Various news sources had previously told us that the Rapture Metro Pack for BioShock 2 would be dropping sometime this week. Well, 2K Games has come in to clear things up a bit and has said that the DLC pack will not be droppin this week.
However, they have let us know that there will be 6 new multiplayer maps, 3 new Achievements/Trophies and a rebirth feature that is very similar to Call of Duty’s prestige feature. Reach level 50, rebirth and rank down to level one but you’re rewarded with a special mask. Pretty neat.
2K failed to give us a new release date but they have said that when it does drop it will be for 800 Microsoft Points or $9.99.
While BioShock 2 hasn’t received the same critical acclaim that the first title did, it has still received some pretty damn good reviews. And reviewers apparently aren’t the only ones who like the game as it was just announced that BioShock 2 has sold 3 million copies across the Xbox 360 PC and PS3.
That’s not all though, Take-Two also took the time to let us know that Grand Theft Auto IV has sold 15 million copies worldwide since its release.
Some pretty big numbers here now I just wonder how much their sequels will sell.
BioShock 2 is set to release sometime in Q4 of 2009 so it only makes sense that the game’s developers, 2K Marin, release some gameplay footage, right?
Well that’s exactly what they did, they’ve released the above footage of some BioShock 2 footage along with one of the game’s developers talking it over. The film is entitled Hunting the Big Sister and shows how the player will be able to take control of a “Big Daddy”, a feature absent from the first game.
If I got anything out of watching “Hunting the Big Sister” it’s that BioShock 2 is going to kick some major ass.
In the beginning video games usually had two endings. Only one was satisfactory, with the other being the frustrating “game over, you lose” screen. In their evolution and growth (games might be stuck in adolescence according to some, but that’s definitely some growth) they’ve been exploring the idea that not everyone wants to hear the same story. Some people want the hero to fall prey to his baser urges and defeat the villain only to assume his throne, or any number of other outcomes. Bioshock 2 is going to be continuing this proud tradition of customizing your own gaming experience.
In an interview with OXM Jordan Thomas, creative director at 2K Marin said that they’re going to try and improve upon the ‘binary’ ending of the original. He also pointed out that in the original (as with most games) you can end up on a particular path relatively arbitrarily so Bioshock 2 is aiming towards making you aware of what sort of ending you’re heading towards as you play and make more choices.
Here it is, the official announcement from 2K that Bioshock 2 will be called just Bioshock 2 and not Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams.
While we though that the announcement to drop the Sea of Dream subtitle last month was official, 2K has flipflopped with the game’s title ever since.
Well, no more as 2K’s Charlie Sinhaseni told IGN in a recent statement:
“We name most of our trailers at 2K and the name of the teaser trailer we released last October for BioShock 2 is called ‘Sea of Dreams’. There was talk about adding that as an official subtitle, but we decided to simply keep it BioShock 2. We’re sorry for the confusion, but we’re glad people are so interested.”
