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?

According to GamerTagRadio, if you manage to beat the game on Hard without dying, you'll earn the 100-point Bulletproof Achievement.
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Nov 13, 2007

2K mod: There will be no PS3 version of BioShock

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360 - BioShock - 2K mod: There will be no PS3 version of BioShock

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:
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Nov 12, 2007

Research: Orange Box Eating into Halo 3 Sales

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360 - BioShock - Research: Orange Box Eating into Halo 3 Sales

One industry watcher says the increasingly crowded shooter market is falling victim to some significant sales cannibalization among top-tier titles.

With shooters like BioShock, Halo 3, The Orange Box and Call of Duty 4 hitting the market within close range of one another, companies have had to convince consumers to choose their game over competitors. After all, not all shooter fans can drop a few hundred dollars at once.
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Nov 11, 2007

Rumor: Bioshock Coming To PS3 in 08

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360 - BioShock - Rumor: Bioshock Coming To PS3 in 08

Megascorcher reports: " 2K Boston (Irrational) let the news slip out today that the ultra popular Bioshock is indeed coming to the PS3, labelled with a "Spring 2008" release. Speaking with some one on the "inside", he told us the project was always slated for a PS3 release. It was just a matter of waiting for the timed exclusivity to expire."
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Nov 10, 2007

New BioShock Achievement Confirmed

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360 - BioShock - New BioShock Achievement Confirmed

As reported by x360a:

"An eagle-eyed forum-dweller here noticed a new, secret 100 point achievement showed up on the German version of BioShock a few days ago. Well, I've been keeping tabs since, and it has now shown up on the U.S. version as well.

There has been no announcement as to what the achievement is, nor if it is currently available to be achieved. There has been talks of DLC coming with new plasmids and tonics ever since the game's launch, so it might be tied into that.

Could it be for Harvesting every Little Sister? The Anti-"Little Sister Savior" perhaps? Or collecting all the new tonics/plasmids from the DLC? There's even a rumor it could be for completing the game on Hard without dying, though that seems a stretch.

Only time will tell."
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Nov 10, 2007

BioShock (Xbox 360) Widescreen Patch in Next Update

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360 - BioShock - BioShock (Xbox 360) Widescreen Patch in Next Update

2K forums administrator Elizabeth said that the widescreen patch for the Xbox 360 version of BioShock will be coming in the game's next update, which is "out soon".
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Nov 9, 2007

BioShock for PS3, More MGS PSP & Sonic in 1UP's Quatermann Rumors

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360 - BioShock - BioShock for PS3, More MGS PSP & Sonic in 1UP's Quatermann Rumors

1UP writes:
"It's Friday and we're all still reeling from the news that NPD numbers won't be gracing us in the weeks ahead, but as the latest issue of EGM falls into subscriber hands, the Quartermann's able to bring you the latest rumors. And lest we forget, Quartermann was right on the money about Bionic Commando.
This month, an old rumor resurfaces in a new form, as BioShock is apparently back on for PlayStation 3. Previously, it'd been speculated that Microsoft tied up 2K Games' aquatic adventure as an exclusive, but there's a change in the tide, as the world rapture may be Cell-enabled in 2008, after all."
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Nov 9, 2007

Game Of The Year: BioShock, Halo 3, Mass Effect & Orange Box nominated in Spike's VGA

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360 - BioShock - Game Of The Year: BioShock, Halo 3, Mass Effect & Orange Box nominated in Spike's VGA

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.
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Nov 7, 2007

Exclusive: Inside The Genesis Of Bioshock

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360 - BioShock - Exclusive: Inside The Genesis Of Bioshock

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.

The postmortem, written by 2K's Alyssa Finley, is described by the Game Developer editors as follows: "Iterate, iterate, iterate. That's the message from 2K Games' BioShock postmortem - from the game's humbling early user tests to the last-minute spit and polish, iteration saved the day for this artistically excellent title. That, and an Australian team that could work while the main team in Boston was sleeping."
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Nov 7, 2007

Xbox Officially Wins September

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360 - BioShock - Xbox Officially Wins September

The official NPD numbers are in for September, and the Xbox 360 swept, even beating out the Nintendo Wii for that month.

We think it has something to do with Halo 3.

Here are the hard Numbers, from industry analysts at the NPD Group:

Hardware

Xbox 360: 527,800
Wii: 501,000
Nintendo DS: 495,800
PlayStation Portable: 284,500
PlayStation 2: 215,000
Playstation 3: 119,400
Game Boy Advance: 75,000
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Nov 1, 2007

Gaming Industry Explodes To New Heights, Sales Trump Hollywood's Box Office

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360 - BioShock - Gaming Industry Explodes To New Heights, Sales Trump Hollywood's Box Office

According to NPD's projection, video game sales in the U.S. will reach a record-breaking $18 billion in 2007, surpassing the $10 billion box office sales projected by The Hollywood Reporter. Halo 3 grossed over $170 million on its release day, far bigger than any Hollywood film ever has, making it the highest-grossing premiere in entertainment history.

Game Informer editor-in-chief Andy McNamara gives a partial list of blockbuster games for this fall with brief descriptions.
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Oct 25, 2007

BioShock: Life Size Big Daddy Helmet for Sale on eBay

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360 - BioShock - BioShock: Life Size Big Daddy Helmet for Sale on eBay

A life size Big Daddy helmet has made its way onto eBay. The current bid for the item is $250.

This is a Custom made one of Representation of the Big Daddy Helmet form the game Bioshock, It is made of foam, cardboard and plastic. It is wearable for a halloween costume.
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Oct 17, 2007

BioShock's replayability enhanced with DLC?

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Oct 17, 2007 BioShock could well be the recipient of download content that boosts the first-person shooter's replayability factor. Considering how complex the game's evolution was, there's no telling how expansive new content could be. "I'm not a really big fan of expanding things just by linearly adding to the experience, adding a new campaign, as much as I am of enhancing the original experience and adding replayability to that experience," 2K Boston boss Ken Levine said. Levine said that, ... » Read More

Oct 16, 2007

Ken Levine on BioShock DLC: wants to more replayability, not new narrative

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360 - BioShock - Ken Levine on BioShock DLC: wants to more replayability, not new narrative

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.
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Oct 16, 2007

Analyst: Market could shift from casual to hardcore this Christmas

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360 - BioShock - Analyst: Market could shift from casual to hardcore this Christmas

The hardcore market could see a considerable surge this holiday thanks to an influx of "AAA" hardcore Xbox 360 titles and a constant shortage of Wii's, according to an analyst with Janco Partners. The analyst also reiterated that he is "cautiously optimistic" about EA's acquisition of BioWare/Pandemic and cast doubt on BioWare's unannounced MMO.
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Oct 16, 2007

Elves Are Out, Aliens In

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360 - BioShock - Elves Are Out, Aliens In

The New York Times report on October 16, 2007:

Where have all the elves gone?

That's the question gamers and the people who love them are bound to ask this fall as they take in the latest crop of big-budget video games. Since the 1970s, dragons, orcs, wizards and dwarfs have been staples of interactive entertainment, yet this holiday season there are hardly any top new games in the traditional fantasy mode.

Instead 2007 has been dominated by perhaps the deepest lineup of science fiction games ever.
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Oct 15, 2007

BioShock fix released

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Oct. 15, 2007 A tool that addresses activation issues with the PC version of Bioshock can now be downloaded. You may recall that when BioShock released, the game's SecuROM copy protection came under fire for, among other things, only allowing two simultaneous installs of the game on different PCs and problems the copy protection raised with reinstalling it. "Also, we have in the works a revoke tool which you will be able to run on your machine if you want to free up that key and move it to ... » Read More

Oct 15, 2007

A Look at Far Cry 2 Creative Director Clint Hocking's Critique of BioShock

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360 - BioShock - A Look at Far Cry 2 Creative Director Clint Hocking's Critique of BioShock

Clint Hocking: "To cut straight to the heart of it, Bioshock seems to suffer from a powerful dissonance between what it is about as a game, and what it is about as a story. By throwing the narrative and ludic elements of the work into opposition, the game seems to openly mock the player for having believed in the fiction of the game at all. The leveraging of the game's narrative structure against its ludic structure all but destroys the player's ability to feel connected to either, forcing the player to either abandon the game in protest (which I almost did) or simply accept that the game cannot be enjoyed as both a game and a story, and to then finish it for the mere sake of finishing it".

Read on to find out more of what the Creative Director on Far Cry 2 had to say.
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Oct 14, 2007

BioShock Activation Revoke Tool Released

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360 - BioShock - BioShock Activation Revoke Tool Released

2K Games has released the "BioShock Revoke Tool" to redeem one of your activation credits before uninstalling BioShock from your PC. The 2K Games link below lets you download the tool, read a quick FAQ to help you decide if you need the revoke tool, and download the full instructions on how to properly use the revoke tool.
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Oct 12, 2007

The Evolution of BioShock

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Strange and wonderful. Those are the two words that best describe the BioShock experience. What other game has dared to throw so many bizarre oddities - killer diving suits, cannibalistic little girls, underwater utopias, gene splicing drugs - together in one package? More importantly, what other game succeeds at being this crazy and, at the same time, this believable? To fully understand and appreciate BioShock's unique achievement, though, you have to know how it started. How it ... » Read More