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BioShock 4: Everything we know so far about the long-awaited sequel

BioShock 4 may be in development, but brace yourself for a shakeup.

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BioShock 4 has "had some ups and downs along the way," but Take-Two CEO promises "hand on heart, without question" that the immersive sim is "going to come out"

"We have very big shoes to fill on BioShock because of the legacy of Ken Levine"

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Ken Levine wanted System Shock 2's final level to be set in outer space, but the idea was shot down by its senior designers: 'They're like dude, we have 14 months to make this game'

"I still went and made a level that looked entirely different and played entirely different."

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BioShock maestro Ken Levine says Judas is 'very old school' because 'you buy the game and you get the whole thing… no online component, no live service'

Though he doesn't "blame anyone for trying to make a living."

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BioShock creator says "audiences reward" single-player games that don't have "other methods of monetization," like Baldur's Gate 3, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

"I'm just grateful that we're allowed to not do that because that just frees us to purely design the game for the player's experience"

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OG BioShock director recommends one very BioShock-y Steam Next Fest game that already has 500 "very positive" reviews

Set in a twisted take on Disney World... need I say any more?

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The 11 big FPS games of 2025

2025 could be a landmark year for the FPS.

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Ken Levine never expected Take-Two to shutter Irrational after Bioshock Infinite: 'The decision was made at a corporate level'

"Take-Two did a BioShock remaster: That would have been a good title for Irrational to get their head around."

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BioShock maestro Ken Levine says Judas will double down on reacting to player choices because it's the future of games: 'I've never been a big fan of cutscenes because they're not interactive'

You know what? Sounds good to me.

PC Gamer

Ex-Bioshock lead Ken Levine says the problem with AAA games is how risk-averse they've become: 'If you don't innovate, especially in games, you start losing people'

"Look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe—you stop taking risks and people just tune it out."

PC Gamer

Bioshock's Big Daddy Ken Levine says that while he doesn't want to 'underestimate' AI, he's 'not overly impressed' by it, either

"What it can't do is tell me a really compelling story … it gets extremely confused."

PC Gamer

BioShock Infinite “may not have been the thing I wanted, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t the thing the audience wanted”: Ken Levine guides us through his entire gameography

Edge: The Collected Works | From immersive-sim innovation, through undersea peril, and onto new beginnings back out in space, Ken Levine talks through his impressive and iconic gaming portfolio in his own words

GamesRadar

BioShock's Ken Levine calls his most iconic FPS "a very, very long corridor," but his next game Judas is "made very, very differently"

"This may be a bit alienating to some readers - but they're basically a corridor"

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Exploring the 'twisted road' of Irrational's doomed XCOM game—from fighting aliens 'the size of entire city blocks' to a multiplayer mode where you could be the aliens

Inside the many promising, abortive concepts the BioShock developer came up with.

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Former BioShock director Ken Levine spoke about Alec Baldwin and Emma Stone for roles in the sci-fi series, but he's unsure gamers really care about Hollywood actors

They're also apparently too busy

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Ken Levine says Bioshock was 'almost cancelled' after going over time and over budget, while all publishers cared about was that these games 'don't make any money'

Says it was still "extremely cheap" next to the competition.

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This leaked screenshot may be our first glimpse of BioShock 4, and it sure looks like a BioShock game

Though I suspect the final game will be very different.

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Ken Levine says BioShock nearly went nowhere and was almost canceled: "We can't make those games because they don't sell"

System Shock 2's performance didn't give publishers much confidence

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Bioshock 4 studio is now 'recruiting like mad' but the game's nature remains a mystery

It does, however, look like there's still always a lighthouse.

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Capes is a superhero game about the legacy its heroes inherit, but also the legacy of turn-based tactics as a genre

"X-Men meets XCOM" may be a glib summary, but it's not totally inaccurate.

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Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios

Gamers and game developers are reeling from yet another wave of layoffs and studio closures.

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Bioshock creator Ken Levine reveals new details about Judas, will feature a 'pseudo-procedural' narrative and roguelike elements

Judas, the new game from Bioshock creator Ken Levine and Ghost Story Games, will feature a "pseudo-procedural" narrative.

PC Gamer

As BioShock successor Judas preps for release, I finally understand what its 'narrative Legos' are

But, like Thomas, I have my doubts.

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Ken Levine reveals why everyone hates you so much in Judas

11 years after closing Irrational, Levine is finally opening up about his next game.

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Judas is taking inspiration from XCOM and Civilization to turn BioShock into a "pseudo-procedural" take on single-player narrative games

"We withdrew a lot of inspiration from those types of single-player games"

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