The Latest Breaking News from Ken Levine

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

"It can come to own you if you're not careful."

PC Gamer · May 18

Killing a main character in Baldur's Gate 3 on his second playthrough had a massive impact on how BioShock creator Ken Levine approaches new game Judas

He's not as precious about what the player sees

GamesRadar · May 13

Steam Machine and Switch 2 aren't "massive technological upgrades," says BioShock creator – but they prove we've hit "diminishing returns" with cutting-edge graphics tech

Looks aren't everything

GamesRadar · May 13

Judas lets you "truly inhabit a character" in a way BioShock didn't, and Ken Levine says the game "spent 5 years in just R&D" to make sure NPCs respond to every choice

"We wanted to make a Judas simulator"

GamesRadar · Jan 27

Ken Levine on BioShock, Ayn Rand, and Libertarianism

"What does completely, completely unregulated commerce look like?" Ken Levine's Bioshock will tell you.

Reason · Jan 25

Bioshock creator Ken Levine's new narrative FPS Judas was shaped by a "stream of consciousness" where an anti-social character prefers vending machines to people: "Conversation is a prelude to failure"

The protagonist of Judas isn't a fan of restaurants

GamesRadar · Dec 3, 2025

BioShock director Ken Levine isn't as worried while working on upcoming FPS Judas, but he used to find it "really depressing" to decide if he should stick to one style like Hideo Kojima: "Games are so hard to make"

"What exactly is a BioShock game?"

GamesRadar · Oct 1, 2025

Ken Levine says Judas might look a bit like Bioshock, but it's 'really radically different'

"This is probably the biggest radical departure we've made since I did BioShock."

PC Gamer · Sep 30, 2025

"I don't think it works super well": BioShock creator Ken Levine hasn't been involved in BioShock 4's development, and he's not sure if people would want him to "come in and punch things up" anyway

"Me just coming in [...] and saying X, Y, and Z, that's not really how games are made"

GamesRadar · Sep 30, 2025

After 11 years, BioShock Infinite’s creator finally talks Judas — and it’s all about betrayal

We finally saw signs of life for Judas from developer Ghost Story Games, with creative director Ken Levine sharing what players can expect from the story.

Windows Central · Aug 28, 2025