BioShock Infinite

[padman59]

Pushed back to February 2013.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/09/bioshock-infinite-delayed/

[Twigg4075]

My wife is going to be sad about this news.

[Swarley]

Collector's Edition Announced

Irrational Games and 2K are putting together two limited-quantity BioShock Infinite collector's editions with some pretty cool extras, and those who pre-order can also play the Industrial Revolution puzzle game.

PREMIUM EDITION ($79.99)

• A 64-page mini edition of Dark Horse Comics' The Art of BioShock Infinite
• Digital soundtrack
• DLC: Three exclusive Gear power-ups: Bull Rush (makes sprinting melee strikes more effective), Extra! Extra! (audio logs grant extra in-game money), and Betrayer (possessed enemies that you kill explode in a deadly fireball)
• Console Exclusives: Xbox 360 users get Booker and Elizabeth avatar costumes. PC and PS3 players get BioShock Infinite themes
• A 5" x 7" Lithograph print of Columbia propoganda
• Handyman Figurine: A 25mm resin-cast figurine for use in the BioShock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia board game
• Murder of Crows 3" Keychain
• A copy of the game

ULTIMATE SONGBIRD EDITION ($149.99)

• All of the contents of the Premium Edition
• Songbird Statue: This resin-cast statue is 9.75" tall and comes with its own box

Furthermore, there is also an exclusive flash-based browser game called Industrial Revolution that's exclusive for those who pre-order BioShock Infinite.

Industrial Revolution lets you earn three exclusive Gear items for use in Infinite (Handyman Nemesis, Sugar Rush, and Fleet Feet), gives you more info about Columbia's history and factions, and extra in-game cash.

BioShock Infinite comes out for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 on February 26.

[Twigg4075]

Oh 2K and your $150 collector editions.

[CrimsonGhost56]

will this game have multiplayer? the MP in bioshock 2 was pretty damn fun in a mindless shooter kind of way. it was pretty fun running around in big daddy suits shooting plasmids all over the place.

[Twigg4075]

will this game have multiplayer? the MP in bioshock 2 was pretty damn fun in a mindless shooter kind of way. it was pretty fun running around in big daddy suits shooting plasmids all over the place.

I don't believe so. Not only was it probably just you and five other people that played that mode, that was 2K Marin, not Irrational. I'm pretty sure they give no fucks about multiplayer and just want to concentrate on the story, like they did with the first game.

[Swarley]

I'm pretty sure they give no fucks about multiplayer

I wish more developers/publishers felt this way.

[ryne candy]

Hopefully I get some giftcards, so I can pick this up for my Bday (2/27). To be honest, I never even got to finish the first game (and I own both...got the 2nd one on Target clearance). I'm going to start it over before Hitman comes out late November.

[Goober]

Infinite has gone through a bit of development hell, I mean shit the first trailer was two years ago, and we're still two months out. I think multiplayer modes were thrown around a couple of times, but nothing stuck. From wiki:

Irrational Games has not committed to including a multiplayer element within the game. While the team have experimented with concepts for a multiplayer component, Levine has stated that they would only proceed forward if it had elements not otherwise found in multiplayer games like Halo or Call of Duty.[35][36] At least two multiplayer modes were examined but later scrapped by Irrational. One mode was a co-operative mini-game similar to tower defense having the player characters miniaturized within an old-time arcade machine to defend against waves of enemies. This mode was cancelled early on to focus on a four player co-operative mode tentatively titled "Spec-Ops", similar to the mode of the same name from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The four players would have worked their way through levels from the single player game to complete missions under certain requirements. Further development on "Spec-ops" has since been dropped.[

[Guest]

Kudos to Irrational for not putting throwaway multiplayer in the game. However, since they experimented with some things, you can be sure it will be included in the next Bioshock game they put out.

[Swarley]

[Goober]

What is going on with the lighthouse in the beginning? Maybe just a nod to the beginning of the original Bioshock.

[IamMedellin]

[tokyostomp]

since its delayed should i scramble to play the previous ones as i never really got into them for some reason. not really on my radar i couldnt say why

[Twigg4075]

since its delayed should i scramble to play the previous ones as i never really got into them for some reason. not really on my radar i couldnt say why

I would say yes because they are both excellent games.