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OG BioShock director recommends one very BioShock-y Steam Next Fest game that already has 500 "very positive" reviews

Set in a twisted take on Disney World... need I say any more?

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The 11 big FPS games of 2025

2025 could be a landmark year for the FPS.

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Ken Levine never expected Take-Two to shutter Irrational after Bioshock Infinite: 'The decision was made at a corporate level'

"Take-Two did a BioShock remaster: That would have been a good title for Irrational to get their head around."

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BioShock maestro Ken Levine says Judas will double down on reacting to player choices because it's the future of games: 'I've never been a big fan of cutscenes because they're not interactive'

You know what? Sounds good to me.

PC Gamer

Ex-Bioshock lead Ken Levine says the problem with AAA games is how risk-averse they've become: 'If you don't innovate, especially in games, you start losing people'

"Look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe—you stop taking risks and people just tune it out."

PC Gamer

Bioshock's Big Daddy Ken Levine says that while he doesn't want to 'underestimate' AI, he's 'not overly impressed' by it, either

"What it can't do is tell me a really compelling story … it gets extremely confused."

PC Gamer

BioShock Infinite “may not have been the thing I wanted, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t the thing the audience wanted”: Ken Levine guides us through his entire gameography

Edge: The Collected Works | From immersive-sim innovation, through undersea peril, and onto new beginnings back out in space, Ken Levine talks through his impressive and iconic gaming portfolio in his own words

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BioShock's Ken Levine calls his most iconic FPS "a very, very long corridor," but his next game Judas is "made very, very differently"

"This may be a bit alienating to some readers - but they're basically a corridor"

GamesRadar

Exploring the 'twisted road' of Irrational's doomed XCOM game—from fighting aliens 'the size of entire city blocks' to a multiplayer mode where you could be the aliens

Inside the many promising, abortive concepts the BioShock developer came up with.

PC Gamer

Former BioShock director Ken Levine spoke about Alec Baldwin and Emma Stone for roles in the sci-fi series, but he's unsure gamers really care about Hollywood actors

They're also apparently too busy

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Ken Levine says Bioshock was 'almost cancelled' after going over time and over budget, while all publishers cared about was that these games 'don't make any money'

Says it was still "extremely cheap" next to the competition.

PC Gamer

This leaked screenshot may be our first glimpse of BioShock 4, and it sure looks like a BioShock game

Though I suspect the final game will be very different.

PC Gamer

Ken Levine says BioShock nearly went nowhere and was almost canceled: "We can't make those games because they don't sell"

System Shock 2's performance didn't give publishers much confidence

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Bioshock 4 studio is now 'recruiting like mad' but the game's nature remains a mystery

It does, however, look like there's still always a lighthouse.

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Capes is a superhero game about the legacy its heroes inherit, but also the legacy of turn-based tactics as a genre

"X-Men meets XCOM" may be a glib summary, but it's not totally inaccurate.

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Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios

Gamers and game developers are reeling from yet another wave of layoffs and studio closures.

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Bioshock creator Ken Levine reveals new details about Judas, will feature a 'pseudo-procedural' narrative and roguelike elements

Judas, the new game from Bioshock creator Ken Levine and Ghost Story Games, will feature a "pseudo-procedural" narrative.

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As BioShock successor Judas preps for release, I finally understand what its 'narrative Legos' are

But, like Thomas, I have my doubts.

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Ken Levine reveals why everyone hates you so much in Judas

11 years after closing Irrational, Levine is finally opening up about his next game.

GamesRadar

Judas is taking inspiration from XCOM and Civilization to turn BioShock into a "pseudo-procedural" take on single-player narrative games

"We withdrew a lot of inspiration from those types of single-player games"

PC Gamer

Ken Levine's Judas has a little sister, and her name is Void Bastards

The BioShock auteur has been beaten to the punch.

PC Gamer

Once again I am forced to tap the 'singleplayer games are not dying' sign

Immortals of Aveum flopped because sometimes games flop.

GamesRadar

As a BioShock fan, Judas' promise of influencing the story and characters sound amazing – but what will that look like at launch?

Opinion | I always loved BioShock's characters, be they antagonists or allies, and I can't wait to see what Judas does

TechRadar

The creator of Bioshock explains why his next game, Judas, is all about characters

Judas, an upcoming narrative FPS by the creator of Bioshock, will let you decide who to trust and who to stab in the back.

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5 biggest PS5 announcements from State of Play February 2024

Sony just held its first State of Play presentation of 2024 and we're rounding up the 5 biggest announcements you'll want to know about.

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