Ken Levine will be involved with BioShock 2
We briefly mentioned this during our recap of the Take Two earnings call last night, but we wanted to echo the story so BioShock fans can sleep easy. At the tail-end of the Take Two earnings call last night Chairman Strauss Zelnick clarified questions we had regarding the BioShock sequel that was announced during the 2K investors call earlier in the day. When discussing the upcoming sequel Zelnick assured listeners that BioShock series creator Ken Levine, "will be working on BioShock 2."While we hope this means Ken will lend his vision to the 2K Marin team in hopes of creating yet another successful foray into the franchise, who knows if it means Ken will just be in Australia on a LOST landmark bus tour. So readers we ask, how important is Ken Levine's involvement in a sequel to BioShock?
[via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ejab @ Mar 12th 2008 11:02AM
Good, I wouldnt play it if he wasnt.
xenocidic @ Mar 12th 2008 11:41AM
his involvement is paramount
Loban @ Mar 12th 2008 11:50AM
That dude's head is shaped like a pear. And for that reason alone, I will play Bioshock 2.
MDJ2010 @ Mar 12th 2008 12:03PM
Woah, it really is pear shaped!
Neopath @ Mar 12th 2008 12:38PM
I consider myself a LOST whore and that reference flew right over my head. Did I miss an episode?
Xav de Matos @ Mar 12th 2008 12:42PM
@Neopath: Seriously? Everyone on the island came from Sydney and all of the flashbacks end up in Sydney.
Sydney is in Australia as is 2K Marin.
Boff @ Mar 12th 2008 12:52PM
That reference was completely lost on me aswell (pun intended). If it was Hawaii I would've got it!
Xav de Matos @ Mar 12th 2008 12:54PM
LAWL.
True LOST fan status unconfirmed.
scaught @ Mar 12th 2008 1:39PM
Ken Levine is like a fucking rock star now. And believe me, that is how I think it should be.
Robert Aitchison @ Mar 12th 2008 2:21PM
I'll buck the trend and say that Bioshock doesn't need him, and likely will be better off without him.
If as was reported the difficulties of working with him caused the creation of 2K Marin so the developers could get away from him I say let the developers work on their own and let him do something else.
I'm actually MORE LIKELY to buy Bioshock (well I'm pretty much guaranteed to buy it but anyways) if he has a minimal involvement.
Ejab @ Mar 12th 2008 2:44PM
2k Marin is just lazy, they thought he was too much of a perfectionist, they are just too lazy to do the work.
Neuromancer @ Mar 13th 2008 11:38AM
Not as important as him working on another X-Com. Honestly Bioshock was such a great game that a sequel may be nice some day but I'm still getting over the first one. I still need that #$%! brass balls achievement...
Neopath @ Mar 13th 2008 2:38PM
@Neopath: Seriously? Everyone on the island came from Sydney and all of the flashbacks end up in Sydney.
err... no. The plane left from Sidney... there's actually only one character on the show coming from Australia.Apparently you aren't a lost whore. :P
Sydney is in Australia as is 2K Marin.
I didn't know this... but even if I did,that joke was lame anyway. :)
peace.
Xav de Matos @ Mar 13th 2008 3:00PM
"2K Marin team in hopes of creating yet another successful foray into the franchise, who knows if it means Ken will just be in Australia on a LOST landmark bus tour. So readers we ask, how important is Ken Levine's involvement in a sequel to BioShock?"
Yeah, I should have mentioned the 2K Marin Australia connection. Wait a second!
Also by "Everyone came from Sydney" I meant that's where they left... otherwise you thought I meant the Korean speaking couple lived with Kangaroos.
But anyway, the joke was purposely lame... but you know what they say about arguing on the internet.