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GAME INFO publisher: Take 2 Interactive developer: Irrational Games genre: Shooters MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS PIV 2400, 1GB RAM, NVIDIA 6600, 8GB HDD	ESRB rating: M homepage: www.2kgames.com/bioshock/ release date: Aug 21, 07 (released)

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DEMOS	size	date
single playable demo	1.84GB	Aug 20, 07

PATCHES	size	date
v1.1 US patch	27MB	Dec 04, 07

v1.1 Worldwide patch	27MB	Dec 04, 07

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	Launch Trailer 287 views 1:00		Plasmid trailer 38 views 3:12
	"Hunting the Big Daddy" trailer		X06 trailer
	Demo movie trailer

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»	Jun 02, 06 BioShock Preview Coming back from this year's E3, I felt like I definitely let you guys down. No, it's not the fact that I didn't slap Paris Hilton and run for my life (although that is a personal letdown)... » MORE

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News Stories

»	Jul 21, 2008 EA Extends Take-Two Offer, Yet Again EA announced that it extended its tender offer for all of the currently outstanding shares of common stock of T2 to 11:59 p.m., NYCtime, on August 18, 2008. » MORE

Jun 26, 2008

Crysis Warhead - DX10 Not Needed for High-end Effects
Czech gaming site Tiscali Games reports about the latest details on EA's upcoming standalone expansion pack Crysis: Warhead. The details have appeared in PC Gamer and according to the preview, the developers are waiting to see how the market is going to react to Warchead before they move on to making Crysis 2.

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»	Jun 20, 2008 BioShock DRM Removed The news arrives straight from the 2K Forums, confirming that activation restrictions have been removed from last year's delightful X360/PC shooter BioShock. » MORE

Jun 06, 2008

Bioshock 3 to Coincide With Movie Release
Take-Two Interactive chairman Strauss Zelnick hinted the existence of a third chapter in the acclaimed sci-fi shooter franchise. According to this report, when asked about the Gore Verbinski-helmed theatrical release of BioShock, Zelnick replied that the movie's release is likely to arrive in proximity to BioShock 3, rather than BioShock 2.

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»	May 12, 2008 BioShock Movie Director Revealed So the rumors were true. 2K Games announced that the company reached an agreement to develop a movie based on the highly-praised video game, BioShock, and it was revealed that the deal involves movie studio Universal Pictures. » MORE

»	Apr 26, 2008 BioShock PS3 in September? The PlayStation 3 version of the excellent shooter BioShock is pretty much a rumor at this point. 2K repeatedly denied the existence of a PS3 port of BioShock, albeit reports on the matter just keep resurfacing. » MORE

»	Apr 09, 2008 US Gamers Prefer Buying Used Games During this year’s MI6 game marketing conference in San Francisco, the results of a study related to the video game resale market in the US have been revealed. » MORE

Apr 07, 2008

Ken Levine's Top 5 Games of All Time
Head over to MSNBC, where creative director at 2K Boston, Ken Levine, reveals his own choice of top five video games of all time. The recognized game designer modestly "neglected" to mention BioShock, but didn't hesitate to highlight instant industry classics that helped shape the industry in one way or another.

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»	Apr 03, 2008 Levine Says Game Plots Must be "F***ing Stupid," Explains Ken Levine, BioShock guru and creative director at 2K Boston, expressed his views yesterday on how game plots need to be served to a certain type of audience. » MORE

Mar 27, 2008

BioShock and Civ. MMOGs?
This news definitely comes from an obscure and rather unlikely source, as the Bank of America SmidCap Conference reveals plans by Take 2, shown in a series of slides, to possibly push the Civilization and BioShock franchises into the cold and muddy MMOG waters.

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Mar 11, 2008

BioShock 2 Official For End of Next Year
It's official. It's all over the news. BioShock 2 is official. It's official all over the news. For Q4 2009. Publisher Take-Two Interactive today officially confirmed that a sequel to 2K Boston's underwater shooter BioShock will arrive in the company's fiscal fourth-quarter in 2009.

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Mar 08, 2008

Top 50 Game Developers
What's this all about? Actually, it's a Top 50 Developers' Countdown on Game Developer Research, and it offers a "ranking of the top 50 developers in the areas of sales figures, releases, and average review scores, along with the full set of results from our survey of over 700 anonymous Game Developer- and Gamasutra.

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»	Mar 04, 2008 THQ: Piracy to Blame for Iron Lore Demise Last week, Iron Lore Entertainment (developers of games like Titan Quest) announced it has closed its doors due to "several unrelated events" and the fact that the company failed to secure funding for its next project. » MORE

»	Mar 03, 2008 BioShock 2 Concept Art? (Updated) German mag PC Games claims to have the first concept art from BioShock 2. Assuming these images aren't bogus, they show the possible tendencies to move away from the claustrophobic surroundings of the original. » MORE

Feb 29, 2008

Ken Levine Calls Casual Games 'Gateway Drug'
Ken Levine, the man behind the critically-acclaimed shooter, BioShock, made some comments regarding casual games. Now the thing which sticks from his statement, is not what he thinks on the casual games, but the way he phrases his statement, using the term "gateway drug" repeatedly.

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»	Feb 08, 2008 More Game Awards, Top Honors to CoD4, BioShock and Orange Box Yep, winners of the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards have been announced. The awards were declared during The Academy of Interactive Arts & Science's annual D. » MORE

»	Jan 31, 2008 Call of Duty 4 and WoW Rule PC Sales The latest chart of best-selling PC games in the US (for the week ending Jan. 19) isn't showing any noteworthy changes. Yep, PC gamers are snatching up CoD 4, WoW and The Sims (will it ever stop?): 1. » MORE

»	Jan 30, 2008 Dead Space Dead Space, EA's upcoming sci-fi survival horror game, is currently in development for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms. Judging from what was released thus far, the game borrows several elements from familiar contemporary shooters such as BioShock and similar titles. » MORE

»	Jan 17, 2008 EA's "Dead Space" Coming to PC, Sequel Possible After confirming their sci-fi survival horror shooter Dead Space for PS3 and 360 platforms, EA has now uncovered that the game is also heading to PCs. » MORE

»	Jan 16, 2008 New ATI Catalyst Drivers Owners of ATI Radeon cards can know download the new reference drivers, version 8.1, which offer a variety of performance improvements, new OpenGL multiview support and fixes for numerous titles, including BioShock, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, F. » MORE

»	Jan 09, 2008 Rumors of A BioShock Flick Stirring in Hollywood? Word has it that a major film production company in Hollywood might start working on a movie adaptation of 2K's popular 360/PC shooter, BioShock. Hm, the dark and tragic fate of the city of Rapture portrayed on the big screen? » MORE

»	Jan 08, 2008 BioShock 2 Actually a Prequel? According to a report over at NextGen, the sequel to BioShock may actually be a prequel, adding to the rumor that the new game will be set before the demise of the underwater city of Rapture. » MORE

»	Dec 19, 2007 BioShock Sells 2M Copies Take-Two Interactive announced its financial results for the fourth quarter, confirming that the popular shooter BioShock sold over 2 million copies worldwide, including both Xbox 360 and PC variants. » MORE

»	Dec 10, 2007 BioShock Takes Top Honors at SpikeTV VGAs So we were invited to attend this year's SpikeTV Video Game Awards (red carpet crap and all), but apparently, no one at ActionTrip thought it would be worth to go. » MORE

»	Dec 05, 2007 Current Best Selling PC Games To me, the Orange Box and Crysis seem like a decent investment. Some people don't think so. Just take a look at NPD Group's PC sales chart for the week ending November 24: 1. » MORE

»	Dec 04, 2007 BioShock PC and 360 Patches Available First off, the game's official web site features an important note about the 1.1 BioShock patch: "If you purchased a digital distribution copy of BioShock (i. » MORE

»	Nov 30, 2007 BioShock 2 in the Works, 2K Boston Sick of Levine? A rumor is circulating around (emanating from this place, and then pointing to this Gamasutra job listing) that 2K Boston might be starting work on BioShock 2. » MORE

»	Nov 14, 2007 Sorry Guys, No BioShock for the PS3 It's funny. 2K Games is getting a little ticked off that people are still asking whether BioShock will ever be released on the Playstation 3. Recently, fresh rumors started circulating that this might happen in 2008. » MORE

»	Nov 09, 2007 Spike TV Reveals VG Awards Nominees Like some seasonal rash, SpikeTV is back with their VG Awards this year, nominating (in their typical fashion) a host of games that haven't been released yet. » MORE

»	Nov 07, 2007 New NVIDIA WHQL Drivers If you don't want to use the beta drivers anymore, NVIDIA offers the new WHQL ForceWare reference drivers (v163.75) for GeForce cards. The update features performance improvements for various games. » MORE

Oct 24, 2007

BAFTA Winners - BioShock Best Game, Wii Sports Gets Most Awards
The BAFTA Video Game Awards have been announced and it just so happens BioShock was recognized as the Best Game. However, it also might be worth mentioning that Wii Sports came out with the most awards, triumphing in categories such as Gameplay, Innovation, Multiplayer etc.

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»	Oct 19, 2007 Halo 3 Helps Game Sales Reach $1.3b As expected, with the release of Halo 3, one of the most highly anticipated shooters this year, Microsoft registered impressive sales during September, when the game was launched. » MORE

»	Oct 17, 2007 Quake Wars Outselling Bon Voyage and WoW Yeah, but most probably not for long. All in all, it's still a bit of a turn up for the book. It's also quite comforting to know that CSI 4: Hard Evidence managed to squeeze into the chart as well. » MORE

Oct 09, 2007

That's One Way to Get A Gamer to Massage You
Jesus. What will they come up with next? A resourceful (idle?) group of individuals has come up with, "Massage me," "a wearable massage interface that turns a video game player’s excess energy into a back massage for an innocent bystander.

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Oct 02, 2007

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars in Stores
Activision just announced that the PC version of ET: Quake Wars is now available in stores throughout the US. Set within the expansive QUAKE universe in the year 2065, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars offers the ultimate in objective-based multiplayer action, either online or offline with computer controlled players.

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»	Oct 01, 2007 Halo 3 Beats Gears of War on Xbox Live Bungie's Halo 3 finally tops Epic's Gears of War, as the most played game on Xbox Live. That's according to Major Nelson's latest top-10 list of most played Xbox Live games, for the week ending on Sept. » MORE

»	Sep 28, 2007 Gears of War Still Dominates Xbox Live Major Nelson's latest top-10 list confirms that Gears of War is still the most played game on Xbox Live. 1. Gears of War 2. Call of Duty 4 (Beta) 3. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 4. » MORE

»	Sep 26, 2007 Sims Still Rule PC Charts NPD Group released yet another chart for the top 10 best selling PC games in the US (for the week ending Sept. 15): 1. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage - Electronic Arts 2. » MORE

»	Sep 25, 2007 BAFTA Awards: Crysis vs. BioShock We've just learned that the contenders for the British Academy Video Games Awards have been announced and it seems both Crysis and BioShock (amongst other titles) are competing in the Best Game category. » MORE

»	Sep 21, 2007 New NVIDIA Beta Drivers NVIDIA is getting quicker and quicker at churning out these beta driver releases. The latest version 163.71 can be found over this way. * Beta driver for GeForce FX, 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs. » MORE

»	Sep 18, 2007 PC Game Sales: Say "Bon Voyage" to BioShock According to the NPD's latest chart for top 10 best-selling PC games (for the week ending on September 8), The Sims 2: Bon Voyage outsold both WoW and BioShock. » MORE

Sep 11, 2007

Take-Two: Revenues Down, Let's "BioShock" the Proceedings
Revealing the company's financial results for its fiscal third quarter, well-known publisher, Take-Two doesn't appear to be doing too good. For the three months ended July 31, Take-Two posted revenues of $206 million - down from $241 million from the same period of 2006.

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»	Sep 10, 2007 Improve Crysis and BioShock Performance With what? Certainly not with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers. The latest beta version 163.67 GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series BETA drivers are now available for download - they come via the nZone Beta Drivers Page. » MORE

Sep 07, 2007

The Dark Side of the BioShock Patch
Last night Xbox 360 owners got a chance to download a patch for Irrational Games' recently launched shooter, BioShock. Elizabeth Tobey, 2K Games' community manager, said that the patch "improves stability on autosaves, fixes a bug where an AI will not utilize health stations properly, and fixes a music bug in the title menu.

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»	Sep 06, 2007 Four New BioShock Plasmids Discovered Thanks to some resourceful PC gamers, we learn that 2K Games has already prepped new downloadable plasmids for their awesome FPS BioShock. Something tells me this downloadable content won't be free either. » MORE

»	Sep 04, 2007 US Game Sales: 'Halo 3,' 'Sims 2: Bon Voyage' Rule So what's selling in the US? First let's take a look at the newest all-platform list. Halo 3 pre-orders still reign supreme: 01. Halo 3*—Microsoft (Xbox 360) 02. » MORE

»	Aug 29, 2007 BioShock for the Poor Gets Better Poor gamers are a persistent (and resourceful) lot, it seems. You got to be, when you're flat broke. The official BioShock SM 2.0 Fix blog has word that a new version of the mod (that lets people with older cards play the game) is now live. » MORE

»	Aug 28, 2007 BioShock Tweak Guide This is certainly something helpful for people trying to get the best performance out of their PC version of BioShock. A tweak guide for the game. You know what it is? Your computer needs ADAM. » MORE

»	Aug 23, 2007 BioShock Fix for the Poor OK, I know some of you have been complaining about the fact that BioShock won't work with 2.0 shader cards. Looks like there is a solution after all. Or a workaround as it were. » MORE

»	Aug 21, 2007 BioShock Ships to Stores Just in case you've somehow managed to miss one billion news about this (on this site and others), BioShock has officially shipped to stores today for the 360 and PC. » MORE

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