No wai guys! You're telling me that when I buy the game, there will be free stuff to download? That's like... Almost as good as putting the stuff on the disc!

kosbee

@Providence: Yeah no kidding

PITwelve

Well at least it isn't something that will void my purchase of the game... so I'm glad about that D:

Kaizuden

@Luke Plunkett: If Home ever comes out. I'm still skeptical that it exists.

InsidiousTuna

Sounds like Bioshock: Portal. Without the portals.

sir_carrot

@Providence: I'm with you on this one. It's more money-grubbing behavior.

But that begs the question: is this DLC exclusivity for real or just timed exclusivity? If it's the latter, I'll pass on this and just download it for 360.

Altersparck

@Providence: I agree 100%. It should be included with the game.

Pyro Jack

@stryker1800: Your idea would make the extra content more interesting, but I'm sort of glad that isn't the case b/c I don't want to feel the need to buy this game again.

Spartan1308™

@Spartan1308™:
thats good to know
GT5 will probably sell SKU's
i know my friend is holding for it
might pick up prologue soon
any thing that top gear approved i i'll get
cept for the cars

salthegeek

I play this on PC, so I basically tower over the vast plebian console underling userbase, but that aside, the DLC sounds cool, and congrats to PS3'ers for being able to enjoy that.

Luke, what about this sounds so shitty to you? You seem to maintain a combative stance on what can only be seen as Portal like gameplay additions to an already perfect game.

PATSCRU

Sounds good to me, I mean seriously, 360 is getting FFXIII so why can't PS3 get Bioshock with exclusive DLC content and extra stuff?

Either way, I'm getting it for PS3 since I haven't played it yet. I don't much care for DLC, but for those that do, congrats.

Chaospluto

@salthegeek: I'm hoping for GT5 around Fall 2009. The fact that they're still planning incremental improvements to Prologue leads me to believe the full game is still over a year away at least. Maybe they'll be able to use quad layer BDs by then.

Spartan1308™

@robotomasher:
i was planing to build a pc for this game
now i'm not so sure
maybe for steam orragnarok, or maple story

salthegeek

@Luke Plunkett:

So... we're expecting Bioshock to be released in 2011?

LaneWinree

@robotomasher: Yes and I'm one of them. *yawn* <-- I'm actually tired.

mfwahwah

@Spartan1308™: did not know that, my idea is plausible, maybe not as DLC but it would work if it was included in the game. but i like the idea of an extra challenge mode or boss mode so to speak like castlevania has done in the past.

stryker1800

@Luke Plunkett:
hopefully

btw wheres GT5 or the agency ?

salthegeek

@gamadaya: They probably thought of it in the exact opposite way, as in, the 360 people already bought it, PS3 gamers are probably pissed we took so long, so we gotta make it up to them somehow. That way everyone's happy, 360 gamers got to play it a long time ago thinking it was exclusive, and PS3 gamers get extra crap. Hurray.

But it's not.

karasu is my homeboy

@robotomasher: And no I have not played BioShock yet, as I don't have a PS3/360 yet, but I plan on getting Bioshock on PS3 whenever I get one.

Mit

Another game whose boxart looks sexier on PS3 instead of 360's green cases :P

Mit

I feel like I already knew this, but maybe not.

These challenge rooms instantly make me think Portal. And that's cool.

I don't get jealous over DLC or anything, so good for PS3 gamers. It's a good game. Have fun with it.

karasu is my homeboy

*yawn* there's STILL people out there who haven't played this game?

robotomasher

@stryker1800: They're saying it will be completely set aside from the main game itself. It will be a different mode that you go into separately. There is a video at gametrailers that is all stuff that was in the game previously until you get to the last 10 seconds or so and they show a carnival area with a little sister stuck at the top of a ferris wheel. There was a story on another site that explained that specific puzzle scenario.

Spartan1308™

I'm not mad at all, i'm getting the PS3 version so i'm rather happy, and nice Home logo on that box art.

D-Sovereignty

@Corrin: Maybe like how Resistance and Warhawk had their own little sections in home.

AngelMayLaugh

Lol...not only is this late. But Challenge Rooms? Someone played Portal and figured...we can totally wring a little bit more creativity out of plasmids. YAY!

MadExponent

@Providence:
No you are definitely not alone there.
Also, why is it exclusive? I could understand if it wasn't DLC and was just something that they threw in, but this doesn't make sense. It's like they're trying to piss of both the 360 and PS3 owners in one move. Is that even possible?

gamadaya

@Corrin: The Home means it, obviously, has Home support. If, you know. Home's out by the time BioShock is.

Luke Plunkett

@Corrin: kotaku tower is kinda like the big eye ball in lotr (cant remember the name for the life of me) they mess with your head.

stryker1800

I figure it would be included with, unless they said themselves it was DLC (wut?).

It would be annoying to play through the whole thing again though. I'd probably rent this for the new rooms, but I already have a Hard mode playthrough going on my 360 and I'm finding Bioshock hard to replay as it is.

formina

Awesome. Now Trophies please.

IntelSilver

It says "Home" on the front there. What is this all about? When does this game launch?

Corrin

@Providence: maybe they somehow managed to fill up the entire blu ray disc and that was their only option...not a good excuse?

stryker1800

Is that box art official? Whats with the Home logo?

Anyways, great news. I've been looking forward to playing this game. Been waiting for the ps3 versions since my computer winces at the idea of this game.

equalsP

Never played this on the 360 so I'm rrrreeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaallllyyyy looking forward to it. DLC doesn't really bother me. Just an added extra, I suppose.

Luckyjim

ok.... i think thats useless content but thats just me

ZetaCrossfire

Excuse me?
DLC?
On a re-release?

Am I alone in thinking that IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH THE GAME?

Providence

i could see it fitting in, i remember quite a few doors i wasnt allowed to go through. just little extra rooms that you dont have to go into if you dont want to.

stryker1800

Why DLC? Can't u guys just put it on the disc for the bandwidth deprived such as myself? :P

FP ph15h

BioShock:Virtual Missions.

Next thing you know, you'll be skateboarding around Rapture, busting ollies off of Big Daddies!

The_Catalpa

@Superstar90: My suggestion for Home would be the same way you get to Rapture in the game: bathysphere.

G-rant

All bickering aside, if you didn't experience this masterpiece, san the fuck you ending, now is the chance. Its like getting our FFXIII.

PsycheE

@Providence: but then they coulndn't get the sweet, sweet PS3 monies.

mferrari

@frank0127: You do realize those have nothing to do with each other. Don't you?

Spartan1308™

Isn't this game under water? How will Home users go there without drowning?

Unless they're in submarines... that would be sweet.

Superstar90

@Dits: On that note, for those who haven't played it yet... bon-appetite(?)!

nerdBOY01

Glad that PS3 users can partake in the greatness that is Bioshock. I just hope they do not try and use the motion control for anything since that method was implemented with UTIII and it sucked.

CenatorC

@nerdBOY01: Lol, yeah that's why I don't like DLC myself. Not the only reason, just one of them.

Chaospluto

So the people will play and beat the game, put the game away, then 3 months latter the DLC comes, then people never download the extra content b/c the user has already moved onto other game/games.

nerdBOY01

@Rodent:
Wait, is it really harder for lefties to use standard controllers? I thought it was the same, you just got used to it differently.

gamadaya

to the 360 people complaining:

you honestly thought FF13 would come to you without any bullshit?

frank0127

Hmmm...no, PS3 owners should not have to get something. They should get the game, just like everyone else. This DLC needs to be released for PC and 360 as well.

Atheist Jew

I don't understand the negativity of the article, sounds like a good way to give gamers some additional bang for their buck. As it was $59 was hard to justify for such a limited experience.

jacksons98

@Rodent: Enjoy it m8, I wish I could erase my memory and start it again fresh

Dits

the PS3 version will probably already have a challenge room when it releases but they will release more later on as DLC.

NewYork214

I wonder how many other games are going to pick up this feature. I saw it first in RE4, and don't forget the GOW2 will have similar feature.

I'm looking forward to these "arcadey" experiences... It was great in RE4! But wait, I already own this game on el 360.

nerdBOY01

I'm currently playing this game through for the first time, and all I can say is WOW. This is such an experience, and I'm really gonna miss it when I finish it off.

That said the only thing I'd like to see added, and it could even happen through an update on the 360, are control options for us lefties out there.

That's about the only thing I'd change in that game.

With all the options in games these days, fitting in a 'Southpaw" configuration in all games really shouldn't be an issue.

Rodent

Omg, can't believe all these ppl are whining about how the DLC is exclusive! So what if it's already been released.

Look at RE5, Fallout 3, GTA4 all in which will have exclusive DLC on 360!

Seriously, quit whining. At this point I hope SE throws Exclusive DLC to PS3, then that would be something to whine about.

Chaospluto

enjoy it guys this was one game of the year for me last year

Dits

Well you can see why they are having exclusive DLC because 2k not only want current PS3 owners to buy the game but they also want the people who already bought Bioshock (on PC or 360) to rebuy Bioshock for PS3 for the 'extra content'. Its a strategy that works.

My thoughts are its screwing the original fans that picked up the game, made it the success that it is today by buying it the first time round. But you know it doesn't really matter as thats what being an early adopter is, plus you've had the game over a year before the other console gets it anyway.

Walker

@robotomasher: Not everyone wants to touch 360 y'know. Not after IE6, Vista, and RROD.

ksins5

@Saint Anima:

It is launching this Fall if there are no more delays. This game is coming out October 2008, which should coincide nicely with Home's beta release.

LittleBigPlaneteer

shit. theyre gonna make me get this one again.

and im like 3 hours away from brass balls right now, too.

TheIrishNinja

I thought the Home "Open Beta" was supposed to launch in the Fall? Maybe I didn't hear that right when I heard it a while ago.

Anyway, looking forward to playing this.

Saint Anima

@Atheist Jew: Wow, fanboy much?

This is actually fitting... I own this game on PC... but I'm still going to pick it up for PS3. :)

Maybe there'll be more fun and mayhem on this updated version?

Can't wait. :)

xMaverick

@finalkross: because it supports trophies. thats what i read and was told.

DarkTravesty

Like everyone else: WHY IS THERE A HOME LOGO ON THE BOX-ART?!

That's what we all really care about!

finalkross

So? Some people would love them some exclusive Bioshock content. Besides, the PS3 version is coming more than a year after we all played the game, so of course it HAS to have something different. What's the BFD?!

ca$h

This should be on the disc. You don't talk about DLC when the game is not even available. They are pulling content from the disc release to make more money.

hagridore

@LittleBigPlaneteer:
You're exactly right. It's dumb on their part to makes this DLC instead of included.

kadaj24

@osiris83:
That's what I was thinking. That's bs in that case. It should be included on the disc considering it'll be like 2 years since 360 got it that we'll get it.

kadaj24

@boopadoo:

When did Sony brag about Bioshock's exclusive DLC? Y

LittleBigPlaneteer

muhaha

DevonTheDude

@Walker:

That makes no sense. If they wanted people who own the game on other platforms to buy the PS3 version, shouldn't they add it to the disc itself? By showing that it is external to the disc, that would inhibit some from getting it on the PS3 because they know it can be made available via DLC on the 360 and the PC. It's actually a move that I see them doing. Doesn't that seem more logical?

LittleBigPlaneteer

Sony will trumpet anything exclusive nowadays, won't they?

Well, good for them! I'm sure those hundreds of people who only have a PS3 in their house will be forever grateful because they can finally join in the discussion.

boopadoo

@kadaj24: It wouldn't be DLC if it were free.

osiris83

Okay, just clarifying, is the DLC free or will we have to pay for it?

kadaj24

this game is kinda over-rated. has a great beginning and a couple great cinematics in-between but all in all I agree with Yahtzee in saying it's nowhere near revolutionary.

Good things about this game--
top notch voice acting
great spooky atmosphere
a couple great cinematics
good, intuitive control scheme
original story

Bad things about this game--
Enemies get repetitive, although cool.
too much of everything -money, vending machines, plasmids, upgrades, etc
claustrophobic levels that make this game feel too linear. Nothing wrong with a linear game but this game feels linear which is bad.

pumpkinpunker

@xMaverick: Uh...

What would I be a fanboy of? Wanting the same content PS3 owners get on their version of the game made available for distribution evenly over every platform to ensure all Bioshock owners get the same fair treatment?

Yeah, I'm a total fanboy for that. On the other hand, while I have a 360, Wii, PC, DS and PSP and you only have a PS3 and a PC, I'm going to assume that you're much more of a fanboy than I am, especially considering your retarded response to my comment.

You don't need to defend your purchase of the PS3 you know. You're not being challenged on it.

Atheist Jew

@Walker: Oh, you mean like the splitscreen on the 360's UT3?

New rendering engine my ass... MS just wanted to make sure they had something to combat the mods, and splitscreen means local multiplayer which many consider more important than mods (I place them about equal)

bobtheduck

I'm really excited for Bioshock... One of my favorite games on the 360 is coming to me, so I have one less reason to get a 360... Too bad MS owns mistwaker, I'll never get those games...

bobtheduck

isn't a little bias to assume that DLC for ps3 can't work?

Xtreme_Hindu_Cow

@hagridore:
Exactly like what happened with GTAIV, I reckon.

Archaotic

@FP ph15h:
Cause they're too busy getting the old game running on the PS3. All that extra bullshit will be worked on by the studio after they've accomplished their primary goal: getting the basic game on a fucking BluRay.

ca$h

Funny how some people react when a former exclusive X360 title gets exclusive PS3 DLC. I can't recall you having the same position hence "all DLC should be available on all platforms" when MS paid 50M for GTAIV. In fact at that time you were so defending this "legitimate business practice"...

Garo

At the end of the day "Half-Life" did the fps narrative better, Bioshock is still a solid game and I'm glad console "exclusives" are a dying breed. I have a dream...

Pornosaur

I really can't wait for this to come. I have it on PC, but I can't play it at max settings with my current hardware. So being able to play it in HD, with everything looking great will be a treat.

@demonknightinuyasha: Forget the fact that BioShock is a shooter. The environment, atmosphere, and story are what make BioShock a great game.

Moridin

home logo = confusing

DLC = lame (unless it's free, come on we had to wait an extra fucking yearish)

price (better) = less than full price, unless there's stuff they're not telling us about at this point.

Man there are too many fucking shooters out. I'll probably end up picking this up but who knows.

demonknightinuyasha

I bought this when it first came out on 360. Great game, but not great enough for me to rebuy on anything but the PC. I hope PS3 owners don't have to pay $60 for this.

Sammo21

Given the 360-exclusive DLC for GTA IV, I guess this makes them even on that issue.

@robotomasher: I'm one. :P

Frank

@ Everyone who wondered

It was confirmed that, along with DLC, BioShock will have Home inclusion and trophy support. (It seems only Kotaku and the fanboy sites have reported on this...I find that interesting...anyway TY Kotaku...even if this was kind of late...)

CPRxChris

@osiris83: You're a bozo. There's loads of free DLC for titles such as Folklore, Burnout Paradise, Lair, Army of Two. Now be quiet, until you have something useful to say.

ThursdayNext

PS3 fans getting one of the best games ever. Wish they release new expansions for the 360 :'(

Cemboi

Maybe they'll introduce a new plasmid ability granting the player the ability to create portals. And instead of Atlas guiding you, it could be some crazy steampunk AI.

----

@Frank: Given that it's coming out a year later than the original, and that most people who really wanted it have it, it doesn't really make up for GTA IV exclusive DLC. Or Fallout 3 DLC.

Why is this even downloadable? Could they not get it on the disk in time for release?

hahnchen

@ThursdayNext:

Bioshock isn't even released yet, and they're announcing exclusive DLC. If it were free, it'd be INCLUDED ON THE DISC.

Providence

Great joke! first they tell us that we will get extra content and now it turns out that you will have to buy that extra content? lol

Shad0X

Yeah, the BIOSHOCK extra content really should be included on the Blu-ray, unless its free.

Andronix

@Rodent: I agree with you on this problem. I am also a lefty and I have played a little bit of Bioshock and Gear of Wars on a friend's 360. It was very cumbersome for us. Where the loves for lefties?!

Even on Gears, I was having a horrible time to scale around and run at the same time since it like you need a second thumb for that on our useless right hand.

@gamadaya: It is true, like I said about my experiance to Rodent. I really hope the PS3 would have a left-handed controls unlike the non-existent one on the 360>

Shachihoko

It should be included, yes.

But it also sounds a bit Portal-esque which is awesome!

Candlejack

@Atheist Jew: It's not the same treatment. PS3 version comes out one year later. It's only fair that 360 owners do not get the extra contents that PS3 owners get. Plus, 2K expect people to buy the new version. They are not going to get anyone to buy it if 360 gets the same new content.

ksins5

Sort of pointless the games been out on PC and 360 for close to a year now so I don't see people wanting to get the PS3 version just for some DLC.

sargemat

@sargemat:
Maybe they will get it because they don't have a PC with a Pixelshader3.0 or a X360?

Garo

Erm... so what sort of puzzles can you do? If I remember right, the incinerate and telekinesis were the only ones that helped you get though doors... Is there going to be a 'shoot swamp of bees through hole to open door' puzzle or something?

AssassinXaero

That's great and all but I already played and enjoyed Bioshock a full year ago... too many other great new games coming out to revisit that one.

kabes

@Providence: I just don't get where the assumption that it is going to be paid for DLC comes from. I'm not saying it definitely will be free, or that it definitely won't be free. As for the timing, anyone who has worked in the industry knows that games are feature locked fairly early in production, so it is easier from a development perspective to polish and release the game and then bolt on DLC than it is to go back an entire development stage and rebuild the game. Everyone seems to have jumped to the conclusion that the DLC will be paid for content, I was merely pointing out that DLC doesn't neccesarily involve payment.

Also, the Conquest Map update for Battlefield: Bad Company was announced (I believe) before the game released, and was at the most a day one announcement, and yes, it is free content.

ThursdayNext

This game is absolutely awesome and even though this DLC sounds rather lame, who cares!
If you have a PS3 and have not yet played the game - go buy it!

Starsky

@sargemat: People aren't going to buy this because of some DLC. They're buying it because they didn't have the chance to play it on another platform "the way it's meant to be played". Read: People without 360s or decent PCs but PS3s will be all over this.

Candlejack

and the little sisters your trying to get to wont goive you new powers/abilities, I'm pretty sure they will. never have a problem bringing speculation into play as long as it isnt something thats good for ps3.....as usual.

Andromatic

If I owned a PS3, I think I'd be annoyed at this (as a 360 owner, it makes me feel less than excited about this company). Considering they had to wait over a year to play this game, there's no reason this content shouldn't be included for free.

danc4498

It's pretty ironic in a way...
You hear all this stuff about how exclusivity is on its way out with all the multiplatform game releases, but I think if you count add-ons it's actually on the rise.

fuchikoma

Yay for exclusive stuff. And what's with that Home logo....

spyker3292

Awesome, I finally get to play this game and now there's the option for some exclusive added content.

vyrus

I am absolutely not a fan of exclusive DLC for any console, save that which is relevant only to one particular brand, like specific characters in Soul Calibur.

The business side of me doubts it will remain a PS3 exclusive forever, though. If they think they can make money releasing it on 360, they will.

And for those saying you deserve exclusive content because you had to wait a year to play it, that's just bunk. You wouldn't be playing it at all had PC and 360 users not purchased so many copies of it, so really, if anyone deserves something it's the people who are responsible for making it a successful enough game to be ported.

But honestly, why not just strive for equality and be happy we can all play and enjoy the same game?

doubtful

@sargemat:

You can't see people getting it on PS3?

Sorry to break it to you, but a LOT of people don't have a gaming PC and/or a 360.

I guess the 14 million people who own a PS3 should just avoid a great game because it's a year old.

You would fail at marketing my friend.

sascha23

Are you sure that "DLC" is the correct term? I believe that the content is just included in the game for PS3, but perhaps that is also called DLC nowadays? I don't know.

We'll see in October/November time.

S

sascha23

@sargemat: I own the 360 version and I plan on picking up the PS3 version if it solves the annoying texture pop-in and framerate problems the 360 version had. The extra features are also a bonus.

fenderfuel08

@Elijah Man: This year I believe, for the holidays.

fenderfuel08

I hope this game is at minimum as good as the 360 version.

If they can add all this new stuff, and eliminate the irritating texture pop-in/pop-out and framerate issues of the 360 version, I am one happy camper!

fenderfuel08

thats a good question when is this game coming out?

Elijah Man

@ksins5: Except, you know, people that own the PC and 360 versions.

Atheist Jew

At least it has home on the cover. Whatever that is worth...

EditorinChief

As much as I love me some BIOSHOCK....i'm not rebuying it for PS3 for DLC.

Top 3 games of last year IMO.

BRING ON BIOSHOCK 2!!!

GoonieGooGoo2