nicksmith May 10, 2009 Industry 8 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

Details for Bioshock 2 have been slowly surfacing over the past few months. We have seen the “Sea of Dreams” trailer, the Little Sister that is not so little anymore, and even found out that there would be a multiplayer mode. Today 2K Games has spelled out for us what the multiplayer mode would be like. From first glance, this seems like a welcome step for the Bioshock
franchise. They point out that players will be able to step into the
shoes of Rapture citizens and explore what the city was like before the
ocean swallowed the city. I can’t wait for this game.

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2K Games Reveals First Details Of The BioShock 2 Multiplayer Experience

Digital Extremes tapped to create extensive and exciting multiplayer element for 2K Games highly anticipated shooter

Windsor,
UK, May 8, 2009/… 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two
Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that it has
signed a partnership with Digital Extremes to develop the multiplayer
experience for BioShock 2. Under this partnership, Digital
Extremes is working closely with the creative team at 2K Marin to
develop a new and substantial element that enhances the lore and
fiction of the BioShock universe.

The fans asked for a
multiplayer experience and we answered, said Christoph Hartmann,
president of 2K. With Digital Extremes delivering a multiplayer
experience for BioShock 2 that features all of the things that make BioShock unique, we’re holding ourselves to a high standard so that we can deliver the depth and variety that fans of the BioShock universe demand.

Multiplayer in BioShock 2 provides a rich prequel experience that expands the origins of the BioShock
fiction. Set during the fall of Rapture, players assume the role of a
Plasmid test subject for Sinclair Solutions, a premier provider of
Plasmids and Tonics in the underwater city of Rapture that was first
explored in the original BioShock. Players will need to use all the elements of the BioShock
toolset to survive as the full depth of the BioShock experience is
refined and transformed into a unique multiplayer experience that can
only be found in Rapture.

Key features:
Evolution of the genetically enhanced shooter. Earn experience points
during gameplay to earn access to new Weapons, Plasmids and Tonics that
can be used to create hundreds of different combinations, allowing
players to develop a unique character that caters to their playing
style.

Extend the Rapture fiction Players will step into the
shoes of Rapture citizens and learn more about the fall of Rapture as
they progress through the experience.

See Rapture before the
fall Experience Rapture before it was reclaimed by the ocean and
engage in combat over iconic environments in locations such as Kashmir
Restaurant and Mercury Suites, all of which have been reworked from the
ground up to deliver a fast-paced multiplayer experience.

FPS
veterans add their touch to the multiplayer experience – Digital
Extremes brings more than 10 years of first person shooter experience
including development of award-winning entries in the Unreal® and Unreal Tournament® franchise.

BioShock 2
is currently in development at 2K Marin, 2K Australia and Digital
Extremes for PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360
video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows-based
PCs. This title is not yet rated by the ESRB.

About Take-Two Interactive Software
Headquartered
in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a global
developer, marketer, distributor and publisher of interactive
entertainment software games for the PC, PLAYSTATION 3 and
PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems, PSP
(PlayStation Portable) system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment
system from Microsoft, Wii and Nintendo DS. The Company publishes and
develops products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games, 2K
Games, 2K Sports and 2K Play; and distributes software, hardware and
accessories in North America through its Jack of All Games subsidiary.
Take-Two’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol
TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our
website at www.take2games.com.

About Digital Extremes
Founded
in 1993 by industry visionary, James Schmalz, Digital Extremes ranks as
one of the world’s top independent development studios in the
interactive entertainment industry. The Canadian based developer is
known for its high quality, technologically innovative productions such
as the co-creation of Epic Games multi-million unit selling, Unreal
franchise, including the award-winning Unreal, Unreal Tournament and
Unreal Championship brands; the technical marvel, Dark Sector
utilizing the proprietary Evolution Engine as well as co-development
of top-selling and critically acclaimed, BioShock for PLAYSTATION 3
system. Digital Extremes recently expanded its reach beyond development
with the licensing of its Evolution Engine. For more information on
the studio or its technology, please visit www.digitalextremes.com.