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Job Application Found for Possible BioShock 2 Lead Multiplayer Designer

Ripten's John Kershaw discovered a very interesting job opportunity at 2K Boston.

The job, Lead Multiplayer Designer, is described as requiring familiarity with the BioShock game. Could this be early indication than while 2K Marin are working on BioShock 2's main story, 2K Boston will be adding multiplayer?

Boldy6521d ago (Edited 6521d ago )

I for one hope there's no multiplayer as the dev team would focus solely on bringing a great single player experience like they did with the first Bioshock.

Edit: I guess, if they have two different teams then that's ok but I don't know how different the game is going to be now that Ken Levine isn't working on it.

wardrox6521d ago

If true, it's a different team working on the single player (2K Marin) than the multiplayer (2K Boston). Though I agree they need to be very careful.

Twizlex6521d ago

Multiple devs on the project scares me. Remember Splinter Cell: Double Agent?

bluecapone6521d ago

bioshock doesnt need multiplayer just worry about the sp

IaMs126521d ago

I think Bioshock would have a freaking Awesome Multiplayer with all the plasmids and stuff... yes they should concentrate on the Storyline but its good to see that they have a different team working on the Multiplayer... which to me doesnt seem like much could go wrong.. Multiplayer does not have to follow with the Storyline, would be nice though...
The multiplayer should just be VS people not a campaign multiplayer unless they could pull it off with the storyline...

Gerard Way6520d ago

You know, you find alot of ads like this on Craigslist.
As much as I loved the Story for Bioshock, I always thought a multiplayer mode would have been TONs of funs. But how exactly would it work? B/c some of those plasmids are pretty dominant.

IzKyD13316520d ago

bioshock isnt the kind of game that can have multiplayer....

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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_Scum309d 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......

-Foxtrot309d ago

"Remaster them again if you have to"

Well apparently they were doing a remake but that got cancelled

Relientk77309d 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_Bomb309d 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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