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BioShock iOS | IGN review

If you want a low-stakes return to Rapture, BioShock on iOS might do the trick. If you ratchet the difficulty down and accept the fact that you might not be able to hack every device or plunder every explorable area, having the world of BioShock closer than ever has its own charm.

gokuking4301d ago

Reminds me of Borderlands 2 on Vita.

Lionalliance4301d ago

Again, why wasn't this on Vita?

HammadTheBeast4301d ago

Probably got paid to keep it exclusive to iOS, or it was easier/cheaper to keep it on iOS. Not on Android either.

voodoochild3464301d ago

Potential sales and cheaper development would be my guess. This why people should care about the sales of their system of choice. If the Vita was selling close to or better than the 3ds, it would get this game for sure since the Vita is perfect for games like this.

BattleAxe4301d ago

I agree with what you are saying, but Sony should have taken better care at the beginning of the Vita's life cycle to ensure that games like Resistance: Burning Skies, and even CoD: Black Ops Declassified were of the highest possible caliber.

Killzone: Mercenary looks awesome, and so does Uncharted: Golden Abyss, but the Vita needed a few more high end titles to drive sales for the system. Sony should have spent some money to get key games like Bioshock onto the Vita within a year and half of the system's release. It's a mystery to me why Sony has made such poor decisions with this device.

voodoochild3464301d ago (Edited 4301d ago )

@BattleAxe
But that's the problem. The Vita has an audience problem in that it's not big enough to rely totally upon them alone and yet their vocal enough to demand Sony make a system so powerful that it's games cost almost the same as a ps3 game to make. That means you have to think long and hard about going too far outside the box when you make games for it.

This leads to many of the Vita games being console ports or console-like games. The problem with this is only a relatively small amount of people are going buy a system to play games many feel are better on console anyway. The games that would really sell the system are games that take advantage of the attributes the Vita has. Once again many developers don't want to do that due to the risk involved.

That's not even touching on the poor decisions Sony's made regarding the memory cards and the high price tag. I've always thought Sony catered and listened to the wrong people when it comes down to their handhelds. They don't seem to realize the console and mobile markets are very different and should be treated as such.

roadkillers4301d ago

Afraid to be the trailer blazers to start the third party Vita movement. Sissies!

Kamikaze1354300d ago

Most likely sales. I love the Vita, but unfortunately, it seems like games don't sell too well on there.

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pop-voxuli4301d ago

This is an abomination and should have never been ported to mobile.

clouds54300d ago

I'd play it on android with a dedicated controller and full features. It's possible, the hardware is there. But mobile users pay for candy crush instead of quality games... weird world right.

edqe4301d ago

Very nice... and this is just beginning.

It would have been interesting to see the game ported for K1 which is much more powerful compared to Apple's SoCs.

I hope Apple wouldn't continue with "Metal" but with OpenGL NG.

TheGamingArt4300d ago

Why do you hope Apple won't continue with Metal? OpenGL in general is an outdated API......

TheGamingArt4300d ago

Sooo, I'm playing it on my iPad Air... and there aren't nearly as many jaggies as showing in this video..... nor is it as muddy....

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Next ‘BioShock’ Game Changes Leaders After Development Turmoil

The fourth game in the ‘BioShock’ series has been in development for more than a decade

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toxic-inferno310d ago

Bioshock is one of my favourites franchises. I love all 3 games and have played each several times. I even have a room in my house that is loosely decorated around the theme of Bioshock (with a Lighthouse, coral models and postcards styled as though they are from both Rapture and Columbus).

And yet I am going to find it extremely difficult to get even remotely excited about any future episode in the series after all the problems this has had in its development cycle.

Leave the franchise alone. Remaster them again if you have to. Then put whatever talent you have to use on something brand new.

Furesis310d ago

Since ken levine isn't involved i'm not surprised what's going on. i'm more excited for his next game which looks like bioshock. Yet he still works under take2 and they are making bioshock 4 without him, strange situation.

toxic-inferno310d ago

Yes. Judas. Looks brilliant, but it's one of those games that seems to never have had a release date. Instead it's had release windows that keep getting pushed back.

Once it's ready, I'll be there for it though. Ken Levine is an excellent developer.

I get the feeling he dissolved Irrational Games simply so that 2k couldn't tell him what to do. It seems it will pay off, but I feel sorry for those who worked as part of Irrational before it was dissolved, who hadn't independently made a name for themselves.

ActualWhiteMan309d ago

He didn’t even want to make 2, that’s why they did it without him.

Rebel_Scum310d ago

tbh it wouldnt be a Bioshock game without development hell. They all had it.

Michiel1989309d ago

bioshock 2 was 2.5 years after 1, so much of a development hell it was......

-Foxtrot310d ago

"Remaster them again if you have to"

Well apparently they were doing a remake but that got cancelled

Relientk77310d ago

It sucks this game is in development hell because I love BioShock and would love a 4th game. I hope it turns out great, but I guess we'll see.

P_Bomb310d ago

Love Bioshock. It’s too bad what’s going on. At least we have Judas.

Yui_Suzumiya309d ago (Edited 309d ago )

It's been in development hell since 2014. This is nothing new. It saddens me because it's one of my favorite series. At this point, Judas may end up releasing first.

BABI-PANGPANG309d ago

Bioshock 4 (if it ever comes out) will probably still look and play like a Bioshock game, but without Kevin, it might miss that spark that made the originals so special. Honestly, Judas might end up feeling more like the real spiritual successor.

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Netflix's BioShock Film Still In Development But With A Reduced Budget

Console Creatures writes, "The BioShock film at Netflix is still happening but with a reduced budget."

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just_looken680d ago

Remember there past attempts at game based show's i do heck i still remember that teenage resident evil trash fire.

anast680d ago

ha. I almost forgot about that.

Jin_Sakai682d ago

Might as well just cancel it.

just_looken680d ago

Unless its batwoman were they right it off

porkChop682d ago

It's 10 years too late for a BioShock film. The world of Rapture would have been perfect for a film. It's actually a good candidate for proper utilization of 3D, for increased depth rather than bullshit popping out of the screen. It could really show off the underwater city that way. But BioShock as a brand is so irrelevant these days that a film just doesn't make sense. Especially considering it would need a big budget and top notch effects to really take advantage of the IP.

gold_drake682d ago

i agree on the bigger budget. all the cgi they'd need for the background.

but i think it would work better as a show. a movie would be too short to establish the story

TheNamelessOne682d ago

Netflix greenlights anything, so that shows me very little faith in the project. Enough to just crap something out as they're, more and more, known to do.

badkolo681d ago

its where b movies go to live, its run by democrats , dont expect anything good from netflix

Knightofelemia682d ago (Edited 682d ago )

I'll laugh if it turns out to be better then the Borderlands movie

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