Irrational Games boss Ken Levine has been very teasy on Twitter of late, saying that he’s “very excited” for something today, at 8am EST. That time happened to be just moments ago. Here’s what the guy behind Bioshock’s been so excited about. It’s not about that Vita version of the game, in case you were wondering.
Yup, It’s the first DLC for Bioshock Infinite, one of two games that are likely candidates for this year’s Game of the Year awards. Here’s what it’s all about and it’s not one, or two – but three bits of DLC. The first is a combat focused bit of DLC called “Clash in the clouds” that’s a little bit like…horde mode. It’ll be available today on Steam, and will roll out to other platforms shortly.
More exciting though is that there will be a two-part DLC story that’s a…detective story that’s set back in Rapture! Called Burial at Sea, it will star both Booker as private investigator and Elizabeth as his femme fatale. And you’ll get to play as both of them. Here’s a teaser.
“We really listened to the fans and we know how they feel about Elizabeth,” Levin said to Polygon. “We decided we wanted to shift things around a little bit for the third one, so the player character in the third DLC, you get to play Elizabeth and the gameplay is quite different as her. She’s not the tank that Booker is. And you’ll see how all the stories come together.”
Rapture was shown briefly in BioShock Infinite (spoilers!), and Levine has been working on this campaign DLC since wrapping that game up.
“I knew very early on in Infinite that Rapture was going to be part of it because, if nothing else, nothing would be clearer in helping me explain what was happening in the world, that they were all reflections of each other, than being there, than showing that image.”
Here’s what the press release says about the DLC:
Come back to Rapture in a story that finds Booker and Elizabeth on the eve of the underwater city’s fall from grace. Developed by Irrational Games, the developer of the original BioShock and BioShock Infinite, this DLC features Rapture as you’ve never seen it before—a shining jewel at the bottom of the ocean, built almost entirely from scratch in the BioShock Infinite engine. Gameplay has been modified to give the player an original BioShock combat experience that merges the best parts of BioShock and BioShock Infinite: new weapons, new Plasmids/Vigors, Tears, Sky-Lines, and Big Daddies.
Last Updated: July 30, 2013
dirgis mac ergis
July 30, 2013 at 14:11
awesome, knew i bought the season pass for a reason
Slade Boender
July 30, 2013 at 14:15
I have just pee’d myself. And you know what? It was awesome
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:16
The pee?
Slade Boender
July 30, 2013 at 14:23
it was warm dude, dont hate on me!
John Various
July 30, 2013 at 14:23
You’re going to regret it when it cools down
Slade Boender
July 30, 2013 at 14:23
Didnt think that far DOH
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:27
XD
TiMsTeR1033
July 30, 2013 at 14:28
be glad your not in Syberia it would end with a trip to icu for frost bite hehehe
Slade Boender
July 30, 2013 at 14:33
That did happen once. She was lovely.
TiMsTeR1033
July 30, 2013 at 14:34
She 0_0
Slade Boender
July 30, 2013 at 15:27
A lovely young private Russian escort *ahem* cough cough
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:27
Hahahaha indeed
That Super Twit
July 30, 2013 at 14:18
O_o
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:15
One of two? Oh sir, you jest.. Last of us surpasses this baby on more than one level. While I enjoyed Bioshock Infinite, it paled in comparison to the first one and it was just too simple for its own good. Cool world and characters, but horribly simplistic gameplay…
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:17
Wow, indeed, for Banana Jim to say this, I’m a bit worried…
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:30
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad game, but it is very simple. What you can do with your arsenal and how you can apply it in the world is disappointingly limited. But the game world itself is magical. There’s something surreal about Columbia, and Elizabeth is an awesome companion I just wish they had put a bit more into the gameplay.
I’ll do a video review of it once I can get decent HD footage off the PS3.
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:32
Pah, you keep saying that!
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:34
Video review or Bioshock? Yeah, I ran into a snag with recording at a decent resolution on PS3. On xbox 360 it’s a different matter though. I can record at HD with no problem.
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:34
How are you recording it? I need to get what you are using, some middle interface?
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:45
Yep, I have a basic setup for now as I’m teething, and getting a feel for how to present the videos, but at the moment I record off a capture card. Xbox 360 has no hassles with recording raw footage, but the PS3 needs a component cable (because it blocks recording off HDMI). That’s also why I haven’t done any reviews for the awesome games yet 😛
But it’s cool, while I’m doing short vids via the box, I get to practice my editing and voice work (which I’m hoping is getting better now)
John Various
July 30, 2013 at 14:47
Jim! Jim! Where are these reviews man? Show me yours and I’ll show you mine…no wait, that doesn’t sound right.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:53
It’s still a work in progress, but you should find a link via my twitter feed. I haven’t really advertised them because I’m still testing what works and what doesn’t.
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:59
OI STOP PIMPING YOURSELF HERE!!!
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 15:01
But.. but…
John Various
July 30, 2013 at 15:19
Following…
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:46
By the way, if you and OVG want to record a playthrough chat vid with me (any game we share on the box), just give me a shout. I’m game.
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 15:14
Cool man, OVG usually sits with a crate of beer next to him when he starts his sessions, so he’s okay for around 4 minutes… 0-O
John Various
July 30, 2013 at 14:20
Quite. It feels a lot more consolified than the first.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:33
Exactly, I was very disappointed that I had even less combinations then I had in Bioshock 1, and even less ways to apply them. It was far too eager to be a corridor shooter for my liking.
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2013 at 14:35
Hey, I was disappointed with BSi myself. It pales to the first Bioshock; especially with “smart combat” options.
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:37
Consoles kill smart gaming
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2013 at 14:44
Bioshock was on console for a year before it hit PC’s, you smug elitist bastard. 😉
John Various
July 30, 2013 at 14:46
Haha. Touche’.
I just didn’t feel consolified.
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:48
Be that as it may, I stick with my statement you daft console nancy!
😉
John Various
July 30, 2013 at 14:49
Minion to grootwors in five seconds
John Various
July 30, 2013 at 14:35
Absolutely. That was what killed FEAR also.
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2013 at 14:25
I am going to be hated, but I found both BioShock Infinite and the Last of Us to be overrated.
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:26
The Door of Hate, along with the seven seals of hell, have all been opened my friend. I wish thee luck…
John Various
July 30, 2013 at 14:27
Still need to try Last of Us.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:31
Amazing title John… I actually want to replay it again, and that in itself is a hell of a recommendation. I only replay games that I really love.
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2013 at 14:38
Maybe when you replay it, you wont be as enamoured with the production, and see all of the “why? Because video game” cracks.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:48
Perhaps, but I recently replayed FF6 and the tears are still in my eyes 😀 I want to do a series of play vids for FF7 in the not too distant future.
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2013 at 14:52
FF6 is still my very favourite in the whole damned series. You on skype? We can chat about my issues with TLOU.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 15:11
Still slaving away, and this PC is devoid of Skype. Will have to chat to you this evening or tomorrow.
TiMsTeR1033
July 30, 2013 at 14:27
A question what is then a game in last year or so that made you say WOW! ?
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:28
My Little Pony…
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:28
Nope, something Mario or Luigi
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:29
Luigi ON a My Little Pony?
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:31
Thank goodness you said on and not in
TiMsTeR1033
July 30, 2013 at 14:31
what kinda game would that be!
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:32
A Ducktials game? 0-o
TiMsTeR1033
July 30, 2013 at 14:32
with real ducks!
That Super Twit
July 30, 2013 at 14:36
That DuckTales article destroyed my whole week (and child hood).
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:37
I’m so glad I did not watch
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:40
You are lucky. It was like Satan himself reached out, put his hand into my head, and Hadukend my soul
TiMsTeR1033
July 30, 2013 at 14:40
Its something words cannot explain trust me
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:39
If you want, I can speak to the guy about to zap my brain with 50,0000 volts to forget it. Can see if I can get you a discount.
John Various
July 30, 2013 at 14:41
The discount is a lie!!! They just tell you that when your brain is fried, so you believe them.
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:41
Well, I went in last week and it was R1000, I mean, R1500, I mean… Oh, fuck.
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:32
0-O
TiMsTeR1033
July 30, 2013 at 14:31
prob new super mario bros u lol
John Various
July 30, 2013 at 14:29
You guys are being mean. It’ll obviously be Fast and Furious Showdown
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:30
It’s going to be Call of Duty lads. Cod always wins. 🙁
John Various
July 30, 2013 at 14:31
I think you may just have the answer there Jim.
The CODpiece always wins
TiMsTeR1033
July 30, 2013 at 14:32
Eish
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2013 at 14:32
Don’t be daft, Jim. 😛
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2013 at 14:34
Journey, Metro Last Light, Tomb Raider, Umm… Fire emblem Awakening.
TiMsTeR1033
July 30, 2013 at 14:36
okay I cant say any of those are bad! all great games.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 30, 2013 at 14:36
Dragon’s Crown
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:38
Tomb Raider? Nice. Was actually planning on starting that tonight
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:40
In for a treat mate.
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:42
Cool
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:40
Metro Last light.. is ok. I found the voice acting to be particularly poor, and the game itself is inconsistent graphics-wise. But I like the fact that it is challenging, and scaleable. I want to try the Ranger mode once I’m done with it.
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2013 at 15:00
The /English/ voice acting was pretty poor.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 15:03
Touché! The English voice actor that plays Pavel is exceptionally bad. “Aaaarryttteeeooomm…”
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 30, 2013 at 14:33
you only be hated if you state your reasons why though lol, just wondering why you feel that way
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2013 at 14:34
I will write about it. 🙂
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 30, 2013 at 14:36
Shweet, we are all entitled to our opinions, even if those opinions are wrong 😛
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:38
A title can be underrated or overrated, and still have no bearing on quality. Take Spec Ops for instance, dismally underrated at launch, but now considered to be one of the best games of this generation. Bioshock Infinite definitely overrated for being a basic corridor shooter, yet still a pretty cool game. Last of us, exceptional title, yet the media frenzy behind it, leaves it hinging on the overrated bin.
Another classic example is GTA 4, HIGHLY overrated, yet still enjoyable, but not nearly as exceptional as the media made it out to be. Saints Row 3, extremely UNDERRATED, but a fun zany title, that won my Game of the Year for 2011.
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2013 at 14:40
Yes! don;t get me wrong, I though the Last of Us is indeed a great game, but it’s overrated. As you rightly pint out though, it doesnt mean it’s a bad game – just an overrated one.
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:41
Well I got, played, enjoyed, and loved Spec Ops based on your review.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:49
See I’m not all hot air and cheese curls 😛
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:50
Indeed, there is some epic tea in there as well
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 30, 2013 at 14:51
hmmmm cheese curls
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 14:58
these?
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 30, 2013 at 15:00
*Shudder* I want that in my tummay now! ………. 🙁
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:26
You shut up! Elizabeth is MINE!
Mossel
July 30, 2013 at 15:05
I only recently played Bioshock (still not finnished) after I was thoroughly impressed with Infinite. And my conclusion is that you cant really compare the two. Bioshock 1 is very eerie and dark. Also scary! And way more difficult than Infinite. I found Infinite to just be a good ol’ fun run ‘n gun game with a story that blew my mind!
RinceJigglyboobhater
July 30, 2013 at 14:27
SOOOOO Happy!
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 30, 2013 at 14:32
Whatever happened to the Vita Bioshock they announced
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 14:55
Vapourware
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 30, 2013 at 14:57
Oh well … At least COD BLOPS is on Vita
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 15:04
I actually want to play it, just to see how bad it is.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 30, 2013 at 15:07
It’s horrible man, I got it bundled with my Vita, oh LAWD it is so bad, make me want to play a proper COD
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2013 at 15:11
so bad, Jim. so bad. Remember that Resistance game I made you play? same developers..only the game is WORSE.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 30, 2013 at 15:12
Agree, couldn’t believe what I was playing, and this game is 550 on PSN
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
July 30, 2013 at 14:51
Oh…..my….HAT! YES SIR! YES YES YES YES!
Mossel
July 30, 2013 at 14:53
ERMAHGERD!!! I’ve had the season pass for months now! MONTHS!
Axon1988
July 30, 2013 at 14:53
There was a season’s pass? Oh this rock I live under…
Trevor Davies
July 31, 2013 at 08:47
That’s precisely why I didn’t buy it during the Steam summer sale. Yay only $30! Oh…. season pass, no thanks I’ll wait 🙁
Axon1988
July 31, 2013 at 08:49
I hate season’s pass. The original game is already so bloody expensive. Would rather spend it on a much needed gpu.