Take-Two subsidiary 2K said that the sequel to 2007's hit title Bioshock, developed by 2K Boston and 2K Australia, will be arriving in fourth quarter 2009. The first Bioshock has sold 2 million units to date.

As development of the title has moved to 2K Marin from 2K Boston/Australia, that leaves the question about whether or not Bioshock frontman Ken Levine will be involved in the sequel's development, and what exactly 2K Boston and Australia are working on if not Bioshock 2.

Take-Two execs said during a Tuesday earnings call, "Ken is a terrific asset in the company, and he's a brilliant game developer. ... He will be working on Bioshock 2 and he will be working on a new IP."

From the earnings call, however, it sounds like the new IP will be the primary focus of Levine and 2K Boston and Australia, with less time being spent on helping 2K Marin with development of Bioshock 2.

"A lot of the work will be done at 2K Marin, but that's not to say Ken is not involved. He's critical to Bioshock," said Take-Two.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op......00&Itemid=2

Shacknews story:

Publisher Take-Two Interactive today officially confirmed that a sequel to 2K Boston's underwater shooter BioShock will arrive during the company's fiscal fourth quarter in 2009.

Take-Two's fourth quarter runs from August through the end of October.

BioShock 2 is under development by the Novato, California-based studio 2K Marin. The new development house is rumored to consist of several former 2K Boston and 2K Australia employees.

The publisher also announced that BioShock creator Ken Levine will be involved in the development of the sequel, though his role on the project was not specified. Levine's home studio of 2K Boston is rumored to be working on a new X-COM title.

"[Ken Levine] is critical to BioShock," said a Take-Two representative.

No platforms were announced. The game will likely make an appearance on both Xbox 360 and PC, and comments made earlier in the year by 2K Games president Christopher Hartmann indicate the game could also make an appearance on PlayStation 3.

http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=51706

And Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/366601/bioshock-2-...ed-for-q4-2009
Joystiq: http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/11/bi...from-2k-marin/

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Sorry but thats old news

Yea lol, it was already confirmed about a month ago.

very old news indeed.

none the less I a very looking forward to this game after bioshock was so amazing. I hope they can live up to it again.

sweet, i only just started playing bioshock recently, fantastic game and im not even finished yet

(had it for a while, but have too many games to play at once)

Wait till you get to the end gary.. Youll be like

Story has some really great plot twists and is one of the very few games that has a decent plot.

Still number one on my all time fav games list for sure.

i've just come up to Ryan's place, roughly how far in am i? half way?

seems to be a good story, actualy keeps an interest unlike a lot of games recently..

as for fav games, this has definately made it on to mine

Yeah you're about 1/2 way

You're not even up to the good plot twists yet!

Game picks up alot and gets alot more interesting from this point on.

Btw, are you saving or harvesting the little sisters? (aka are you going to get the good or bad ending)

My moneys on that it's going to come out well after due date in 'fourth quarter 2009'. Wasn't Bioshock in production for like 5 years?

Yeah could be right happy.

All you have to do is look into the the graphics and sound design alone and you can easily see why the long production times.

And AND, It uses havok physics engine

Something like that, but this may not take as long because of the already made storyline. Bioshock 2 could have been under development at the same time the first one was being created, but I don't know that for sure.

Hopefully they will make it quicker because of the sucess from Bioshock, so they will get more funding which will mean more staff and software

I just hope there are quite a few of the original team working on it
I also VERY muh hope they dont rush the production of it. Be a shame to ruin what could be an awesome franchise.

I'm putting my money on it being a prequel to bioshock though

good to know it wont be too short like a load of recent games..

saved all of them so far, must be my gentle nature

its good news that there will be a second one, another quality game to look forward to