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Bioshock PC doesn't install a rootkit.

"2K Games recently issued at statement addressing the DRM protection and widescreen problems for the BioShock PC game. In the statement 2K reveals a change in number of activations available with each copy of BioShock. Consumers are now allowed to activate their copy of BioShock a total of five times via the SecuROM network. Problems have already surfaced on the third-party severs preventing users from activating their copy of the game.

What 2K has failed to address is the the SecuROM service installed on your computer when installing BioShock, which is also included in the demo.

*REFERENCES TO ROOTKIT HAVE BEEN REMOVED, FURTHER INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED A MISUNDERSTANDING IN THE THE SECUROM SERVICE"

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Cat6820d ago

people are often....dumb. glad they're trying to get this straightened out.

i Shank u6820d ago (Edited 6820d ago )

tho im still a little sore i had to pay $10 over the PC version for the same damned game, im glad with the 360 version i dont have to worry about this DRM sh!t. sounds pretty damned bogus to me that they pulled this move, id be pissed if i had the PC version, tho good to see that no rootkit gets installed. also, i'd bet hackers are going to be trying to crack the DRM even more now with the attention this issue has been getting. go haxoRz!

riqued6820d ago

This kind of protection 2K put only bothers people that buy the game.
Soon anyone will be able to download and play, this protection is useless

Bathyj6820d ago

Any word on a widescreen patch for the Xbox version?

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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-inferno268d 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.

Furesis268d 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-inferno268d 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.

ActualWhiteMan268d ago

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

Rebel_Scum268d ago

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

Michiel1989267d ago

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

-Foxtrot268d ago

"Remaster them again if you have to"

Well apparently they were doing a remake but that got cancelled

Relientk77268d 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_Bomb268d ago

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

Yui_Suzumiya267d ago (Edited 267d 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-PANGPANG267d 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_looken639d ago

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

anast638d ago

ha. I almost forgot about that.

Jin_Sakai641d ago

Might as well just cancel it.

just_looken639d ago

Unless its batwoman were they right it off

porkChop641d 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_drake641d 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

TheNamelessOne641d 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.

badkolo639d ago

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

Knightofelemia640d ago (Edited 640d ago )

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

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