August 10, 2007
2K Announces BioShock has Gone Gold
Genetically enhanced first-person shooter hits
stores on August 21
2K announced today that BioShock has gone to gold
master exclusively for the Xbox 360 and Games For Windows. Developed by 2K
Boston and 2K Australia, the renowned 2K Games development studios, BioShock is
a highly anticipated video game that will be available at stores in North
America on August 21, 2007 and in Europe beginning August 24, 2007.
BioShock is a first-person shooter that lets
players do things never before possible in the genre. Nearly everything in the
game can be turned into a weapon; players can biologically modify their bodies
with plasmids, hack devices and systems, upgrade weapons and craft new ammo
variants, and experiment with different battle techniques.
Players enter the game as a castaway in Rapture,
an underwater utopia torn apart by civil war. Caught between powerful forces and
hunted down by genetically modified "splicers" and deadly security systems,
players have to come to grips with a dangerous and mysterious world filled with
powerful technology and fascinating characters. With multiple avenues for
surmounting challenges on both a moral and tactical level, no encounter ever
plays out the same and no two gamers will play BioShock the same way.
Features:
- Biologically modify your body with plasmids,
which are genetic augmentations that empower you with dozens of fantastic
abilities including: sending Electrobolts storming from your fingertips,
unleashing a swarm of hornets hatched from the veins of your arms, or
strategically turning enemies against one another with irritants. - Take control of your world by hacking devices
and systems: reprogram enemy security bots into personal bodyguards, modify
vending machines to change prices, and transform machine gun security turrets
into powerless pieces of metal. - Upgrade your weapons at Power-to-the-People
stations located through Rapture: craft variants of ammo and plasmids by
picking up materials in the city and modifying them at U-Invent kiosks. - Turn everything into a weapon: the
environment, your body, fire and water, and even your worst enemies.
BioShock’s free form combat options allow gameplay scenarios to be approached
with a variety of weapons: inject active and passive plasmids, utilize
environmental objects, exploit political alliances, or use a combination of
techniques. Find your style but know when to adapt. - Explore an incredible and unique art deco
world hidden deep under the ocean, vividly illustrated with realistic water
effects and truly next generation graphics. - Make meaningful and mature decisions that
culminate in the ultimate question: Do you exploit the innocent survivors of
Rapture to save yourself…or risk it all to become their savior?
For more information, visit
http://www.2kgames.com/bioshock.
