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BioShock series - publisher   multimedia   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 BioShock
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BioShock is a first-person shooter series of video games designed by Ken Levine and developed by Irrational Games (incorporating 2K Boston, 2K Australia and others). They are highly story-driven games, set in a biopunk/steampunk influenced world.

Exhibitions

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Notes

  • This series was indexed for the Steampunk exhibition project and as such contains only content to which Australian developers contributed.
  • Austlit does not comprehensively index video games.

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y separately published work icon BioShock Ken Levine , California : 2K Games , 2007 10500072 2007 single work multimedia science fiction

Video Game

'You are a cast-away in Rapture, an underwater Utopia torn apart by civil war. Caught between powerful forces, and hunted down by genetically modified "splicers" and deadly security systems, you have to come to grips with a deadly, mysterious world filled with powerful technology and fascinating characters. No encounter ever plays out the same, and no two gamers will play the game the same way.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2
y separately published work icon BioShock 2 Jordan Thomas , California : 2K Games , 2010 10500501 2010 single work multimedia science fiction

Video Game

'Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture. You are the very first Big Daddy as you travel through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and your own survival.'

Source: Publisher's Blurb

3
y separately published work icon BioShock Infinite Ken Levine , California : 2K Games , 2013 10500622 2013 single work multimedia science fiction

Video Game

'Set in 1912, players assume the role of former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, sent to the flying city of Columbia on a rescue mission. His target? Elizabeth, imprisoned since childhood. During their daring escape, Booker and Elizabeth form a powerful bond – one that lets Booker augment his own abilities with her world-altering control over the environment. Together, they fight from high-speed Sky-Lines, in the streets and houses of Columbia, on giant zeppelins, and in the clouds, all while learning to harness an expanding arsenal of weapons and abilities, and immersing players in a story that is not only steeped in profound thrills and surprises, but also invests its characters with what Game Informer called “An amazing experience from beginning to end."'

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