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BioShock 2 teaser site surfaces

By thorsen-ink, GameSpotPosted Mar 6, 2009 1:50 pm PT

Viral teaser sites are about as fresh an idea as a reality show starring a washed-up celebrity. But that doesn't stop publishers from using them to build buzz for their games. Case in point: BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams, currently in development at 2K Marin. The sequel to the GameSpot 2007 Game of the...

Viral teaser sites are about as fresh an idea as a reality show starring a washed-up celebrity. But that doesn't stop publishers from using them to build buzz for their games. Case in point: BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams, currently in development at 2K Marin. The sequel to the GameSpot 2007 Game of the Year finalist is apparently the subject of Somethinginthesea.com, an oh-so-mysterious Web destination that soft-launched yesterday.

Set to a soundtrack of static-riddled radio transmissions, the site displays a wrinkled world map with a large X marked on the western coast of Ireland. The mark is dated February 20, 1967, seven years after the events of the original BioShock. On the upper right of the map are several photos, notes, and newspaper clippings bearing notations.

One article mentions the discovery of footprints on Lehinch Beach in western Ireland, which were made by something with "metallic soles [that] do not resemble any civilian or military footgear" and has "an unusually long stride." Further down on the page, the article notes recent sightings of "mysterious crimson lights" under the surface of nearby Liscannor Bay. Another article references the recent kidnapping of a local 7-year-old girl by an assailant wearing "a miner's helmet" with "a red light." That said, the articles and pictures state that the kidnappers are "thin" and have feet smaller than that of a regular man--perhaps indicating they are a new type of Big Daddy or a Splicer outfitted with scuba gear.

Anyone familiar with BioShock will recognize that these signs point to one of the lumbering Big Daddy opponents of the first game. Any remaining doubt will be erased by a photo of a homemade Big Daddy doll (top)--the same doll shown in the first official teaser trailer for the game (bottom). The doll's appearance leaves little doubt that Somethinginthesea.com was cooked up in 2K Games' marketing department and will be where more details about the undersea adventure surface.

BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams is currently "destined" to arrive on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, according to 2K. Tentatively set to hit one or all platforms later this year, the game is the middle part of a planned BioShock trilogy, which will be turned into a film next year by Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski.

240 Comments

  • padzstarr458

    Posted Apr 12, 2009 3:11 am PT

    i hope im proved wrong but a film will be catastrophic for the series.no normal straight laced member of society will get it.they wouid leave after the first 10 mins.

  • paqrmatt

    Posted Mar 31, 2009 11:55 am PT

    reapsltd666 - you should change your name to "buzzkill". i wasn't expecting anything, just surprised they'd actually present a full, working phone number. besides, what better a way to generate hype if it HAD been a real phone number?

  • reapsltd666

    Posted Mar 16, 2009 6:48 pm PT

    To paqrmatt

    1. I dont know how the hell you came up with that number. The phone number is completely scratched out and very illegible.

    2. Do you honestly expect someone to answer and tell you stuff about the game or what?

    its fake, its not real. that's why its scratched out. you're not supposed to call it.

  • paqrmatt

    Posted Mar 13, 2009 1:46 pm PT

    Hmmm...I just tried it and got nothing. Just keeps ringing.

  • paqrmatt

    Posted Mar 13, 2009 1:02 pm PT

    Has anyone tried calling the phone number from the hand-written letter from Esther George in the website? It's 609-394-5438 (I think - it's crossed out and hard to read, but you can vaguely make it out).

  • funnysplay

    Posted Mar 11, 2009 9:19 am PT

    A film! this could be intresting.

  • TheAnonymity

    Posted Mar 11, 2009 12:01 am PT

    i cannot wait for this game

  • Pete5506

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 9:25 pm PT

    I'm so pumped for this game

  • KrzyJoe

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 4:46 pm PT

    one X appears over where i live! O:

  • Farfang11

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 7:18 am PT

    so wait, are they saying they're making a bioshock movie, or did i read that wrong?

  • metalkid9

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 10:02 pm PT

    i hope they just focus on the single-player. f*** the multi-player

  • dynomitemasta

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 7:46 pm PT

    Bioshock was absolutely one of the prettiest, craziest games I ever played, for part 2, I would love if they really varied the enemies just a bit and made each one more of a character of their own.. I know that would be 10x as much work but Bioshock 2 needs to be 10x as much game as the first to really make the same impact the first one did. I have faith that these guys can pull it off. I can't wait!

  • xbriggs

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 6:50 pm PT

    sweet more bioshock stuff

  • kiramasaki

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 6:21 pm PT

    i havent played RE5 yet so i cant comment, but look im supporting games that are only coop, im saying if as an after thought, they through in some generic character into a coop mode so you can play with a buddy its not bad

    honestly, it would help some of these games, bioshock is good and so is fallout but im one and done, but if they had coop, id prolly play single player and then play through with a couple of different friends

  • raahsnavj

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 1:24 pm PT

    I'm looking forward to this game a lot. I hope it's a blast and doesn't just repeat the Big Daddy - girl relationship.

  • screechingweasl

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 1:19 pm PT

    I really enjoyed the first game and thought it had a very good story and ending compared to a lot of games out there today. To be honest though, I'm sick of every series now being part of some lame ass trilogy. I remember how psyched I was when I found out there was going to be a Half Life 2 after playing the first game years before. Now, it seems like sequels are cranked out as soon as the first game is finished.

    I hope Bioshock 2 is as sweet as the first and I will be very disappointed if it has some beat cliff hangar ending. As for the film, people making movies need some original material. The story is told well through a game, but is probably going to turn out horribly in a movie. This is just like all those comic movies, leave original ideas to their respective mediums and think of something new.

  • Mackie180

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 1:05 pm PT

    Here's my theory: the girl in the trailer is some sort of rapture experiment with esp and probably created a big daddy or two with her mind to find "friends" for her. you're most likely going to play as the guy who is compiling all the the clippings.

  • crazyleftykid

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 12:44 pm PT

    the first bioshock was a beautiful game. it made me believe that people in the world still had creativity, and that first person shooters werent going to be about war or aliens for the rest of time...

    i really enjoyed the first game, and hope they do better with the second.

  • DAAVV-O

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 11:17 am PT

    How cool would it be if the special edition Bioshock 2 came with the home made big daddy doll?

  • Krusnikzero2

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 10:58 am PT

    The first Bioshock made me enjoy first person shooters again. Bioshock was a light in the dark of a genre filled with unoriginal ideas. I hope the sequel delivers with such fantastic results as the first.

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