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Job Listings Reveal Preliminary Info on Next ‘BioShock’ Game
Even though 2K Games hinted at it back in December, the new BioShock game is sadly still a ways off. However, thanks to a series of job listings from developer Cloud Chamber, we do have a few preliminary details on just what the fourth BioShock game will be like.
For starters, the listings give the setting for the next game as being in “a new and fantastical world.” Admittedly, that’s not a heck of a lot to go on. However, it does seem to indicate that the game won’t be returning to Rapture or Columbia.
Furthermore, the listing for a combat designer has the role looking to make “an FPS combat paradigm that is accessible, satisfying, and allows for a high degree of player expression and experimentation within a highly reactive world”. The designer is also be expected to “look beyond direct conflict, accommodate various play-styles and design encounters that can be resolved through player ingenuity”.
Again, it’s not much, but given that the title will reportedly be in development “for the next several years”, it’s not surprising. This also means that it will more than likely show up on the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X, once it’s all said and done. In the meantime, you can return to Rapture and Columbia in the recently-released BioShock: The Collection for the Nintendo Switch.
Moon Studios dropped a new trailer during the Sony State of Play for their dark action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked, while also hinting at the long-awaited launch window for the full 1.0 release. The game, which has been in Early Access on Steam since April 2024, will be launching this October in full for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, while versions for the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 will arrive at a later date.
As a token of appreciation for supporters new and old, Moon Studios is offering an exclusive Early Access Founder’s Pack, a free limited edition bundle available for anyone who purchases the game on Steam prior to July 10, with rewards unlocking when 1.0 officially launches. PlayStation 5 users can receive the Early Access Founder’s Pack by pre-ordering the game once available, any time before launch day.
The Founder’s Pack includes:
- A New Secret Hideout: Spirit Cavern – The legacy of Moon Studios now lives inside No Rest for the Wicked, exclusively for Founders. A hand-crafted home that bridges both worlds.
- Sayer’s Vow: An all new Sword in the stone reserved just for the founders that only early adopters can extract in the game world.
- A Custom Founders Tag ensures players are clearly identified as early adopters.
- As a Founder member, players will get access to an exclusive Public Beta Test Realm reserved just for them, even after the 1.0 game launch.
As for the full 1.0 release, it will be a massive expansion of the core experience, introducing a staggering 60+ hours of new content, a new horde mode, powerful new weapons, bosses and enemies, new areas and a completely reimagined class system.
In No Rest for the Wicked, players take on the role of a “Cerim,” a member of a holy order imbued with mysterious powers, tasked with destroying the Pestilence, an ancient plague that has begun to consume the island Isola Sacra, itself already the site of great political upheaval and death.