Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2 - Kotaku Comments

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

BioSka — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:08:31 MDT

i really hope ken is as involved in this as he was in the last installment, bioshock would be nothing without him and we all know that

BioSka

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Gray665 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:26:32 MDT

Having Ken Levine involved in Bioshock 2 can only make it better and eases some of my fears that the sequel will be complete rubbish.

Gray665

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

FlashIV — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:17:36 MDT

With the advancements Epic has made with Unreal Engine 3 and water, Bioshock 2 should be stunning :)

FlashIV

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Witzbold — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:46:32 MDT

@mind in rewind: Shhh dont say (sort of) or morale will drop faster than Governor Spizer`s pants infront of a hooker.

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I do hope that this time they grant him more time to finish the project in a proper manner. Since I do recall him saying that he was a bit unhappy with the end part of Bioshock due to time constraingts.

Witzbold

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

FP mind in rewind — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:26:33 MDT

No Levine, no buy.

Glad he's (sort of) on board.

FP mind in rewind

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Witzbold — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:08:27 MDT

If he wasnt involved with 2 I sure as hell would not be buying it, so this is very good news indeed!

Witzbold

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Demaar — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:00:19 MDT

Man, this whole "2K Boston and Australia" thing is retarded. Why didn't Take Two just leave them Irrational Games?

Demaar

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

FellTheDabus — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:13:47 MDT

Here's hoping that Bioshock 2 doesn't end up a Deus Ex: Invisible War.

FellTheDabus

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

KreacherOfBloodandRank — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:12:46 MDT

I really do not want them to make this sequel. It was perfect the way it was!

KreacherOfBloodandRank

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Lemming To The Sea — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:20:05 MDT

@romBox: He's way too big to be Charlie Day. Although Dee does say Charlie is built like a small chunky person...

Lemming To The Sea

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Big World — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:14:41 MDT

Not really game-related, but Levine's head is shaped like an equilateral triangle.

Big World

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Spiffyness — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:57:26 MDT

Again with the epic pictar.

Spiffyness

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Slyght — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:48:23 MDT

@brianewing:

Yeah, glad you pointed that out, is that 2K Marin is effectively the people from 2K Boston that were a little tired of working on the East Coast and/or with Ken. So a lot of the people who made Bioshock will be making the sequel.

System Shock 2 was the game that really put Ken on the map (Levine didn't work on the first one, the first was Doug Church), so who knows, maybe Bioshock 2 will bring forth "the next Ken Levine" or something.

Slyght

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

romBox — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:45:04 MDT

@benjaminby:

I always thought he looked more like Charlie from "It's always sunny in Philadelphia"

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I have a bad feeling that Bioshock 2 is going to suck. I hope I'm wrong.

romBox

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

wild_world_girl — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:16:54 MDT

@JKilla77: Agreed. I fear for Silent Hill 5.

wild_world_girl

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

PsycheDiver — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:14:51 MDT

Was there a doubt? HE IS BIOSHOCK.

PsycheDiver

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

SnakeCL — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:07:28 MDT

@pastepunkjames:

Could be Boston, although I don't recognize much.

SnakeCL

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

PurpleMonkey — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:05:31 MDT

I hope they don't rush this game just for a quick buck, the fact that Ken is involved with the game gives me hope.

PurpleMonkey

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

pastepunkjames — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:55:26 MDT

Mr. Levine is in downtown Chicago, looks like.

Let's hope that the game isn't rushed out the door.

pastepunkjames

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Lemming To The Sea — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:47:14 MDT

@pylon_trooper: I didn't really see all that much hype for Bioshock (in comparison to truly hyped games) until people played the demo and realized how awesome the game really was.

And regardless, EA owns the System Shock franchise.... but we don't want them to buy up the company that employs the people behind the "great" System Shock games (quotes because I've never played them) because that would be simply evil of them.

Lemming To The Sea

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

pylon_trooper — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:40:36 MDT

@r1nce: Agree with you there, man. System Shock 2 it ain't.

pylon_trooper

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

r1nce — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:33:19 MDT

Great!

I wonder which game he's going to re-skin and overhype this time.

r1nce

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Mister Adequate — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:16:15 MDT

Oh thank you Kotaku, thank you. That picture is simply glorious.

Mister Adequate

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

brianewing — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:14:30 MDT

@JKilla77: A lot of people that worked on BioShock moved to California to form 2K Marin. So in a lot of ways, it still is the same team.

brianewing

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Gon — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:06:08 MDT

Ken Levine looks like Steve Carell.

Gon

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

zwilliams07 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:56:53 MDT

Its good to hear Ken is still a part of it; but what about the others? I'd prefer my prequels/sequels to be handled by the same crew behind the original. I mean sure the last portion of BioShock was a bit of a disappointment but it is still by far one of the best games I've ever played.

zwilliams07

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Game_Munkee — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:52:40 MDT

I guess that really was a rumor I posted on the annoucment.

Game_Munkee

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

ErskinPig — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:52:34 MDT

Hmmm, creative consultant = ignorable.

ErskinPig

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

TheIrishNinja — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:46:14 MDT

this means that theirishninja will also be involved, at least from a purchasing standpoint.

TheIrishNinja

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

cYcO_pLuXxEl — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:43:21 MDT

Who cares about Levine being involved in Bioshock 2... I WANT TO KNOW IF HE'S INVOLVED IN BIOSHOCK CELLPHONE EDITION (or whatever that monster is called)

cYcO_pLuXxEl

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

JKilla77 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:41:12 MDT

Ugh! I hate when a franchise switches studios. Hey you X number of people made a fantastic game. So good in fact we're making another. Isn't that great news? Yeah oh yeah you won't be working on it. Instead you'll be working on a brand new IP so it better do as well as Bio Shock, no pressure though....

JKilla77

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Rockwallaby — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:40:32 MDT

whats with the superhero pose

Rockwallaby

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Golem29 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:40:26 MDT

Yay

Golem29

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Sunjammer — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:39:38 MDT

i don't care if that dude's the biggest ass on the planet if he keeps dropping things like Thief and the *shock series. In terms of bringing the medium forwards, he's among the upper elite

Sunjammer

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Gordon_Shumway — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:38:34 MDT

He looks like if David Duchovny and Steve Carell had a baby.

Gordon_Shumway

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

doubtful — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:35:24 MDT

That's actually really good to hear. That erases one of my major concerns about this game.

doubtful

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

LordMagnusMastah — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:35:19 MDT

Awesome! I wonder who the new higher ups are for the new project however? I think the idea for a prequel was a really good idea (partly that Bioshock prequel art that was posted on Kotaku awhile ago got my blood pumping for a good prequel). :D Too bad it's not definite, but it would be nice to see the project heading in that direction.

LordMagnusMastah

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

benjaminby — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:34:29 MDT

I mean, guess so.

benjaminby

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

benjaminby — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:34:19 MDT

Oh wow, guess not.

benjaminby

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

benjaminby — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:33:55 MDT

Does anyone else think Ken kinda looks like David Duchovny in this pic?

benjaminby

Ken Levine Still Involved In BioShock 2

Adamk24 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:30:28 MDT

He looks like what David Duchovny would look like if David Duchovny was handsome.

Adamk24