BioShock 2 surfacing February 9

By Alex Sassoon Coby, GameSpot UKPosted Sep 18, 2009 7:09 am PT

Sequel to 2K's critically acclaimed first-person shooter gets firm release date across all territories on Xbox 360, PS3, PC.

Back in May, those eager to get back to Rapture after the events of BioShock thought they would not have long to wait, when 2K Games announced the game was to ship worldwide from the end of October. Alas, this was not to be, and BioShock 2, which was first officially confirmed in March 2008, was later moved to a "fiscal 2010" window, with Take-Two saying the game should be out between February and July.

The Big Sisters will present an interesting challenge...

It turns out that BioShock 2 will be released sooner rather than later, as 2K Games announced today that the dystopian shooter will be available worldwide on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on February 9. BioShock 2 is being developed by a host of different houses, with 2K Marin taking the reins on the single-player campaign and Digital Extremes crafting the multiplayer component. Support is also being provided by 2K Australia, 2K China, and Arkane Studios.

The single-player campaign is set 10 years after the events of BioShock, when, "along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture." The multiplayer component is set before the first game, allowing gamers a glimpse of life in Rapture as things started to go wrong in the undersea utopia, providing "a rich prequel experience that expands the origins of the BioShock fiction."

Bioshock 2 has yet to be rated, though its predecessor received an M-for-Mature rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board. For more on the game, check out the video below or one of the recent previews.

300 Comments

  • Eris88

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 10:56 am PT

    Anyone who wuld diss this is a moron. The multiplayer will be fine. Bioshock was a hit without it so the second will be better.

  • C_T_SKYE

    Posted Sep 22, 2009 11:18 pm PT

    l4d2 , brutal legend, borderlands, and mw2 are the only excellent titles this year. bioshock 2 should be called bioshock 1.2 ,, 1 extra point for story line and one extra point for multiplayer wich will fail

  • lukeja

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 7:30 pm PT

    I agree with Trogeton. There has been a big dry spell with no real hits, and now all of a sudden we have: Halo ODST, Assassins Creed II, Bioshock II, Mafia II and Batman AA was a surprisingly filler whilst waiting for ODST

  • sub-raid

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 1:38 pm PT

    multiplayer component is set before the first game ? now that's special. we get the chance to see rapture before things started to go wrong. I loved the first one and can't wait for the second... So exited.

  • buster8695

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 12:23 pm PT

    Great. I get both Bioshock 2 and Mass Effect 2 right after my birthday. I then have a month to beat both before ffXIII comes out.

  • NoDice_386

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 11:43 am PT

    I really hope digital extremes doesn't fail on the multiplayer.

  • Trogeton

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 10:32 am PT

    Too many great game coming out in the 4th quarter of 09

  • kiramasaki

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 9:36 am PT

    While i probably wont play it, much, i am intrigued with the whole pre fall aspect of the multiplayer, it doesnt seem quite so half a&&&&&

  • Bashers79

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 7:54 am PT

    I thought the bio thingys in the first one were a good idea but, I felt they were under powered a bit. I liked the way you could set someone on fire and watch as they run to water, then as they put the fire out, hit them with some electricity. But then you still had to shoot then half a dozen times after to kill them.

  • mayankahuja

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 6:55 am PT

    cool hope it surpasses it's predecessor......

  • rickster34

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 4:50 am PT

    I mean player

  • rickster34

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 4:50 am PT

    Excited for the multilayer

  • fahadsul3man

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 4:23 am PT

    hmmmm bioshock 2 comin sooner then later TWO THUMBS UP !

  • samsungx360

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 4:03 am PT

    bioschock 2 gotta be really good to surpass the first game. i can't w8 to see how will they do it..cuz the first game was pretty damn good. they'll have to come up with some great ideas

  • MichaeltheCM

    Posted Sep 21, 2009 12:36 am PT

    looks awesome!

  • f4tb0i18

    Posted Sep 20, 2009 10:36 pm PT

    Im bummed out that i have to wait longer.. But im also a little happy that I can save more money and buy the other games coming out that i want. Like Assasins Creed 2 and Modern Warfare 2 and Brutal Legend.

  • gigget

    Posted Sep 20, 2009 8:12 pm PT

    the first bioshock was good because the story was the star and because there was a challenge to overcome. Starting with the weak Jack character, as the game progressed and jack got stronger, the difficulty level always seemed on par with the steps the character made forward. However, starting out as Big daddy kind of seems unfair. I just hope this isn't going to end up one of those over powered protagonist games that is mind dumbingly easy, or makes each enemy, even the half clothed, skinny, retarded ones into tanks.

  • killmurder

    Posted Sep 20, 2009 7:57 pm PT

    I'm looking forward to the underwater exploration... After 10 or so hours of gameplay I kinda got tired of the last game's claustrophobic environment.

  • off_the_veil

    Posted Sep 20, 2009 7:50 pm PT

    I just hope it is deep and fresh like the original BioShock. Not a convoluted mess like some sequels that are made without the original director onboard.

  • The3LeggedMan

    Posted Sep 20, 2009 7:47 pm PT

    dang this game gonna be sick

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