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‘BioShock Collection’ Leaked By Ratings Board
A recent listing published by the Brazil Advisory Rating Board may have outed a BioShock Collection that’s headed to all major platforms, including PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. This could be legit, seeing as we first heard about it back in September when South African retailer Raru listed the collection for a release on PS4 and Xbox One.
The listing doesn’t offer much in the way of details, and aside from the occasional reminder that BioShock is still a priority for 2K Marin even though the company has kept frustratingly tight-lipped on its future since series creator Irrational Games closed its doors almost exactly two years ago.
“They’ll make announcements in due time about any upcoming releases,” explained Take-Two head honcho Strauss Zelnick last November. “BioShock is unquestionably a permanent franchise for our company and one that we do believe in.”
If those words sound familiar, it’s because we’ve heard them a myriad time before whenever Remedy gets asked about Alan Wake or when EA has to remind us how much they still care about Dead Space. We’re going to get more BioShock, just as we’ll almost certainly get another Alan Wake and Dead Space. The problem is how long these sequels take to load.
The BioShock Collection has strange company in Dead Island: Retro Revenge and Days Gone, which were both leaked by ratings boards just this year.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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