Ken Levine announced today that Irrational Games previous 3 years absence from the market has been due to work on their sequel to the original hit title known as Bioshock. If you never played the original game or Bioshock 2, you definitely should check the games out. It blends first person shooting style action along with plenty of RPG elements like collecting and power ups known as plasmids.
The sequel coming sometime next year (2011) will take a stark departure from the land that we have become to know oh so well. This time we are not visiting Rapture again, but a new city by the name of Columbia, this city is miles above Rapture, not only in polish and visual style but quite literally as it's floating in the sky!
Many plot twists and new plasmids await those who join the new protagonist. The sequel is departing quite a bit from the original game, but in what we hope is only good ways. You now play an actual character, and not a cypher who is unaware of his own identity. "You are Booker Dewitt, a particular character with an established history, with a voice you will hear as he talks to himself and others in the game." - Ken Levine
It was also mentioned that the city is popular and also hopefully populated with quite a few new friendly faces, and of course where would a game like this be without some type of big baddie that you are trying to take down?
For more information about the game, and to check out the trailer go to the 360-HQ Games Database:Bioshock Infinite
2K Games have just released Bioshock 2's new swarm mode pack called "Protector Trials". The new single player expansion pack can now be purchased and downloaded from the Xbox LIVE Marketplate for 400 MSP.
The new DLC contains six new maps, new Achievements, and a bunch of new unlockables.
Protector Trials for Bioshock 2 extends the single player experience with “swarms of corrupt Splicers who are hell-bent on stealing the precious ADAM that she gathers from corpses.”
Bioshock 2 "Projector Trials" DLC Includes
Six new maps: three unique difficulty levels, each based on favorite locales from BioShock 2;
New unlockables: including never-before-seen concept art and videos;
Seven new Achievements: grab the new DLC for access to seven new achievements.
2K Games have just announced details for their latest installment of BioShock 2 DLC which is set for release today.. The new DLC packs arrive today, May 11, 2010. 2K Games will also releasing two additional DLC packs.
The Rapture Metro Pack, the latest multiplayer expansion into the world of Rapture, will be available tomorrow on XBL and PSN. The Games for Windows-LIVE version will follow soon. We will also be releasing two additional DLC packs tomorrow: Kill’Em’Kindly, a free multiplayer mode where players fight to the death with golf clubs, and the Character Pack, a new pack which adds two new characters to the multiplayer experience of the game for 160 Microsoft Points/ $1.99.
Rapture Metro Pack (800 Microsoft Points/$9.99):
Six all-new maps, some built from the single-player portion of the game,
Three new Achievements/Trophies,
Rebirth Feature – players who reach the rank of 50 have the option to rank down to Level 1 and receive a special mask.
Kill’Em’Kindly (FREE):
Kill’Em’Kindly is a free multiplayer mode where players fight to the death with golf clubs
Character Pack (160 Microsoft Point/$1.99):
Character Pack, a new pack which adds two new characters to the multiplayer experience of the game for 160 Microsoft Points/ $1.99.
The next DLC for BioShock 2 titled "Metro Pack" is coming to Xbox 360 for just 800 MS Points/ $9.99. The pack will contain six new multiplayer maps, 3 new achievements and a Rebirth Feature for players who reach rank 50.
The pack includes six brand new mapsincluding areas rebuilt from the single-player game for MP modes. We also have three new achievements and trophies and have added the Rebirth Feature for players who have reached Rank 50 - using Rebirth, you can rank your character down to Rank 1 and receive a special mask.
Here are some details of the Rapture Metro Pack (800 Microsoft Points/ $9.99):
Six all-new maps built, some built from the single-player portion of the game
Three new Achievements
Rebirth Feature – Players who reach rank 50 have the option to rank down to Level 1 and receive a special mask
And just to clarify, the content will not be available this week. We’ll have more details on timing in the very near future.
Here is the latest report on Xbox 360 LIVE Activity for the week March 15, 2010. This includes Xbox Live and our own 360-HQ Xbox Live statistics combined.
Where we can, we will display our own top list of most played games on XBOX LIVE. Our own data is tracked by our registered users here on the 360-HQ.com website and their activity on Xbox LIVE! Please note we do NOT track demos.
The 360-HQ Xbox LIVE top 20 list is compiled automatically by the HQ server. Our server tracks each and every Xbox LIVE Gamercard registered on our site and which games our members are playing or have played most recently.
To see the most popular game on Xbox LIVE scroll to the bottom of any page on HQ and the top 20 games are listed in our footer.
You can also browse our Xbox 360 "Top 50 Games" list which is ranked by total page views daily. This is what you see on our homepage!
The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.
**Combined sales of all Hasbro Family Game Night titles
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For the first time in over two years, Xbox is at the number one spot for the most consoles sold! Xbox 360 sold over 422,000 units according to analyst group NPD for the month of February. Wii managed to get to the number two spot and sold over 397,900 units. PlayStation 3 sold 360,100 units and suprised many. Most people thought that PlayStation 3 was going to lead console sales in the U.S. market but Xbox 360 managed to lead sales in the short 28 days of February.
Last month January 2010 Nintendo Wii was the best selling console with total units sold 465,000. Although the overall numbers were down this month, Xbox really surprised us all with taking over to the number one spot.
BioShock 2 was recently released for the Xbox 360 and sold over 562,900 units. The game was released on February 10th. Xbox is back in business and this was the break they needed in the gaming industry in 2010. While BioShock 2 helped boost overall sales, I don’t think that was the main reason for the spike in sales for the console.
While this numbers only represent the US Market, in other parts of the world Xbox 360 was not in the number one spot.
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Last month January 2010 Nintendo Wii was the best selling console with total units sold 465,000. Although the overall numbers were down this month, Xbox really surprised us all with taking over to the number one spot.
