BioShock 3 Announced

[cheapherk]

June 5, 2008 - Speaking to investors in a quarterly financial conference call today, Take-Two Interactive chairman Strauss Zelnick confirmed that plans exist for a third BioShock game, which will likely coincide with the release of the Gore Verbinski-directed film version of the game franchise.

Full article @ IGN

 

[Bateluer]

Gore Verbinski? Didn't he direct Pirates of the Caribbean 2? Ugh.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

2K makes EA look like Origin.

 

[TehMac]

hahahahahahahahaha

 

[TheVrolok]

mmm Bioshock 2 and 3 .. wait.. I'm confused how it's going to continue 😛

 

[GagHalfrunt]

How desperate do you have to be to announce a sequel to a game that likely won't be released for at least 18 months?

 

[Zenoth]

To build "some" hype around it, even if it doesn't make any sense whatsoever. I see no other logical or non-logical reasons behind that decision.

 

[wbynum]

By the time BioShock 3 is released the DRM is going to consist of giving a blood sample every time you want to play the game.

 

[Zenoth]

Originally posted by: wbynum
By the time BioShock 3 is released the DRM is going to consist of giving a blood sample every time you want to play the game.

Ssshhh, don't give them ideas.

 

[Piuc2020]

Bioshock 3? Release number two first.

Geez, 2K Games is worse than EA, honest.

 

[ja1484]

I love how games development works today.

In a conference call earlier this week about the Activision/Blizzard/Merger/thing, Activision CEO Robert Kotick dropped the quote from the first panel of the strip completely without irony. No doubt a phrase like that is "hot talk" for the financial set, but when they're speaking within earshot of the community, they might want to be more choosy.

Originally posted by: wbynum
By the time BioShock 3 is released the DRM is going to consist of giving a blood sample every time you want to play the game.

They've already got a a few new ideas.

 

[SunnyD]

They're announcing this to keep investors/shareholders from revolting over Take 2's refusal to let EA buy them peacefully. They've got 40-some days left before EA goes hostile, they need all the ammo they can get.

 

[Coldkilla]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
They're announcing this to keep investors/shareholders from revolting over Take 2's refusal to let EA buy them peacefully. They've got 40-some days left before EA goes hostile, they need all the ammo they can get.

Agreed. Not to mention the Bioshock movie too. I had no idea 😀

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
They're announcing this to keep investors/shareholders from revolting over Take 2's refusal to let EA buy them peacefully. They've got 40-some days left before EA goes hostile, they need all the ammo they can get.

Probably. I remember EAs old philosophy. Total 180 to the way they are today.

 

[imported_Imp]

Did we skip something?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
They're announcing this to keep investors/shareholders from revolting over Take 2's refusal to let EA buy them peacefully.

Precisely!

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Gore Verbinski? Didn't he direct Pirates of the Caribbean 2? Ugh.

I thought he directed all of them.