thats great. Bioshock, Condemned, whatever Team ICO is making, and MGS4 are the only reasons Im considering a next gen system. Every other game is just a glossy version of things Ive already played. Thank you 2K.

Duphman2

@TalAarahk: hmmmm 45sec-1min load times on Super smash brothers = 10-20 min load time for bioshock... hope you like making sandwiches

Godluvsugly

@mccheesey:
Dammit! I was thinking of that one after looking at the blog post again.

Actually, I was thinking of BioShocked Again, but close enough. ARGH.

BPMα

@SaintWaldo: Bioshock and a Little Lady

Spoony Bard

Sequels to story-heavy games on same-gen consoles when the original wasn't on that console seem... insane to me. Who cares about Bioshock on PS3 or Wii who didn't buy the original on 360 or PC? And if you did, why jump ship now? RROD?

Torgen thinks AAA means “Costs $60”

I won't even consider buying this for the PS3 if this rumor is true. The original looks fantastic in DX10 on the PC and runs at very high framerates with a 8800gt or better. I have two 8800gts 512's so it's PC for me all the way.

I think some have Problems with the copy protection on the PC version though, so I hope they fix that for the prequel.

I played Bioshock again not too long ago with the 360 controller for PC. Worked pretty well, though not great. I do like the feel of the controller though, better than sixaxis actually.

I do hope the rumor is true for fellow PS3 owners who have not played the first Bioshock. It's fucking great.

homernoy

I love spitballing titles. I'm avoiding the boogaloo because it's pretty much tired and someone already did it, but here's a more expansive list of silly sequel titles and taglines:

Look Who's BioShocking Too!

The Bio Shocks Back

BioShock II: Shocked By Dawn!

BioShock II: BigDaddy's Revenge

BioShock II: The Next Day

BioShock Reloaded

BioShock 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold

SuperShock : BioShock II

Ms. BioShock

SaintWaldo

im gunna say Bioshock 2 will be a let down, seems more like they wanted to make a sequel because the game sold well rather than the game's story actually needed continuation.

pandafresh

@Koztah: Two problems with that much discussed (including by me, before I knew the truth) "option":

1. I may be wrong, but I don't think it's possible to string levels together in mods... You'd have to install one large 9 gig level mod, and frankly that's just insane... The larger maps, at 30 MEGS or so, already take a long time to install...

2. No custom sound effects... Unless that changed in the last UT3 update (hope it did, I'd love to start making maps with stuff that talks...)

bobtheduck

'Bioshock Again'

mccheesey

Cool, I hope this turns out to be true. By the time it lands in holiday 2009 the PS3 will most likely have a larger install base so it only makes sense financially. But the Wii as well? That's mighty strange. Graphics would have to be watered down quite a bit...

PaulHunter

We don't need lame repetitive gameplay and dull storylines on our console(s) k thx

Soap.

It would be nice if they did make a Wii version. The controls would be better and I'm tired of Wii missing out on all the good multi platform 3rd party games.

mrplow8

@TalAarahk: agreed. I'm still waiting for the same type of push for Wii that Capcom gave the Gamecube. Not to say that there hasn't been pretty games though (MP3, SMG, etc.)

Sandbox_Emperor

With the PS3 picking up some serious momentum against the 360 (including the fact that the price cuts in europe for the 360 have been a complete and utter failure in filling the gap in weekly sales and popularity between the two consoles), I'm absolutely not surprise.

Abriael

@henri1kk: I understand the health of the platform and all but I don't see this going multi-platform hurting anyone.

okenny :)

@Ryumeka: THey can't port Bioshock 1 to the PS3... MS has exclusivity on the first game. The sequal is up for grabs...

And all I can say is "Halleluyah!"

Bioshock is one of the games that have nearly been driving me to a 360. *crosses fingers for Gears 3*

@metadae: Yes, it is. Even one of the Pokemon manga was called "Pikachu: Electric Boogaloo" in the US... A movie that no one will remember leaves it's legacy in the name no one can forget.

bobtheduck

1) PS3 is gaining market share. Ports will be common, including higher quality ones.

2) Stop with this "ON THE WII!" stuff. It ain't gonna happen for every game out there. It just doesn't have the horsepower.

PapaBear434

@blackadvent:

The Unreal 3 engine runs wonderfully on PS3. As such, there`s much less porting work to do with it compared to most any other game. For all intents and purposes, if they really wanted to they could release it as an extremely elaborate mod for UT3.

Koztah

@metadae: Will it have Van Dam?

okenny :)

@snakepliskin: Read the story, no?

John-irl

What about the pc!! Its an fps it belongs on the pc!!

snakepliskin

@Candlejack: That's not a big deal for the Wii really. I know that when I play Wii I'm not gonna get HD and I've accepted that. If Bioshock came to wii I would get it for the controls which is the point of Wii ports. I have my other consoles for 1080p.

TalAarahk

I don't want this game on so many consoles, also can't see Microsoft wanting it's competition to get their hands on it either. If it's on so many consoles I don't feel like the love will still be there for the game, I feel like they will just hurry to finish all of them. Don't do it, please.

Balmung576

@henri1kk: This has little or nothing to do with MS, not unless they start rolling out the cash. If they had an exclusivity deal then it would be different.

John-irl

@TalAarahk: No matter if it could manage the effects, you'd still be locked in 480p and no more.

Candlejack

After some quick searching on Kotaku, I found the 1st time this 2K Marin and PS3 info was posted.

[kotaku.com]

I think this just might be a reality. I so hope that they put BioShock in some form on the PS3.

TheAngryHeretic

TheAngryHeretic

Bioshock XL

Jander

@Lemming To The Sea: Sorry but it's mandatory.

metadae

im not big on bioshock but i would love to see it come to ps3 but still stay with 360

Kaizin514

I would have thought that they'd have ported Bioshock to the PS3 before the se/prequel.

And the Wii edition will just be that pipe minigame.

Ryumeka

Yay rumors! Nothing wrong with multiplatform, unless one version is terrible.

Wolfers

@mrplow8: I think if the Wii is really pushed then it can produce some not-that-bad grafix for any possible Bioshock on it. The problem is that nobody's really pushed the Wii super-hard yet.

TalAarahk

i hope it stays on 360/pc.. microsoft won't lose an AAA exclusive to the competition..

henri1kk

"BioShock Tooie."

jcsunshine

How well it scales down I'd imagine is based more upon how much time they want to put into it to make it on the Wii, or, how well the engine it's built on can adapt to whatever hardware it's got to work with. I'm sure that in the development phase, they could easily make sure the game itself scales down well enough to be worth making it, and worth playing, it's just up to them to actually DO that.

As for me, well... I'll never hold my breath waiting to see that outcome, not a big fan of suicide.

Ampillion, now with the hair stylings of TVs Frank

Is Wii even capable of handling the first BioShock? Because it seems like the sequel would have to look just as good as, if not better than, the original. I don't see how it can be on Wii.

mrplow8

Ha. This is just business. A little leak to get Microsoft to back the money truck up. Bioshock: The Search For Curly's Gold ain't goin' nowhere.

Bioshock Beginings was what I had my head.

doubtful

I dream of days when there'll be a sequel post without the [Title] 2: Electric Boogaloo response.

However, I could really care less about which console this goes to, because honestly I'm not expecting anything too great here.

Lemming To The Sea

I'm pretty sure MS will try and lock this one and announce it at E3.

JoDark117

Seems more likely that they would want to hire people with PS3 experience for projects beyond Bioshock 2. I Can't imagine that they hire lead designers for single projects.

Agies

I think it should be BioShock 2: Now even BioShockier.

frieze

Hoooray!!!! Bioshock PS3 the only problem with the first one was the platform selection!

Godluvsugly

@Candlejack: Oh yeah, sweet Bioshock on my PS3

neoraul20

@blackadvent: Just because the PS3 CAN be a victim of lazy ass ports doesn't mean that they are going to avoid the platform as a result. That's really not how it works.

As far as the Wii goes, I don't call bullshit as much as just unlikely due to Nintendo's weakness with third party development. If they do it for the Wii it will not even be worth anyone's time.

CitizenInsane27

I was hoping for Bioshock Also, but Bioshock Too works.

I wouldn't be surprised to see it on the PS3, the system should have a large enough base to make it worthwhile.

jayntampa

@blackadvent: The magic of downscaling graphics. PC's doing it now since the 80's

Kyle81

@blackadvent: Yeah, I'd rather they don't make me hate an apparently marvelous title by butching a port for PS3.

slomo788

This makes we want to play Bioshock again. Maybe when we're closer to release?

I think it should be called "Bioshock: TO the past" so the TO implies a sequel in an interesting way and "the past" implies a prequel. Also, it would confuse the consumer.

Spaceboy

I don't see why this would surprise anyone. Unless a developer is receiving money up front from MS/Sony/Nintendo to make the proposed game platform-exclusive, it would be stupid for them to NOT at least plan for a release on all applicable platforms, and therefore hire people with experience on those platforms. That's just good business.

A Pimp Named DaveR

It was just a matter of time before BioShock would come to PS3. If it sells and it ain't nailed down to the floor, it's getting ported.

Exclusives like MGS and Halo are a dying breed.

DaPress

Bioshock Wii: Play as the Big Daddy and control your drill with the wiimote!

TalAarahk

Calling bullshit on this. Unless EA actually buys Take-Two, this'll probably stay on the 360/PC. The Wii doesn't have the graphical horsepower (though I'd like to see the control scheme done right) and the PS3 can be victim to some lazy-ass ports.

blackadvent

Hmm... I wonder how easy it would be to take the 360/PS3/PC assests and lower the detail for Wii...
If the controls are as good as Metroid Prime 3's (and I heard Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 did FPS-on-Wii right, too), then I may check out the Wii version (If I don't get a 360/PS3/better PC by then, at least).

BPMα

Needs a big daddy and little sister tea party mini game!

t0yrobo

I'm with you. Also, give me BioShock on the PS3. The sequel/prequel I mean. I played the original.

Candlejack

BioShock 2: Electric Boogaloo?

metadae

@Kyle81: "will be coming to more than just the Xbox 360 and **PC**"

=O

What about the PC

Kyle81

That's a good idea on 2K's part. Bioshock was verrry succesfull on the PC and 360 (It's one of the best looking games I've ever seen on the PC), having number 2 on the PS3 and Wii's a good idea. Aslong as they can do what's been done with the new Star Wars game, and develope each version seperatly, so theirs no porting involved. It'd go great.

TheOtis

"I played Bioshock again not too long ago with the 360 controller for PC. Worked pretty well, though not great. I do like the feel of the controller though, better than sixaxis actually."

???? Why would you want to do this?!

ajay42

@Spaceboy:

Yeah! =P

KingAwesome

I think that is the cutest Big Daddy ever.

Eltigro

Proof the 2K deal has already gone through-Called it here first, folks.

Polywhirl

I really hope Bioshock gets a PS3 treatment and ends up to be a really good game. I want to play that game but my computer won't handeld it and i don't have an Xbox360. So Make it happen!

Again another game that want in the ps3 with ps3 graphics and wiimote controls.

Falsoman

Call it BIOSHOCKED!

ManjiKengo

@Godluvsugly: You get load times that long for smash? Ouch, you need to send your wii to warranty nintendo is fixing those for free. Load times are bad on my smash but they don't go up 25 seconds.

Falsoman

if it comes to ps3, it better not be a shitty port.

Bio-Shell Shocked: The Ported Edition!

zanzibarlegend

I'd like to play

"Stop! Or My Big Daddy Will Shoot"

Northernsky

@Godluvsugly: Wouldn't M''' be a better point of comparison for load times?

Torgen thinks AAA means “Costs $60”

@Duphman2:

"Every other game is just a glossy version of things Ive already played."

Just because you (apparently) haven't played System Shock, SS2 or Deus Ex doesn't make Bioshock original. It's a great game, but it very much falls into the "glossy version" category.

Koztah

@bobtheduck:

You'd be surprised what can be done with a mod. An engine is an engine, after all. There's no reason it wouldn't allow you to run a script when reaching the appropriate trigger.

Alien Swarm did it in UE2.

Now, I'm not sure if the PS3 version of UT3 has limitations as to how it can be modded, but you can do what you damn well please with the PC version.

That said, at the very least UE3 is already ported to the PS3 and can run great, as other games using it (Rainbow Six Vegas, Strangleholdm, etc) have shown. I doubt it would be a huge stretch to recompile the assets, assuming they need recompiling.

Something for the interns to do.

Koztah

Maybe that rumor that someone was trying to make a port of the UT3 engine for the wii was truth and they nailed it, if its comes to the wii is going to be a super good news...

TOCATL

If this had the controls of MP3, I would buy this on the Wii in a heartbeat.

subnet6

@metadae: LOL, Ah that takes me back. What-ever happened to Kuyaki and Crazy Legs and the rest of the RockSteady crew? Though it's hard to believe the ICE-T is still with us and has forgotten his OG roots in the plush Hollywood hills.

CartBlanche

@TheOtis: Starting a game as cross-platform is way easier than either porting a mono-platform game or making multiple mono-platform games. Wasn't BioShock already made with UE3? That's already a multi-platform engine.

Torgen thinks AAA means “Costs $60”

@ajay42:
For the hell of it. I had already played the game a couple of times, then again with the vita chambers off. I have a 360 controller for my kids to play Viva Pinata (PC) and just wanted to see how the game played.

I should have specified that I didn't play through the entire game, just loaded at different parts to try the controller out for myself. I am kind of suprised at how comfortable it is really.

I am mainly a PC gamer, so whenever possible it is keyboard and mouse on the PC, but I do have a PS3 and enjoy I really enjoy it.

homernoy

Sweet! Id love to see bioshock 2 on my ps3. "Play beyond"- the game fits into sony's slogan perfectly, haha.

squidboy007

I... would be so happy if this came true for the Wii...

TheTheTheTheWhat

yay! another 5 years and we'll get to play the games on our ps4s! full backwards compatability!

NocturnOwl357

Lets hope the wii version was actually i typeo, i actually own a wii but do not what to see bioshock lovely graphical and art style ruined

mbeck

@Eltigro: Hellz yeah! Ain't you a cute widdle engine of destruction! ^_^

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

@homernoy: ahh, understood. It was just a change of pace kind of thing. glad i didn't launch into a wholely unnecessary mouse and keyboard superiority rant there in that case!

ajay42

Seems to me they should port Bioshock 1 to PS3 before they worry about 2 ... But it also would make more fiscal sense to release multiplatform, as they already have a brand identity for Bioshock and would undoubtedly make way more money that way just because of a larger potential user base.

Strangelove

The Wii? Whoa.

KM91

BioShock 2 will melt the Wii into vapor

btnheazy03

I think they should call it, Bioshock as Well just to really confuse people.

Sloopydrew

Who needs BioShock?I want System Shock 3 on my PS3. You hear that EA? System Shock 2 is the game that created BioShock's"innovations".

jackal888

OK. But I don't care until the original comes out for the PS3. I don't play sequels if I haven't played the original.

OK, I'm lying. I'll take it any way I can get it.

2NinjasTapedTogether

Shellshock. Cowabunga!

MushroomSquid

I call bullshit on the Wii. If it does get on it, it's going to be severely gimped when just compared to the other consoles, let alone the PC. I hope to shit that they have MP in the sequel, I regret having bought it for the PC since it was so dumbed down for the consoles and lacked in replay value.

Toprem

Oh, and the correct way to increment Bioshock is clearly Trioshock.

Torgen thinks AAA means “Costs $60”

I don't think BS2 will come to PS3 because they didn't release or have plans to release the first BS.

So I call BS! on this news:P

STHD

@Godluvsugly: and the barely noticable loading for Mario Galaxy?? yeah thought you hadn't noticed that

Yeah....why didn't they release the first Bioshock on the PS3? I don't believe M$ had any exclusivity deals, or there was trouble porting it?

excel_excel

Boy I'd sure love to play those "Circus of Values" and what-have-you minigames from the first on the Wii...

..Heck, why not some new ones as well?

My360broked

I love my 360. But I believe that everyone should be able to play Bioshock. They should port the original still. What a great F***ing game.

Tietsu