2K Games
Announces
BioShock Now
Available
Welcome to
Rapture in
this
"genetically
enhanced"
shooter
New York, NY
- August 21,
2007 - 2K
Games, a
publishing
label of
Take-Two
Interactive
Software,
Inc.
(NASDAQ:
TTWO),
announced
today that
BioShock is
now
available in
North
America for
Xbox 360™
video game
and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and Games
for
Windows®,
and will be
available in
Europe
beginning
August 24.
Developed by
2K Boston
and 2K
Australia,
BioShock is
a
"genetically
enhanced"
first-person
shooter that
lets players
do things
never before
possible in
the genre.
Gamers enter
the game as
a castaway
in Rapture,
an
underwater
utopia torn
apart by
civil war.
Caught
between
powerful
forces and
hunted down
by
genetically
modified "splicers"
and deadly
security
systems,
players have
to come to
grips with a
deadly,
mysterious
world filled
with
powerful
technology
and
fascinating
characters.
No encounter
ever plays
out the same
and no two
gamers will
play
BioShock the
same way.
"With the
release of
BioShock, we
are
redefining
the shooter
experience
by providing
players with
the freedom
to decide
how to
proceed and
which
actions to
take," said
Christoph
Hartmann,
President of
2K. "The
teams at 2K
Boston and
2K Australia
have
captured the
essence of
this
underwater
world and
brought it
to vivid
life in the
art design
and
open-ended
storyline.
Welcome to
Rapture."
In the
decaying art
deco
underwater
city of
Rapture,
players can
turn
everything
they
encounter
into a
weapon,
biologically
modify their
body with
plasmids,
hack devices
and security
systems,
upgrade
weapons,
craft new
ammo
variants,
and
experiment
with
different
battle
techniques.
"The
development
team has
been working
on BioShock
for years to
push the
limits in
every way
possible, so
we are
excited for
gamers to
finally
experience
BioShock as
we've always
imagined
it," said
Ken Levine,
President
and Creative
Director of
2K Boston.
"We
delivered on
our promise
of bringing
gamers a
unique and
enriching
first-person
shooter
experience
that not
only
challenges
their
capacity to
adapt and
survive, but
tests their
values and
commitment
to the
inhabitants
of Rapture."
BioShock's
features
include:
Biologically
modify your
body with
plasmids
which are
genetic
augmentations
that empower
you with
dozens of
fantastic
abilities
including:
send
Electrobolts
storming
from your
fingertips,
unleash a
swarm of
hornets
hatched from
the veins of
your arms,
or
strategically
turn enemies
against one
another with
irritants.
Take control
of your
world by
hacking
devices and
systems:
reprogram
enemy
security
bots into
personal
bodyguards,
modify
vending
machines to
change
prices, and
transform
machine gun
security
turrets into
powerless
pieces of
metal.
Upgrade your
weapons at
Power-to-the-People
stations
located
through
Rapture:
craft
variants of
ammo and
plasmids by
picking up
materials in
the city to
modify them
at U-Invent
kiosks.
Turn
everything
into a
weapon: the
environment,
your body,
fire and
water, and
even your
worst
enemies.
BioShock's
free form
combat
options
allow
gameplay
scenarios to
be
approached
with a
variety of
weapons,
active and
passive
plasmids,
environmental
objects
utilization,
exploitation
of political
alliances,
or a
combination
of
techniques.
Find your
style but
know when to
adapt.
Explore an
incredible
and unique
art deco
world hidden
deep under
the ocean,
vividly
illustrated
with
realistic
water
effects and
truly next
generation
graphics.
Make
meaningful
and mature
decisions
that
culminate in
the ultimate
question: Do
you exploit
the innocent
survivors of
Rapture to
save
yourself...or
risk it all
to become
their
savior?
BioShock is
rated "M"
for Mature
and is now
available
for Xbox
360™ video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and Games
for
Windows®.
For more
information,
visit the
BioShock
website at
www.BioShockGame.com,
and the
community
site at
www.TheCultofRapture.com.
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