 Super Official Now

2K Games Injects PLAYSTATION®3 System Owners with Genetically Enhanced Version of BioShock® BioShock for the PLAYSTATION 3 system will be available in October 2008 and is not yet rated by the ESRB. For more information on BioShock, visit www.bioshockgame.com.

BioShock Confirmed For PS3

You knew it had to happen eventually. The cover of the latest issue of the UK's PSM3 magazine features a story on the PlayStation 3 version of just about everyone's 2007 Game of the Year BioShock. According to CVG, whose network PSM3 is part of, the issue will feature a lengthy preview of the PS...

"BioShock Extremely Well-Suited To Film"

Gore Verbinski, Director of Pirates of the Caribbean, to Direct/Produce BioShock Heads to Hollywood Universal Pictures to develop movie based on hit video game from 2K Games Gore Verbinski, Director of Pirates of the Caribbean, to Direct/Produce

Mass Effect Copy Protection An Opportunity To Use The Adjective 'Draconian'

Spore is similarly planned to take advantage of the SecuROM copy protection system, one that we're sure is going to eliminate every illegitimate copy of the game from appearing on torrent trackers for at least 48 hours. Take that, piracy! RIP! Owned! Etc!

Take-Two Pondering BioShock MMO, Movie?

Take-Two didn't just say "no, thanks" to EA this morning. They went out and put a little document together, aimed at showing their shareholders just why they should say no. Most of it's taken up with stuff like GTA sales, but one page is interesting. This one, above. Labelled "potential untapp...

Bioshock 2 Wishful Concept Art

That Videogame Blog points out that concept artist Ben Mauro recently put up a nice collection of concept images for a "proposed sequel to BioShock." Too bad, because it's some pretty amazing stuff. I liked it so much I sent a link to Ken Levine to see what he thought. Haven't heard back yet.

No Gods or Kings: Objectivism in BioShock [Bioshock]

Late in the development process Levine decided that the game and the underwater city of Rapture needed more propaganda, things like the larger-than-life bust of Andrew Ryan and its slogan: No Gods or Kings. Only Man and the constant barrage of public service announcements.

Studios Falling Over Themselves For BioShock Movie [Bioshock]

A BioShock movie? No brainer. So why, then, have we heard nothing concrete about plans to adapt the project for the silver screen? It's not for a lack of effort on Hollywood's part, according to Ben Fritz over at Variety, who says that "you'd be hard pressed to find a production company, stud...

Orange Box, COD4, BioShock Dominate AIAS Awards [Awards]

Computer Game of the Year: The Orange Box Role-Playing Game of the Year: Mass Effect Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: BioShock Outstanding Achievement in Story Development: BioShock Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rock Band

Portal, BioShock Finally Get Some Recognition At GDC Awards [Gdc08]

PORTAL, BIOSHOCK LEAD MAJOR FINALISTS FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GAME DEVELOPERS CHOICE AWARDS For more information about the Game Developers Choice Awards, check out www.gamechoiceawards.com. Best Technology Halo 3 Crysis Call of Duty 4 Portal Assassin's Creed

Complete List Of AIAS Awards Finalists Announced [AIAS]

OVERALL GAME OF THE YEAR BioShock Call of Duty 4 Rock Band Super Mario Galaxy The Orange Box ACTION GAME OF THE YEAR BioShock Call of Duty 4 Crysis Halo 3 The Orange Box OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK BioShock Guitar Hero III Rock Band SingStar Pop Skate

Opinion: X-Play Awards BioShock Game Of The Year [And The Winner Is]

Game of the Year - BioShock Best Shooter - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Best Role Playing Game - Mass Effect Best Art Direction - BioShock Best Writing/Story - BioShock Best Original Soundtrack - BioShock Best Downloadable Content - Pac-Man Championship Edition (XBLA)

TIME Announces Top Ten Video Games of 2007 [Goty]

TIME has posted their top ten video games of 2007 for all to see. And because they're TIME, we'll write about it. We're not sure if we agree that their #1 pick Halo 3 is "the perfect hardcore first-person combat simulator" that has been perfected like "a pebble that has been rounded over the cen...

Busted BioShock Big Daddy Buyers Rejoice!

When word broke that many of the Big Daddy figures included with the limited edition version of 2K Games' BioShock shipped damaged, the publisher did its best to make good on addressing the problem. Simply register your complaint, return your busted Big Daddy, then wait patiently for you...

BAFTA Winners, Losers Announced

Crackdown (Xbox 360) Gears of War (Xbox 360) God of War II (PS2) The Orange Box (PS3) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) Bioshock (Xbox 360) Crysis (PC) Gears of War (Xbox 360) Guitar Hero II (PS2) Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360) Wii Sports (Wii) Gameplay

Mass Effect Character Spotlight Pt. 2 [Clips]

With BioShock and Halo 3 behind us, the next big epic game (not to be confused with Epic Games) is Mass Effect, set to hit shelves on Nov. 20, just in time for Thanksgiving holidayers to have something to play whilst trapped at various relatives homes. (Don't forget to bring your 360)

BioShock Update Gives With One Hand, Taketh With Other

If you're both playing BioShock (likely) and connected to Xbox Live (again, likely), you'd probably already have been prompted to download an update for the game. Wondering what's inside? No, no plasmids, just a few fixes for an autosave bug, AI problems with splicers using health stati...

Big Daddy Is Happy To See You

An ambitious title like BioShock is bound to have its fair share of glitches, but Big Daddy here doesn't care about that. He's just really happy to be appearing in the game and getting a chance to meet you. Possibly NSFW, especially if you work in a nautical museum.

Valve Bans BioShock

In a bizarre turn of events, Half-Life developer Valve has hopped on the violent game banning bandwagon, targeting 2K Games sometimes troubled masterpiece BioShock. In an interview with ComputerAndVideogames.com, the so outspoken we've mentioned him twice today Gabe Newell sheds so...

Levine: There Will Be No PS3 BioShock

Joystiq got a chance to talk to 2K Boston's Ken Levine about the various problems surrounding the BioShock launch that we've been documenting exhaustively over the past several days. In the process of admitting that screw ups were made, he also neatly nullified a rumor that had been sprea...

BioShock CP Hassles Continue

First I posted about the problems with BioShock copy protection. Then I edited the post to add in 2K's statement on the issue at the behest of several readers. Now i wake up to even more problems. Elizabeth's post was all well and good, but when people are having problems uninstalling the game i...

And The GC07 Award Nominees Are... [Everyone's A Winner]

BEST PC GAME BioShock PES 2008 Sacred 2: Fallen Angel 360 Eternal Sonata Kane Lynch: Dead Men BEST WII GAME BEST DS GAME Wii Balance Board Rockband PlayStation Eye Something wrong here if Pro Evo doesn't walk away with at least something... GC LEIPZIG: Expo awards nominees announced [MCV]

BioShock PC - You Only Install Twice (Updated)

UPDATE - Elizabeth from 2K has repsonded on the forums, clarifying the copy protection issue. The key lies in uninstalling before you reinstall. Uninstalling registers the same as installing does, so if you do not perform an uninstall first SecuROM thinks you are just installing the game...

BioShock PS3 Rumor Rekindled By Code

And once again the rumors of 2K's BioShock coming out on the PlayStation 3 are swirling about on the internets, driven by this bit of code found in the PC demo's config.ini file what lists the PS3 as a console. Console] BioShock for the PS3 Confirmed, Yet Again? [PlayStation Universe]

IGN Brings Hammer Down On BioShock Queue Jumpers [I AM THE LAW]

Please confirm in writing by August 21, 2007 that you have, and will, comply with the above. This letter is not a complete statement of the relevant facts or of IGN's civil or criminal claims with respect to this matter, all of which are reserved.

PC BioShock Demo Coming Soon (7pm EDT Monday Night) [Impending]

7pm EDT. Monday night (if that's your neck of the woods; the rest of you go sort out your own time zone conversion like I had to). That's when PC users can get in on the sweet, sweet BioShock demo action those 360 owners have been licking off their fingers this past week. FilePlanet users, you shou...

Beautiful Katamari Demo Hits XBL

Thought the BioShock demo was enough? Wrong. The Beautiful Katamari demo rolled onto Xbox Live this morning, catchy music and cute graphics in tow. The Xbox 360 exclusive won't be out until this fall. So, go on. Download it. DO IT. Meanwhile, I spent over three hours to get 35 percent of the BioSho...

Sorry 'Bout Not Getting that PC BioShock Demo [All Apologies]

Hey Xbox 360 owners! Played that BioShock demo yet? Nice. Just don't tell PC gamers. They're waiting, 'cause it's coming. 2K Games is burning the midnight oil so that the PC demo gets out before the August 21st drop date. The publisher leaves this apology: 2K Games Says Sorry [CVG]

Irrational Sheds Unique Identity [One Of Us]

New York, NY - August 10, 2007 -Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today the name change of industry leading development studio Irrational Games to 2K Boston and 2K Australia. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and with offices in Canberra, Australia,...

BioShock PC Hardware Requirements Revealed

On the fence about which version of BioShock you'll be picking up? It's inevitable that you'll purchase the thing, believe me, it's just a question of whether your PC is up to the processing challenge. My underpowered PC doesn't quite make the cut, hovering right around the minimum system...

Opinion: In Case Of Rapture: BioShock Hands-On Impressions

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...

NVIDIA Unleashes World's Fastest GPU Again [World's Fastest Video Card]

GeForce 8 Series GPUs are the first shipping DirectX 10 GPUs and are the reference GPUs for Microsoft DirectX 10 API development. Developers creating next-generation OpenGL titles, such as Enemy Territory: Quake Wars are also using GeForce 8 Series as their development platform of cho...

BioShock A Lock For PS3? [Bioshock]

Irrational Games' sci-fi RPG shooter looks like it may be making its way to the PLAYSTATION 3, according to the all things PlayStation blog ThreeSpeech. In today's update on upcoming PS3 software, author Steve Boxer namechecks BioShock as one of the console's "promised future delights....

Ken Levine on Bioshock Morality

Ken Levine, the smartest writer in video games, gave an interview to Through the Looking Glass fansite SShock2.com about Irrational's upcoming "art deco underwater utopia participant-evolution inspired civil war" survival horror FPS, Bioshock. Subjects cover the evolution of Bios...