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Ken Levine And Co. At Work On New X-Com Game?

The latest Official Xbox Mag is running a rumour that's been quietly - oh so quietly - doing the rounds for a few months now. That rumour concerns just what, exactly, 2K Boston (and I presume 2K Australia as well) are up to these days. With 2K Marin confirmed as the team behind BioShock 2, what could Ken Levine and the rest of the guys behind BioShock 1 be working on? Maybe a new X-Com game. Yes, X-Com. 2K quietly bought the rights to the series in 2007, so the rumour's at least got a solid footing, though we're still going to recommend you increase your daily intake of salt. If only because the thought of a new, official X-Com game is too awesome to mess around with.
[Official Xbox Magazine, June 2008]

1:00 AM on Mon May 5 2008
By Luke Plunkett
7,569 views, 85 comments

Latest by Phaelog: Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet. The creators of X-Com have a multiplayer game at [www.lasersquadnemesis.com] that's been around awhile now. I break out a game with a buddy of mine every now and again. Great fun. You plot your more »

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BioShock Devs Desperately Seeking PS3 Programmers

As much as we'd like to hold the physical embodiment of the rumor that BioShock is coming to the PlayStation 3 under water until we've forced it to spill the beans (or simply kill it), we can't do that and make it go away. In time with EGM recently regurgitated the rumor that BioShock would be "Cell-enabled" in 2008 comes new job listings at 2K Boston clearly indicating that some sort of work is happening on the PS3. Compound that with further rumors that a BioShock prequel is in the works and, well, you wind up with absolutely no confirmation and a bit of a headache.

2K Boston (nee Irrational) has plenty of other titles under its belt and the recently formed 2K Marin is said to have taken the BioShock reins anyway, so all this speculation could point to something else entirely. Whatever the case, having the BioShock team's next effort more widely available is good news for gamers.

Programming Jobs [2KBoston via PS3Fanboy]

3:20 PM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By Michael McWhertor
3,821 views, 114 comments

Latest by Q80: well hope it runs smooth & has an updated GFX over the 360:P since they could use more processing power:P more »

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The Ken Levine Acceptance Speech You Didn't Hear

The folks at 1Up were able to pin down Ken Levine to speak with him a bit about the aftermath of BioShock, his upcoming projects and his thwarted GOTY acceptance speech at the Spike VGAs. When asked what he was going to say on that momentous occasion, Levine had this to say: More »

5:00 PM on Sat Dec 22 2007
By fdemarco
16,527 views, 61 comments

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New 2K Studio Formed By Ex-BioShock Devs

The Shacknews crew dug up employment listings from Gamasutra's job board that point to a new development studio being established in Bay Area of northern California by "creators of the award-winning 'Bioshock'." While that listing has since changed to exclude the BioShock reference, it jibes with a posting from the seemingly well informed Surfer Girl of blog Surfer Girl Reviews Star Wars.

Girl wrote on her blog that "a good chunk of the BioShock team did not want to work with Ken [Levine] ever again" and that publisher 2K "let them set up a new studio so that they can make Bioshock 2, leaving Ken with Project X." 2K Boston, Girl writes, is "essentially rebuilding a team from almost scratch again." Consider it rumor for now, but, if true,

Ex-BioShock Staff Starting New 2K Studio in Bay Area, Next 2K Boston Project on Unreal Engine 3 [Shacknews]
Disaster: Your Irrational Behavior is BioShocking [Surfer Girl Reviews Star Wars]

4:20 PM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By Michael McWhertor
3,794 views, 55 comments

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Levine Hasn't Forgotten about DLC

Since BioShock lacks multi-player, it's not exactly the type of game you expect downloadable content for. Yet, 2K Boston's Ken Levine hasn't given up on BioShock DLC by a damn sight. No siree! Here's what Levine has to say:

Diablo II, to me, was a great model for an expansion, because it enhanced the original game, but also extended the game, too. I'm not a really big fan of expanding things just by linearly adding to the experience, adding a new campaign, as much as I am of enhancing the original experience and adding replayability to that experience. I think that certainly BioShock's combat experience is great, but it could be broader. I'm a little more confused as far as how to expand the narrative experience.

No word on when this will happen, but it's nice to know he hasn't forgotten about DLC. Ken Levine, he's gaming's good guy!
DLC Interview [1Up]

3:00 AM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,765 views, 40 comments

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