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Rich Stanton

Ken Levine says he had to leave Bioshock behind because 'things can own you if you hold them too tightly'

BioShock.

Ken Levine recently sat down with IGN to have a retrospective chat about his career, and naturally one of the big touchstones was the series he's best-known for: Levine co-directed Bioshock and was the sole director on Bioshock Infinite. At one point Levine is asked if it was tough to leave Bioshock behind after the closure of Irrational Games, and particularly now that Bioshock 4 in the hands of others.

"I was very incredibly fortunate to have a franchise that people cared about," says Levine. "It's very important to me. Like I've got a giant Big Daddy in my living room, I've got toys and stuff around. It's very important to me, but I didn't have a lot else to say in that world.

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