Yesterday we told you that 2K games had confirmed the release of a remastered collection of the trilogy of BioShock games. The first two undersea games that enraptured gamers last generation, and the mostly okay last game set on a floating island are coming back.
The remastered games will contain all of the single player DLC each game’s received, and will be given a modern makeover, with higher resolution textures and a spiffy coat of paint. On PC, at least the first two will be. BioShock Infinite, on PC is already up to scratch, according to 2K, who says that the last game in the series “meets current-gen console standards” and runs “smoothly on high-end” PC settings.
If you’re a new-gen console player the collection is very likely worth buying, especially if you’ve not played Irrational’s dystopian trio. On PC, less so. Which is why it’ll be free to those who already own the games.
2K has confirmed that those who own BioShock and BioShock 2 (or Minerva’s Den) will be given the newly remastered versions gratis.
“Working with Blind Squirrel Games, we’ve remastered BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite making them look better than ever,” says the Steam page post. “If you already own BioShock, BioShock 2, and or Minerva’s Den on Steam, you will be able to upgrade to the remastered version of the respective title(s) for free after release.”
If you don’t already own those games, now’s a pretty god time to buy them. The first BioShock is available for a measly R43 on Steam right now, as is its mechanically superior but narratively lacing sequel. Of course it may be worth it to just buy the entire BioShock bundle for the next to nothing: R113 and then just waiting until September for the remastered versions to go live.
If you’re a console player waiting for the retail release, here’s what you’ll get:
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.
Last Updated: July 1, 2016
Pariah
July 1, 2016 at 08:40
First Skyrim, now this?
This is a practice I can get behind. More of this please?
Raptor Rants
July 1, 2016 at 10:49
100% agreed!
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 1, 2016 at 08:43
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!
FUCKING SPOILER ALERT. What PR idiot thought that last sentence was a good idea?
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 1, 2016 at 08:45
PR and Marketing from every publishers are convinced all people buy DLC and that no one dislikes this practice thus it’s safe to spoil 😐
Kromas GG
July 1, 2016 at 08:58
Trust me when I say that spoils absolutely nothing at all.
Deceased
July 1, 2016 at 10:56
I’ve not played the Burial at Sea expansions – even though I’ve had them for who knows how long – because once I do, there will most definitely be an empty void in me that I cannot fill – because there won’t be another Bioshock game 🙁
RinceThis
July 1, 2016 at 16:47
lol
Greylingad[He Charges!]
July 1, 2016 at 08:48
WHY!? WHY GFWL DO YOU HAUNT ME TO THIS DAY!?
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 1, 2016 at 08:50
XD
VampyreSquirrel
July 1, 2016 at 08:49
I don’t have either on Steam… played on Xbox
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 1, 2016 at 08:50
Same, PS3… Oh well, at least if I own it on PS4 I can carry it over to Ps4 Neo… Oh wait, that’s nothing special
VampyreSquirrel
July 1, 2016 at 09:19
I didn’t have a working PC at the time, and basically got given Bioshock 2 CE… so I just played them on the platform I had available
Ir0nseraph
July 1, 2016 at 09:25
I would really like to replay this, adding to wish list and picking up on the PS4 xmas sale.
Ottokie
July 1, 2016 at 09:20
So we can maybe just buy them now on sale and play when the remaster releases
VampyreSquirrel
July 1, 2016 at 09:23
Possibly, but I’m not going to replay the game, so no point in getting it
Kromas GG
July 1, 2016 at 08:57
Mass Effect Remaster (Specifically 1 cause we need some sweet sweet textures)
Pariah
July 1, 2016 at 09:03
THIS
Ottokie
July 1, 2016 at 09:22
Bookmarking this to read tonight, right now I have to focus on work. Much excite!
Mossel
July 1, 2016 at 09:29
Aw yiss!! I just so happen to own them all.
GooseZA
July 1, 2016 at 09:42
And console players would have to buy it again at nearly twice the price. Hooray!
Admiral Chief Maximum Effort
July 1, 2016 at 10:37
Yussssssssssss
Raptor Rants
July 1, 2016 at 10:51
What is happening? I can’t handle this. Skyrim remastered. Bioshock remastered. Free. This… This does not compute with my view of a money grabbing industry.
What is happening. Why? I can’t rant about this (well maybe in a positive way). This.. Mind blown
Deceased
July 1, 2016 at 10:54
“a pretty god time”… *echoing time, time time* …
How do I identify and utilise these god times you speak of Oh Mighty Geoff? 😀
RinceThis
July 1, 2016 at 16:51
Love people. The 3rd comes out, everyone is like, OH MY BALLS IT’S good, then hype dies. It’s okay…
Peter Pan
July 4, 2016 at 08:39
Well that sucks! I bought those games before I became an avid Steam Collector! I don’t know whether I want to buy the originals on Steam again just to get the update! Theoretically, if the package is going for R113 now, it might be worthwhile getting it simply for the remasters which would most probably cost more than that!!! Decisions, decisions!