BioShock 2 coming Feb. 9, 2010

2K Games announced today that BioShock 2 will be available worldwide beginning February 9, 2010. The game is now available for pre-order at participating retailers if you want to get it early. Currently in development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Games for Windows LIVE, BioShock 2 will feature two unique, intertwined experiences that form to create an interesting story, unique first-person shooter combat, compelling and multiplayer action.

BioShock 2 is set 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, where the halls of Rapture once again echo with the sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture. This time players step into the oversized boots of a Big Daddy, as they travel through the broken city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and their own survival.

Multiplayer in BioShock 2 will provide a prequel experience that expands the origins of the BioShock fiction. Set during the fall of Rapture, players assume the role of a Plasmid test subject for Sinclair Solutions, a provider of Plasmids and Tonics in the underwater city of Rapture that was first explored in the original BioShock. Players will need to use all the elements of the BioShock toolset to survive, as the full depth of the BioShock experience is refined and transformed into a multiplayer experience.

BioShock 2 is currently in development at 2K Marin in collaboration with 2K Australia, Digital Extremes and 2K China.

For more information on BioShock 2 visit one of the following web site: www.bioshockgame.com, www.cultofrapture.com, or www.somethinginthesea.com.

28 Weeks Later director in talks for Bioshock film

According to a report in Variety, 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is in talks with Universal Pictures for the adaption of 2K Games’ first-person action game BioShock. Gore Verbinski, who will reportedly stay on as the producer, has decided not to direct the film. John Logan is still attached - he wrote the script, so you know who to blame when the movie’s plot sucks.

Fresnadillo directed the 2001 Spanish thriller Intacto, but made his mark on Hollywood with 28 Weeks Later, sequel to the zombie thriller, 28 Days Later.

The report goes on to say that the reason for this is to save the studio money and not have another mess like they did with the Halo film, which is now stalled. Verbinski is looking to shoot the film abroad in order to take advantage of tax credits and favorable exchange rates. Verbinski can’t take the time needed to direct the film abroad because he is also working on other Paramount projects including the animated film Rango, which stars Johnny Depp.”

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BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bundle released

2K Games and Bethesda Softworks have released the BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bundle to retail outlets across North America for a suggested retail price of $39.99 for the Xbox 360 and $29.99 for Windows. The bundle will be available internationally in mid-July. The BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bundle combines the 2006 Game of the Year winner The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion with 2007 Game of the Year winner BioShock.

The BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bundle is rated M by the ESRB. For more information on BioShock visit www.bioshockgame.com and for more information on Oblivion visit www.elderscrolls.com. If you don’t already own both of these great games this is as good a time as any to get them for a pretty decent price.

BioShock & Oblivion bundle in July

2K Games and Bethesda Softworks are teaming up to bring a double dose of award winning games to the PC and Xbox 360. A new retail package will be released on July 7 offering The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion from Bethesda Softworks and 2K Boston’s BioShock in one box. Dubbed the BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bundle, this new release will sell for $39.99 on Xbox 360 and $29.99 for Windows PCs.

If you don’t own either one of these games, this is a pretty decent value, though it doesn’t appear to contain the downloadable content for Oblivion on either platform. If you already own both of these games, you’re not missing out on anything here.

The BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bundle is rated M by the ESRB. For more information on BioShock check out www.bioshockgame.com. For more information on Oblivion visit www.elderscrolls.com.

2K Boston Hiring

Someone wants you to be “big in Boston” if you have the skills to get the job done.. 2K Boston passed along word that it will be recruiting at the Game developers Conference next week. The team that developed the first Bioshock game is looking to fill some spots, with an emphasis on programming, design, art, audio and production.

2K Boston passed along word that it will be recruiting at the Game developers Conference next week. The team that developed the first Bioshock game is looking to fill some spots, with an emphasis on programming, design, art, audio and production.

If you’ve got the skills and don’t mind working in Boston, send your resume Jobs@2KBoston.com or catch up with them next week in San Francisco.

Just for fun, you can check out the brochure the company pass along, after the break..

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BioShock PS3 DLC Report

Creeping through the corridors of Rapture, the term “time trials” usually doesn’t come to mind. That’s because wood-grained radios, flapper dresses and grandma’s record collection echoing in the darkness define BioShock’s underwater city, not speed boosts or a Crystal Method soundtrack. Yet very soon, the time-trial gameplay concept will hit BioShock, along with a host of other ideas that will push this dystopian world into uncharted waters.

On Nov. 20, a BioShock downloadable content pack will be available on the PlayStation Network for $9.99 (no plans yet for the Xbox 360). These new challenges work within the existing gameplay and environment (same weapons, plasmid powers and grandma’s records). But they’re completely independent of the primary game’s now-famous storyline, and deviate from its established gameplay.

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First BioShock PS3 DLC Dated

2K Games announced that the PS3 exclusive add-on game content for BioShock will be available for download worldwide on November 20 from the PlayStation Network. The DLC will consist of three Challenge Rooms that take place outside of the main storyline BioShock. Each of the three Challenge Room environments feature new locations, objectives and artwork not seen anywhere else in the game. Additionally, each of the new Challenge Rooms offers new Trophies. More details after the jump:

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