BioShock 2 in development

News by Terence Gage, published on Friday 14th March 2008

Take Two have unsurprisingly confirmed that BioShock 2 is in development and it is pencilled in for a release in Q4 2009.

The most unexpected part of the confirmation is that 2K Boston (formerly Irrational Games, before Take Two acquired them last year) won’t be developing the sequel. Newly-formed studio 2K Marin, based in Novato, California, will be on development duty, although Ken Levine - boss at 2K Boston and driving force behind BioShock - will be assisting with the game’s production, alongside a new IP 2K Boston are working on.

As for the sequel itself, nothing is known as yet. Will it be set in Rapture again? It seems unlikely. Will it be a prequel, or will 2K Marin take the franchise in a different direction? What would you like to see from the sequel? Come and let us know in the forum.

Go here to see our review of the original BioShock.