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A Programmer's Look Inside BioShock

I'm Steve Sinclair and I work at Digital Extremes. I'm scrawny with dry skin and male pattern baldness. Despite all that – I'm still smiling because I got to peek up BioShock's skirt!

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xg-ei8ht6399d ago

Agree about the price, great game or not, everywhere else it's cheaper.

It should be $30

Exorgasm6399d ago (Edited 6399d ago )

What I don't get is that everyone is incredulous and feels as if they're being shafted by them charging full price for a year old game. Heavenly Sword is still $50-$60 at most retailers as are uncharted and Ratchet and Clank Future. Why is it okay for Sony Exclusives to keep full price for so long after their release and yet it's a slap in the face for a game that's been ported and extended for a new platform to charge the same?

I'm sure it took a lot of love to get it ported onto the PS3 and the game is something you really shouldn't miss. I can link back to numerous articles in the past few months where all the PS3 fanatics are talking about how they can't wait to buy it and a few comparison shots completely change all your opinions. Everyone is just mad because the PS3 version seems to have some texture issues but we've all known textures haven't been one of the ps3s strong points for quite some time now (or the KZ2 shots wouldn't have needed articles in the first place) and that it is one of the 360s. Expecting a port on an engine that everyone says doesn't work well on PS3 in the first place to look as good as it did on 360 is unrealistic.

Rent it at least or buy it for pc if you want the best graphics. Denying yourself a game this good just because it didn't prove your system of choice to be the best thing ever is ridiculous.

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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-inferno257d 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.

Furesis257d 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-inferno257d 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.

ActualWhiteMan257d ago

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

Rebel_Scum257d ago

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

Michiel1989256d ago

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

-Foxtrot257d ago

"Remaster them again if you have to"

Well apparently they were doing a remake but that got cancelled

Relientk77257d 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_Bomb257d ago

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

Yui_Suzumiya256d ago (Edited 256d 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-PANGPANG256d 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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Steam Deck Users Delighted as BioShock Remastered Can Be Downloaded for Free with Prime

Learn where you can get BioShock Remastered for free and enjoy playing it on your devices, including the Steam Deck.

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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_looken628d ago

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

anast627d ago

ha. I almost forgot about that.

Jin_Sakai630d ago

Might as well just cancel it.

just_looken628d ago

Unless its batwoman were they right it off

porkChop630d 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_drake630d 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

TheNamelessOne630d 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.

badkolo629d ago

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

Knightofelemia630d ago (Edited 630d ago )

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

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