Rumor: Rapture will fall in BioShock prequel

by Dustin Burg { Jan 8th 2008 at 3:15PM }

Over the weekend, Czech gaming website Hrej.cz claimed that their 2K insider told them that a sequel to BioShock is already in pre-production by an unnamed 2K studio (2K Czech?) and is on track to release Summer 2009. Which isn't all that surprising seeing that BioShock has earned like, what, 328 GOTY awards. But that isn't all. Hrej.cz then claimed that the BioShock sequel isn't really a sequel per say and will instead be a prequel with a storyline based on events that occur prior to Rapture's eventual fall. This would allow players to experience the glamorous life of Rapture prior to everyone going crazy.

So what does 2K Games have to say about this latest BioShock prequel rumor? Well, not too much. In a response to Videogamer.com, a 2K spokesperson told them that they have "nothing to announce at all" which sounds eerily similar to Microsoft's stance on rumors. We'll just have to wait a bit longer for official details (or more concrete rumors), but we'll be the first to raise our hand and tell 2K that a BioShock prequel not only sounds interesting, but is pretty much the only place you can take the story. Bring it on!

[Via Joystiq]

Read - Hrej.cz's BioShock prequel rumor
Read - 2K Games' response to the rumor

Tags: 2k, 2k-games, bioshock, irrational-games

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Anthology @ Jan 8th 2008 3:34PM

Awesome, rumors please be true!

jtedesco33 @ Jan 8th 2008 3:38PM

But will it be exclusive to the 360? It needs to be MS needs to get some quality exclusives to shadow out the PS3 exclusives.

Fox318 @ Jan 8th 2008 5:38PM

*Cough*360 and PC.

I don't want to leave the steam gamers out.

Larry not allowed to say cheevo @ Jan 8th 2008 3:41PM

I loved this game. I would love to see more like it. Speaking of things I love... I can has fancast?

OptimusGeorge @ Jan 8th 2008 3:53PM

I think it will be called Bioshock 2. And will feature multi-player arenas. And gravity guns...

terrence @ Jan 8th 2008 4:06PM

Hey, this is one of the sample stories i turned in over the weekend for the potential blogger position!

xenocidic @ Jan 8th 2008 4:16PM

yea what ever happened with that .......

heh.

terrence @ Jan 8th 2008 4:28PM

well, i expect it would take more than just a day and a half for richard to get back to us...

xenocidic @ Jan 8th 2008 8:19PM

i mean the one from several months back

terrence @ Jan 8th 2008 11:16PM

i was too. its, well, still in the process of happening.

KilgoreTrout XL @ Jan 8th 2008 4:12PM

I think this is kind of a lousy idea, and I hope it isn't true.

The best parts of Bioshock were- to me- slowly discovering how things went so wrong with the underwater city. I thought that the discovery process was the one of the main thrusts of the game's pretty excellent story.

So when I heard this rumor all I could think of was "Why would they want us to play through a second game that will recreate the story that they just got finished telling?"

It's not like I wouldn't buy it or anything- it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

terrence @ Jan 8th 2008 4:33PM

i think its a great idea. if it's even true...

i'm not sure how further the fleshing out of the story and world with the signature bioshock story telling and gameplay will somehow ruin the story of the first game. in my mind it could only make it better.

there is no way the audio diaries told us EVERYTHING.

nmmalone @ Jan 8th 2008 4:59PM

I think the sequel should be what happens after the "evil ending". I won't spoil it for those that haven't played through.

Bravo6 @ Jan 8th 2008 5:00PM

I think it sounds like a fantastic idea.

Jack the Ripper @ Jan 8th 2008 5:11PM

I'd love to see what Rapture was like when it was at its peak. Take the violence out of it completely and make it a sandbox game for all I care. And moar Sander Cohen, plz.

terrence @ Jan 8th 2008 5:18PM

guys, check this out:http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/08/take-two-brings-mafia-dev-illusion-softworks-into-the-family/

a Czech studio just got bought by 2K, maybe this is why we're getting first rumors of bioshock2 from a Czech gaming site.

Maybe the site had an in with one of the Illusion Softworks guys and they passed the newest gossip from their new company onto Hrej.cz??

crazy i know, but it makes a weird sort of sense.