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A compilation of news and rumours from Bioshock’s new installment.
- Kotaku reports that a “top-secret studio” is working on a new Bioshock, codenamed “Parkside” - April 13, 2018
“Some went to other game companies; others moved to the top-secret studio next door to work on an unannounced new BioShock game.”
- 2K officially announces a new Bioshock, alongside the studio Cloud Chamber - December 9, 2019
- The game is set to take place on an open-world city - 2019
“Design and development the game’s biome-based ecologies for open-world content.”
- Details about the game are found in job listings - December 9, 2020
“The Senior Voice Designer listing refers to the game as a ambitious, narratively-driven project full of character and personality" and the applicant is to help design the ‘dialogue systems’.”
“The applicant is responsible for: Interactive world systems and non-AI systemic ecology, Player growth systems & progression and Game balance and economy”
“The developer is also trying to make strides in terms of AI as they are creating: a meaningful AI urban crowd system and the systemic tribal ecology of a sometimes hostile AI.”
- The game’s engine is revealed to be Unreal Engine 5 - May 27, 2021
- Shpeshal Nick reports that the game could be a temporary PS exclusive - May 30, 2021
"I have been told that Sony is up to their shenanigans again, and the new BioShock game is being money-headed by Sony"
- Colin Moriarty reveals the game’s setting, with a possible title - December 3, 2021
“The new BioShock game takes place in the 1960s, in Antarctica, and in a city called Borealis.”
“…and the games are inter-connected, which is not a huge surprise.”
“I went to a new source that I haven’t worked within a while, but this source is reliable and was able to confirm what we already know based on a leak that happened a few days ago. that the game is called BioShock Immortal.”
- Screenshot of a build from 2021 leaks, showing time-based abilities and a “Ricochet Shotgun” - July 13, 2024
“The image below is from an early demo build of the game featured in a 2021 showcase reel, and you can see the “Parkside” codename in it.”