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2K Games apologizes PC gamers

2K Games earlier this month apologizes to all the PC gamers for not putting effort to bring downloadable content of BioShock 2 PC version. The DLCs were only made available on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The developer cited the problesm of timing and technical issues for not working upon BioShock 2 DLC for PCs.

We had seen a rage among the PC gamers on official forum of the company for being left away on DLC projects as favored the gamers on PS3 and Xbox 360.

Lately, 2K Games apologized all the PC gamers for their cancellation of BioShock 2 DLCs – Minerva’s Den and The Protector Trails. The developer has now resumed the development of these two DLCs and it will be coming soon on PCs.

2K Games’ representative Elizabeth Tobey said few days before: “We have resumed development… and they will be coming to PC,” said company representative Elizabeth Tobey.”

Elizabeth also mentioned that the project was axed because there were some unresolved bugs that would trigger problesm during specific situations with the game. The developer could not fix up the issues on time and so they had to move on to other new projects.

BioShock 2 DLC fixes hacking mini-game for colour blind

The Minerva Den and Protector Trail of BioShock 2 adds in stripes to the hacking mini-game which will help the colour-blind gamers.

The game was content-less so a title update of it couldn’t fix it said a developer as it was not for DLC fault but a “technical constraint”.

The developer just added stripes to the red wires. “It was in fact “secretly” fixed,” said Steve G, a designer at 2K Marin. “The reason it’s not publicized is that buying the DLC (Protector Trials or the upcoming Minerva’s Den) is required to get the fixed hacking.”

There were impossibility for some to tell the difference between green and red wires for the hacking mini-game.

“This is due to a technical constraint meaning that we couldn’t put the fix in a free title update (we would’ve had to re-distribute all of the levels, basically, because of how our data structure is set up, and I don’t think that title updates can contain content at all, only code.)”

“But, we figured better to fix it for some people than no one, so there you have it.”

New DLC for BioShock 2 from Aug 31

More actions coming for Big Daddy in BioShock 2 this month end. 2K announced recently the new downloadable content pack for the game that is dubbed as Minerva’s Den. The DLC is scheduled to be released on August 31.

It will cost $10 for the PlayStation 3 owners. For the Xbox 360 gamers it can be grabbed for 800 Microsoft points.

There will be three new unexplored areas in Minerva’s Den for single player campaign. Moreover, gamers need not to complete the BioShock 2 narrative to access this.

The new areas will have 6 new Little Sisters and the gamers have to protect these sisters abreast of harvesting. Then, gamers need to rescue the sisters or drain ADAM out of them.

Those who bought the earlier DLC Protector’s Trial can now play around with a Master Tonic that is picked up from any of the Gatherer’s Garden. This will in return increase the harvest time and it will also increase the amount of ADAM that the Little Sisters get.

When the Pc owners will get this DLC is not yet known.

New DLC Protector Trials releasing on August 3

Coming August 3 and you will enjoy the new single-player game mode for the BioShock 2. The publisher 2K is releasing the mode next week on 3rd of August.

The new DLC of BioShock 2 is named as Protector Trials and it is learned through press release by the company that it will cost $4.99 on all the three platforms – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

In this new DLC the players can roam the underwater world of Rapture as a Big Daddy and they must try the protection of a Little Sister from hordes of enemy Splicers.

There will be six maps in the new DLC from the where the players can choose and in those six, three are really difficult levels and fresh achievements/ trophies.

The new DLC of BioShock 2 will also be featuring some new unlockable items like concept art and videos.

According to 2K, there will be more single-player content and these will be focused on the game’s narrative.

Well, let us wait till August 3.

New DLC Protector Trials To Roll Out In August

Are you strictly a single-player mode lover on BioShock 2? Did you felt left out little when the “Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack” and the “Rapture Metro Pack” was released?

Here comes the good news for you all.

2K has sent out some information that a new pack of DLC known as “Protector Trials” is going to be introduced on August 3 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and also for the PCs.

Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K, said: “The team at 2K Marin has been working hard ever since the launch of ‘BioShock 2′ to develop ways for gamers to extend their time in the single-player world of Rapture.”

He was in a press conference recently and added further, “I’m proud to announce the first of these experiences, the Protector Trials, which takes players back to some of their favorite places from the original game and features some of the biggest challenges that fans of this series have ever experienced.”

He said that the Protector Trials will run 400 Microsoft points or it will be costing $4.99 on the PlayStation 3 platform.

May not get more iterations of BioShock series

2K has planned over the next year for more DLC for the Bioshock 2 and simultaneously also admitted that they may not develop any more iterations of the series.

Strauss Zelnick, the boss of 2K, said while speaking in Take Two’s Q2 earnings recently that the game is one of the most important franchises in the video game industry.

2K Marin, the creator of Bioshock 2, is presently busy with new update of X-Com that will be released on Xbox 360.

Zelnick said, “As relates to Bioshock, we think Bioshock is still one for the most important franchises in the industry. We do intend to support it. It doesn’t necessarily have to be 2K Marin, but we do have to support the franchise.

“First and foremost we’re focussed on downloadable content – we intend to continue to support Bioshock 2 with further downloadable content. We think the franchise has a long life indeed.”

Next year more DLC being planned by 2K

Next year we may see some more DLC for Bioshock 2. 2K admitted recently that they have plans of releasing more DLC over the next year.

Strauss Zelnich, the boss of the company, while speaking in Q2 earnings of Take Two, said that Bioshock is “one of the most important franchises in the industry.”

Zelnick said, “2K Marin is working on X-Com… As relates to Bioshock, we think Bioshock is still one for the most important franchises in the industry. We do intend to support it. It doesn’t necessarily have to be 2K Marin, but we do have to support the franchise.”

He also added further, “First and foremost we’re focussed on downloadable content – we intend to continue to support Bioshock 2 with further downloadable content. We think the franchise has a long life indeed.”

We will update you as soon as more news of upcoming DLC comes.

BioShock 2 DLC releasing next week

Shall we believe on the content of Xbox Live Marketplace content. It says that by next week the second round of BioShock 2 DLC will be releasing and it will be entitled ‘Rapture Metro’. According to the content, the new DLC will be available for $10.

Normally it has been seen the updates that are posted by Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb have already been set in stone by companies for DLC divulging details and also of the details of downloadable games ahead of time.

His recent post says about more BioShock 2 DLC and also of the soon launching of the first batch of new Game Room games.

About the BioShock 2, he says that it will be released on April 29.

Other details have not been released however. On the other hand the 2K original announcement of DLC promises of additional single-player content to follow the first multiplayer-only DLC.

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?