Bioshock Sequel Confirmed

Posted by Stropp on March 12, 2008

Just a quick note before I head of to slumberland.

Yahoo Finance has an article up on Take-Two Internationals First Quarter Fiscal 2008 Financial Results - isn’t that a mouthful?

In the business highlights there’s the following statement:

2K Games said today that BioShock 2, the sequel to the wholly owned and internally developed title, is being developed by 2K Marin and is planned for release in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. The critically acclaimed BioShock title has sold over 2 million units worldwide since its launch in August.

Excellent.

I thoroughly enjoyed Bioshock. I know there was a lot of criticism for it not living up to the ideals of the System Shock or the Deus Ex games, and I agree to a certain extent, but still I had fun - and that’s the important thing.

I’m hoping that TTI take notice of the criticisms and develop a deep and interactive story. I’d be happy if they simply allowed the players to take different approaches to problem solving like the original Deus Ex - apparently the game was solvable with barely firing a shot.

In any case, I’ll be keeping an eye out for this one.

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