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Designs and visuals of Bioshock 2

It is seen that Bioshock 2 is more linear than the original Bioshock. In the original, gamers can travel back and forth in the first to pick up missed items. In Bioshock 2 gamers cannot travel back once they had proceeded to the next level. Well, this is not a big issue because the game streamlines the player towards the next objective, hence gamers don’t have to wander around.

The biggest design improvement of Bioshock 2 over the original is the hacking mini-game. Gamers will no more be relegated to the frustrating timed pipe game. In real-time all the hacking games will take place and will also depend on the gamers reflexes more. While hacking players can die because the enemies will be still able to fire back.

Not only this. There is something more at stake. If gamers fail to their needle on either the blue or the green area then it will lead to alerting the bots or if not, then an electrical shock. Blue area landing is the hardest. It will open up a perk like more money.

It is also seen that the hacking opportunities have become more strategic because developers have incorporated a remote hacker with it, which can be shot from a gun. This remote hacker also allows gamers to hack any device and from anywhere on the map. The best way to use this is to strategically attack a group of enemies. Gamers can hack a flying bot and then turn it against the group even being far away.

BioShock 2 Indian price revealed

We have already got confirmation about the release date of BioShock 2 in India. All the fans of Bioshock in India are excited. The prices still remained vague. Earlier there were reports that all the fans of the game can pre-purchase it through Steam and along with each purchase they will get a copy of the original free.

Now, the current news comes about the price of Bioshock 2 in India. The Xbox 360 and the PlayStation3 version of BioShock2 will come at a price tag of Rs. 2,499 in India.

However, the Windows Live version of BioShock is a bit cheaper than the other two versions. The Live version is coming at a price tag of Rs. 699 only

DLC confirmed for BioShock 2

In a recent interview of Martin Kent Hudson of 2K it has been confirmed that BioShock 2 will be receiving downloadable content just after its launch in February. He said that the studio is working upon some “aggressive” DLC plans.

When Hudson was asked about DLC then he replied, “Absolutely. We are working on pretty aggressive plans for DLC and that’s actually something that is already underway. That is something that is mostly being run out of the Marin studio because like I said the Australian studio is already ramping up on the next big thing.”

Till now detail information has not yet come so we have no idea about what form this DLC may take.

Of course the BioShock original did released a new difficulty level and also some brand new Plasmids with it. But BioShock 2 is containing multiplayer and also developer 2K Games are ready to make as much cash as possible. Let us see what we have in store for our wallets?

Viral marketing continues for BioShock 2

A month after BioShock 2 is going to be released. Before this the special deliveries from the BioShock 2 viral website are continuing. It is at the people’s doors. Now the packages contain a chess piece and along with it also a coded telegram from the “International Order of the Pawns.”

According to a reader named J.P., in the month of September he wrote to the address that one finds on the site and not cleverly playing along with the premise of viral marketing narrative.

Today, J.P. and also apparently some others like him, from looking at the forums of BioShock 2 – got one more special delivery. It is a black pawn piece that had a symbol marked on the outside and on its base was written “H1″.

It is noted that J.P.’s is preceded with the letter “I.” Also there seems to be 5 more other codes that were marked with roman numerals.

The map is huge in BioShock 2

At the CES in Las Vegas this week, showgoers got a chance to go hands-on with BioShock 2’s multiplayer mode. This was a special trailer that was sponsored by Sprint and IGN. Sprint brand-new technology powers BioShock 2’s multiplayer network. According to the report who was there, this did not fail even once during his play session with other 7 players.

It is also reported that the maps are huge of BioShock 2. It is so large that there were few occasional stretches during the play and at that time the player did not see other players. But yes, these slow moments gave the gamer a chance of seeking out shortcuts such as blasting the holes or hacking the machinegun turrets so that they in return fires upon the opponents.

The player says that when one plays as a Big Daddy in the games single-player then the multiplayer mode stars human cast. There are many outfits befitting Rapture residents and those are from the socialites to scientists and to even the college football players. Gamers can customize their player with general get-up and also with masks and melee weapons.

$10 Video Games Credit on pre-order of BioShock 2 from Amazon.com

There is a discount with BioShock 2 on Amazon.com. On the pre-order purchase of the game it is offering a $10 Video Games Credit. The pre-order should be for Sony’s Playstation 3 with the pre-order purchase of 2K Games’ Bioshock 2 for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s Playstation 3.

This is a fresh offer from the retailer Amazon. In this new offer customers purchasing the game for Sony’s PS3 and for Microsoft Xbox 360 will be receiving a $10 Video Games Credit. They can use this credit in future purchase of games.

The retail price tag of Bioshock 2 is $59.99 and a pre-order sale price of it is $53.99.

The original Bioshock was a multi-million-selling title that was released in 2007 for the Xbox 360 and PC. Its Playstaton 3 version was released in year 2008.

BioShock 2 New Trailer

2K released a new trailer for BioShock 2 earlier this week. The new trailer highlighted the new water effects in the city of Rapture.

The original Bioshock has won numerous Game of the Year awards in the video games industry. This BioShock 2 will positively place gamers in the footsteps of the original Big Daddy years after the original BioShock events.

The city of Rapture will be in a state of further decay. It will lead to some spectacular water effects all through the haunting underwater city.

BioShock 2 in top 10 most anticipated games from 2009

The year 2009 can be said was a wonderful year for video games. The more shocking was that many titles that were supposed to have been released in 2009 got shifted to 2010 schedule.

Telegraph.co.uk published a list of top 10 most anticipated games from year 2009. BioShock 2 is among the other nine games that are most anticipated games from this year including God of War II, Heavy Rain and Alan Wake.

Even though these games along with BioShock 2 is delayed, but these are the very promising games writes Telegraph.

When it was announced by 2K about the sequel of BioShock, many wondered out loud about how BioShock 2 could possibly live up to strong storytelling standards of BioShock.

Telegraph writes that the new game BioShock 2 combines improved gameplay with loftier literary ambitions than its predecessor.

Well, comment and share your thoughts about this much awaited game.

Take-Two third quarter did not perform as expected

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the developer of BioShock 2, has warned that its fourth-quarter fiscal results will be missing expectations and it particularly puts the blame on its baseball videogames.

Recently in its statement, Take2 said it likely won’t be profitable in its current fiscal year.

The New York-based developer has given a string of disappointing forecasts because the company is suffering from the broad retail weakness and also it is lacking a new release in its “Grand Theft Auto” series.

It is also seen in the recent months that rival game makers have been the source of new best-sellers, in general videogame sales.

For the third quarter Oct. 31, Take2’s earnings were excluding of write-downs and stock-compensation costs in a range of 5 cents to 10 cents a share on revenue of $325 million to $350 million. The projections issued in the month of September by Take-Two estimated off 25 cents and $24 million.

In the present quarter with holiday-shopping season the company forecasts to be losing 40 cents to 50 cents a share on revenue of $210 million to $260 million.

Take2 also informed that the company expects a loss for its new fiscal year of 40 cents to 60 cents per share.

BioShock 2 video preview

The below video is the game preview of BioShock 2 and it may be also the next installment of “Game of the Year.” The audio quality of the game is awesome and it gives more intense on the game play. This edition of the BioShock series sticks and also focuses on the original BioShock which most of the fans in fact will love to see. Well, it is also considered to be one of the most awaited game of 2010.