Publisher Take-Two has announced the results of its fourth quarter, showing sales up to $292.6 million on strong sales of BioShock, NBA 2K8 and Carnival Games, and losses halved to $7.1 million.
"BioShock." A first-person shooter turned morality play, a thinking person's action game, a piece of electronic fiction with a soul. There are many positive ways to describe this gripping game and they're all true.
Here's what happened on Tuesday in the world of videogames, technology and popular culture. More daily news tips are available at G4.
Publisher 2K Games sends word that a few BioShock patches will be released next week, in addition to some free downloadable content for the hit game.
The Chanticleer's Art & Entertainment editor Toni Merriss picks her ten best games of 2007.
Steam is having a Black Friday Sale on two games. For a limited time, Bioshock and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars are available via Steam at a 20% discount off their regular price. These two new action releases from 2K and Activision may be purchased from Steam at this special price through Monday, November 26th at 10 am PST.
A quick look at the BioShock's page over at Xbox.com confirms that there is new secret Achievement to be found, bringing the game's total points to 1100. But what is it?
Responding to the new round of rumors last week that BioShock is coming to PS3 in 2008, a 2K Games forum moderator has this to say:
1UP writes:
Yes, The Game Of The Year (GOTY) discussion is already beginning! Spike is hosting its 5th annual Video Game Awards this December in Las Vegas, and this morning the nominees were released on Spike.com. What's in contention for Game of the Year? Orange Box, Halo 3, BioShock, and Mass Effect.
The new November 2007 issue of Game Developer magazine has an exclusive postmortem of 2K Boston's much-praised Bioshock, and Gamasutra has extracts from the piece, revealing how the game radically evolved through demo versions and focus testing.
A life size Big Daddy helmet has made its way onto eBay. The current bid for the item is $250.
BioShock isn't exactly the kind of game you expect downloadable content for. There's no multiplayer and the storyline doesn't lend itself to simply dropping in additional "levels." At the same time, unless you're interested in unlocking all the achievements, there isn't much motivation to play through the game a second or third time -- but creator Ken Levine of 2K Boston envisions that as how he'll approach the game's DLC.
The New York Times report on October 16, 2007: