BioShock: The Collection Will Hit PS4, Xbox One and PS4 on Sept. 13
After a minor ‘leak in the dam’ was plugged up yesterday 2K Games has officially announced BioShock: The Collection on PS4, Xbox One and PC. Releasing on September 13 it will include all three BioShock games with their accompanying DLC and will be remastered for 1080p, 60fps performance.
Also included is a director’s commentary from Ken Levine and Shawn Robertson with the original game. What’s missing? The lacklustre multiplayer of BioShock 2, which really won’t be missed.
BioShock
- The video series, “Director’s Commentary: Imagining BioShock,” featuring Ken Levine, creative director on BioShock and BioShock Infinite and Shawn Robertson, animation lead on BioShock and animation director on BioShock Infinite.
- Museum of Orphaned Concepts: Walk through a Rapture-inspired virtual museum that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at discarded concepts that never made it into the original game.
- Challenge Rooms: Outside the story of BioShock, tackle puzzles, splicers and Big Daddies. And achievements, of course.
BioShock 2 (Multiplayer not included)
- Minerva’s Den: A self-contained BioShock story, presenting a side of Rapture you’ve never seen before. Use expanded combat abilities with the experimental Ion Laser and chaotic Gravity Well Plasmid, unique to Minerva’s Den, as you face off against the Lancer Big Daddy.
- Protector Trials: Take control of an Alpha Series Big Daddy woken out of hibernation just before the events of BioShock 2.
BioShock Infinite
- Burial at Sea – Episode 1 & 2 Add-On Packs: This major two-part DLC pack completes the BioShock trilogy by taking the series back to where it all began. Return to Rapture just before the events of the original BioShock!
- Clash in the Clouds Add-On Pack: Face 60 waves of challenges across four additional maps for leaderboard glory and unlock areas to explore in The Columbian Archaeological Society hub museum.
- Columbia’s Finest Pack: Combines the contents of the Industrial Revolution Pack and the Upgrade Pack and includes 500 Silver Eagles, five Lock Picks, six unique Gear items, and two weapon upgrades: Comstock’s China Broom Shotgun and Comstock’s Eagle Eye Sniper Rifle.
In May of 2015, after Irrational had effectively closed up its doors, the CEO of Take Two Interactive, Stauss Zelnick spoke at the Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. He spoke of the importance of the BioShock series to the company and pretty much said everything apart from a direct confirmation that we would see the franchise continue.
It’s a really important intellectual property for the company, and while I don’t have any announcements to make, yes, it’s a really important franchise for us.
Could this be the warm up before the inevitable announcement of BioShock 4?