2K Games
Releases
Downloadable
Content and
Enhancements
for BioShock
BioShock
players can
elevate
their gaming
experience
with new
Plasmids,
achievements
and
widescreen
options for
free
New York, NY
- December
4, 2007 - 2K
Games, a
publishing
label of
Take-Two
Interactive
Software,
Inc.
(NASDAQ:
TTWO),
announced
today that
BioShock,
its
top-rated
title
exclusively
available
for the Xbox
360® video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and Games
for
Windows®,
has released
new
downloadable
content for
players on
both
platforms.
The content
includes new
Plasmids and
Tonics,
achievements
and
interface
upgrades,
and is now
available as
free
downloadable
content from
Xbox LIVE®
Marketplace,
through an
Xbox 360
Title
Update, and
as part of a
PC patch.
"As one of
the highest
rated games
of the year,
we wanted to
continue to
connect with
the fans
that made
BioShock
such an
overwhelming
retail and
critically-acclaimed
hit," said
Christoph
Hartmann,
President of
2K. "We are
excited to
offer new
downloadable
content that
will extend
and enhance
the replay
value of
this title."
New
downloadable
content
includes:
Four
Plasmids and
Gene Tonics:
Sonic Boom:
Hurls
creatures
and objects
back with a
blast of
force
EVE saver:
Enables
Plasmids to
use less EVE
Vending
Expert:
Reduces
prices in
the vending
machines
Machine
Buster:
Increases
the amount
of damage
players deal
to cameras,
bots and
turrets
Achievements
(exclusive
to Xbox
360):
Xbox 360
players can
gain 100
points for
"Brass
Balls," by
beating
BioShock on
the "hard"
difficulty
setting
without
dying
In response
to gamers'
requests and
feedback
from the
Cult of
Rapture (www.CultofRapture.com)
community
forums, fans
of BioShock
now have a
widescreen
option,
granting a
wider
horizontal
field of
vision, as
well as
additional
enhancements
to the game.
The Xbox 360
Title Update
will be
automatically
applied at
the game's
startup when
users log
into Xbox
LIVE. PC
owners can
access both
the
additional
content and
gameplay
improvements
via a
downloadable
patch,
available at
www.2Kgames.com/bioshock/support.
Developed by
2K Boston
and 2K
Australia
and rated M
for Mature,
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,
a decaying
art deco
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,
fascinating
characters
and morality
defining
choices. To
make it to
the end,
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.
No encounter
ever plays
out the same
and no two
gamers will
play
BioShock the
same way.
For more
information
on the game,
please visit
www.2Kgames.com/bioshock.
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publisher of
interactive
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software
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PlayStation®2
and
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
systems,
PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
system,
Xbox® and
Xbox 360®
video game
and
entertainment
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Microsoft,
Wii™,
Nintendo
GameCube™,
Nintendo DS™
and Game
Boy®
Advance. The
Company
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and develops
products
through its
wholly owned
labels
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Games, 2K
and 2K
Sports, and
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Software;
and
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accessories
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America
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