BioShock

Publisher: 2K Games

Developer: Irrational Games

Category: Action

Release Dates

N Amer - 08/21/2007

Intl - 08/24/2007

Digital Download - 08/21/2007

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Interviews

Sounding Like a Winner: BioShock’s Composer Talks to GameZone
“There is a very sad and beautiful theme that comes in from time to time to remind the player that they are witnessing the aftermath of a deep human tragedy.”

News

The Academy Awards Honors Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, and The Orange Box
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Inducts Mike Morhaime Into Hall of Fame and Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award on Ken Kutaragi

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

Bioshock Lead Designer: No PS3 Version

BioShock Features Original Score by Garry Schyman
2K Games today released 12 tracks from the original score to BioShock

BioShock Games For Windows PC Demo Now Available
Are you ready to experience the City of Rapture as you’ve never seen it before?

All News for BioShock

Description

BioShock is the “genetically enhanced” first person shooter where you can turn everything into a weapon: the environment, your body, fire and water, and even your worst enemies.

You are a cast-away 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, you 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 the game the same way.

Features

Biologically mod your body with plasmids: genetic augmentations that empower you with dozens of fantastic abilities. Send Electrobolts storming from your fingertips, unleash a swarm of hornets hatched from the veins of your arms, 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 Fire-For-Effect stations located through Rapture. Craft variants of ammo and plasmids by picking up materials in the city to modify them at U-Invent kiosks.
Experiment with different battle techniques with BioShock’s free form combat options: gameplay scenarios can 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 grand question: do you exploit the innocent survivors of Rapture to save yourself…or risk all to become their savior?

Hardware Requirements

Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
Minimum System Requirements -
CPU - Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor
System RAM - 1GB
Video Card - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).
Sound Card - 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard disc space - 8GB free space
- Recommended System Requirements -
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo processor
System RAM - 2GB
Video card - DX9 - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better) / DX10 - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
Sound Card - Sound Blaster X-Fi series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)
Hard disc space - 8GB free space