BioShock News

R-rated BioShock movie couldn't get funding - Verbinski
Would-be director of big-screen version of Irrational Games' underwater actioner says he could only raise capital for PG-13-rated adaptation--which he didn't want to do.
News - Posted Feb 15, 2011 10:59 pm GMT
Take-Two CEO resigns, chairman taking over
Ben Feder exits for extended family vacation; Strauss Zelnick stepping in, Karl Slatoff named COO.
News - Posted Oct 29, 2010 6:54 pm GMT
BioShock Infinite lifts off in 2012
Irrational's new steampunk action game will be set in chaos-plagued airborne metropolis; due out on 360, PS3, and PC.
News - Posted Aug 12, 2010 7:00 pm GMT
BioShock studio announcing new game Thursday
Irrational Games launches teaser site for its upcoming title, code-named "Project Icarus," will reveal original IP tomorrow at 11:45 a.m. PDT.
News - Posted Aug 12, 2010 12:29 am GMT
Five ways games can make you cry
GDC 2010: Ubisoft Montreal's Richard Rouse III explains how reminiscence, amplification through abstraction, transformation, loss, and nostalgia can make games emotionally poignant.
News - Posted Mar 16, 2010 2:03 am GMT
Irrational Games unveiling new title this year
Q&A: Creative chief Ken Levine says renamed studio's new project will be outed sometime after GDC, handling multiple projects is a goal.
News - Posted Jan 20, 2010 12:48 am GMT
Irrational Games revived
[UPDATE] Take-Two reverts BioShock studio 2K Boston back to its original name; new community-oriented Web site launches.
News - Posted Jan 11, 2010 6:58 pm GMT
2K Boston's 'next big project' is a 'shooter'
Original BioShock studio hiring veteran designers to work on "unannounced" action title; is it an X-COM spin-off, a SWAT sequel, or something else entirely?
News - Posted Aug 10, 2009 9:02 pm GMT
2K talks Borderlands launch, BioShock 2 delay
Publisher president Christoph Hartmann explains why he's not afraid to launch a new intellectual property in the thick of this year's fourth quarter; new trailer inside.
News - Posted Jul 23, 2009 11:24 pm GMT
Verbinski rethinking BioShock film - Report
E3 2009: Pirates of the Caribbean director likely bidding bon voyage to Rapture, but will be getting his feet wet in game development.
News - Posted Jun 1, 2009 6:04 pm GMT
BioShock film preproduction halted
Worries over a $160 million budget has caused Universal to order work halted on big-screen version of 2K's undersea classic, reports Variety.
News - Posted Apr 27, 2009 9:10 pm GMT
BioShock: Undersea Carnival Games coming to Wii
APRIL FOOL'S DAY: 2K Games' ultraviolent cranium-bashing minigame collection will provide hours of madness for the whole family.
News - Posted Apr 1, 2009 9:23 am GMT
GDC 2009: Kaos gives Big Huge tips on cinematic gaming
Rise of Nations, Frontline studio reps tell developers how to make their games more Hollywood-like without using cutscenes.
News - Posted Mar 28, 2009 1:56 am GMT
Q&A: Ken Levine talks BioShock, reminisces about X-Com
2K Boston frontman Ken Levine talks about how BioShock 2 ended up at 2K Marin, his upcoming mystery project, and how his studio literally went underwater.
News - Posted Mar 21, 2009 1:11 am GMT
NPD: Lich King dominates November PC charts
Second expansion to Blizzard's 11-million-strong MMOG tops US desktop sales, followed by Call of Duty, Spore, Fallout 3.
News - Posted Dec 12, 2008 7:15 pm GMT
Develop 08: Ken Levine: 'We hire less virgins'
The man behind BioShock opens up on the game's influences, his hiring policy, and the upcoming movie.
News - Posted Jul 30, 2008 11:32 am GMT
Levine to keynote UK's Develop
BioShock's big daddy will deliver postmortem; Lionhead's Peter Molyneux, Traveller's Tales' Jonathan Smith, Frontier's David Braben also speaking.
News - Posted Jun 20, 2008 3:09 pm GMT
EA delays Take-Two deadline to July 18
Megapublisher formally re-extends its offer for the Grand Theft Auto maker, finds its advances quickly and publicly re-rejected by management.
News - Posted Jun 17, 2008 5:27 pm GMT
BioShock movie, trilogy plans surface
Take-Two reveals in post-earnings call that Verbinski-helmed film is more likely to coincide with third installment in acclaimed dystopian shooter franchise.
News - Posted Jun 5, 2008 11:09 pm GMT
8.5M GTA IVs rev Take-Two revs
[UPDATE] PS3, 360 crime-actioner help raise quarterly earnings 162 percent, returning publisher to profit; 11M units shipped worldwide, episodic content delayed to November-January quarter.
News - Posted Jun 5, 2008 9:57 pm GMT