Windsor, England ? August 11, 2007 ? 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two
Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that *BioShock*?
has gone to gold master exclusively for the Xbox 360? video game and
entertainment system and Games For Windows. Developed by 2K Boston and 2K
Australia, the renowned 2K 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.
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 grand
question: Do you exploit the innocent survivors of Rapture to save
yourself?or risk it all to become their savior?
For more information, visit www.2kgames.com/bioshock.