After many leaks, BioShock: The Collection has finally been announced and now we are getting all the BioShock titles in one location for the current gen
Here we go with yet another one of the worst kept secrets in the video game industry as BioShock: The Collection has now been given the full announcement, details, and release date from 2K Games. It only took five different “leaks” and ratings to show up but now we have a nice new collection put together from Blind Squirrel that puts everything in one place for new and old fans alike. All of the BioShock titles bundled up, remastered, and heading out to the PS4, Xbox One, and PC on September 13th for $59.99 USD. Not a bad price for a great franchise.
Before the PC master race begins to rabble about BioShock: The Collection and the remastering of the game they should know that the remastering is only coming for the console versions. All of the titles were already spec’d out for the high quality on the PC versions of the games the first time around. This bundle will just be a way to get all of the games and single player DLC in one location for them and all of the little extras coming in the bundle that we never had before. Well, really just a few bits of commentary and challenge modes that were not included the first time around.
Hopefully you noted that above about the single player DLC only as it looks like 2K Games is not going to be bringing any of the multiplayer aspects of the franchise over here. Well, unless you count leaderboards as true multiplayer which I know a lot of you don’t. I know that I don’t. I’m just jazzed to be able to replay all of the games on my PS4 and have little care that the multiplayer was left out here. Good call and now we just need to hope that Blind Squirrel does their part perfectly and gives us the visuals and gameplay we know and expect here.
BioShock: The Collection — Announcement
BioShock
- The video series, “Director’s Commentary: Imagining BioShock,” featuring Ken Levine, creative director on BioShock and BioShock Infinite and Shawn Robertson, animation lead on BioShock and animation director on BioShock Infinite.
- Museum of Orphaned Concepts: Walk through a Rapture-inspired virtual museum that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at discarded concepts that never made it into the original game.
- Challenge Rooms: Outside the story of BioShock, tackle puzzles, splicers and Big Daddies. And achievements, of course.
BioShock 2
- Minerva’s Den: A self-contained BioShock story, presenting a side of Rapture you’ve never seen before. Use expanded combat abilities with the experimental Ion Laser and chaotic Gravity Well Plasmid, unique to Minerva’s Den, as you face off against the Lancer Big Daddy.
- Protector Trials: Take control of an Alpha Series Big Daddy woken out of hibernation just before the events of BioShock 2.
BioShock Infinite
- Burial at Sea – Episode 1 & 2 Add-On Packs: This major two-part DLC pack completes the BioShock trilogy by taking the series back to where it all began. Return to Rapture just before the events of the original BioShock!
- Clash in the Clouds Add-On Pack: Face 60 waves of challenges across four additional maps for leaderboard glory and unlock areas to explore in The Columbian Archaeological Society hub museum.
- Columbia’s Finest Pack: Combines the contents of the Industrial Revolution Pack and the Upgrade Pack and includes 500 Silver Eagles, five Lock Picks, six unique Gear items, and two weapon upgrades: Comstock’s China Broom Shotgun and Comstock’s Eagle Eye Sniper Rifle.
Are you glad to see that BioShock: The Collection has finally been given a full announcement? Which title in the franchise would you consider to be your favorite of all time? Do you think this may be a lead up to a fully new title in the works for us? Let us know and feel free to discuss in the comment section below. For more on BioShock: The Collection and the franchise as the details come out be sure to stay right here on the site. We will have everything you could hope for and more.