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Borderlands, BioShock and XCOM are headed to the Switch
As part of today's surprise Nintendo Direct Mini (which packed in way more news than anything "Mini" should reasonably offer), it emerged several big 2K Games franchises are coming to Switch. All three BioShock games -- BioShock Remastered, BioShock...
A new BioShock game is in development
2K Games has announced the formation of a new studio, Cloud Chamber, which will take the lead on a new title in the Bioshock series. Cloud Chamber has offices in California and Montreal, and will be headed up by 2K veteran Kelley Gilmore, who has pre...
Celebrate 10 years of ‘BioShock’ with a $200 boxset
It's hard to believe, but as of today, the extremely influential BioShock is ten years old. To commemorate the art-deco shooter's birthday, publisher 2K will release a fancy commemorative edition of the claustrophobic, undersea morality tale on Novem...
How violence in video games changes with the times
Violence is the default mechanic in the video game world. But, as video game graphics become more realistic and virtual reality headsets make games more immersive, developers are taking greater care with the way they portray murder and gore. The inde...
BioShock Lunchbox Holds Your Peanut Butter & Plasmids
Fans of BioShock who need a way to get their lunch to and from work or school will want to check out this awesome Big Daddy lunchbox. It’s one of those metal ones like we loved back in the ’80s and has the underwater drilling Big Daddy on the front.
If you ever played BioShock, you probably remember the first time you tangled with a Big Daddy, you probably also remember dying – over and over.
The lunchbox measures 9″ x 4″ x 8″, and the artwork comes directly from the cover of the game box. You can grab one at ThinkGeek for $14.99(USD).
Big Daddy Bag Perfect for Holding Your Drill
One of the most memorable video games I have ever played was BioShock. The original game and its underwater city of Rapture was a creepy mix of high-tech with art deco style. Some of the most remarkable characters from the game were the giant diving suit wearing Big Daddies.
These massive drill-wielding characters were there to protect the Little Sisters that went along with them. Now you can have a bag that looks like a Big Daddy diving helmet.
Naturally, the bag comes with a Little Sister charm for it to protect. The bag is made of canvas and has an adjustable shoulder strap and a drawstring compartment inside. Under its porthole-covered flap, you’ll find a badge with a Rapture logo. It measures 11″ L x 14″ T x 5″ W.
You can get one on ThinkGeek for $79.99(USD).
Microsoft Research helped ‘Gears of War 4’ sound so good
Popping in and out of cover has been a hallmark of the Gears of War franchise since the first game came out in 2006. It hasn't changed much because it didn't need to. What's always been an issue though is how thin the game sounds -- a shortcoming of...
‘BioShock: The Collection’ hits PS4, Xbox One and PC in September
Break out the wetsuits -- you're going back to Rapture. BioShock: The Collection contains all three BioShock games and their single-player DLC packs, remastered for current-generation consoles. It's due to hit PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on Septem...
Fan Made Bioshock Rapture Records Bin: Ryan’s Songbin
Redditor UpgradeTech has a growing collection of video game vinyl records, and is a fan of Art Deco style. So they thought they’d store their collection in an appropriate container: the bin from Bioshock‘s Rapture Records. But UpgradeTech didn’t just make the bin based on screenshots. They went to great and sometimes morbid lengths to come up with a faithful replica.
UpgradeTech extracted the virtual bin’s model from the game to get a better idea of its construction. But they still needed a way to figure out its dimensions, so UpgradeTech “dragged over a corpse for scale. It comes to about chest-high.” That’s cold.
UpgradeTech copied the model in Autodesk Inventor to make it easier to figure out the parts that they needed. Check out the rest of the build log in the gallery below. Towards the end of the gallery you’ll see UpgradeTech’s video game records, which include vinyls from all three Bioshock games as well as ones from Fallout, Wolfenstein and XCOM.
I hope UpgradeTech builds the corpse for Halloween.
[via Reddit]