PlayStaion 3 and Xbox 360 players can now download BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 2.
2K and Irrational Games announced that the add-on is now available for download at $14.99 in most areas for the two consoles and for PCs. This installment is the final content pack for the game and features character Elizabeth in a film noir-type story setting. By centering the game on Elizabeth it gives the player an entirely new perspective on the BioShock universe.
"I think the work the team did on this final chapter speaks for itself," said Ken Levine, creative director of Irrational Games. "We built something that is larger in scope and length, and at the same time put the player in Elizabeth's shoes. This required overhauling the experience to make the player see the world and approach problems as Elizabeth would: leveraging stealth, mechanical insight, new weapons and tactics. The inclusion of a separate 1998 Mode demands the player complete the experience without any lethal action. BioShock fans are going to plotz."
The only fans who will have to wait are those in Japan. The company does not expect to release BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 2 in Japan until later this year.
BioShock Infinite is not included with this packet, but is required to play this segment of the game. It costs $59.99.
The add-on pack will supposedly involve most of the characters from the original BioShock and BioShock Infinitive and it will be the final chapter in the BioShock family of stories, which kicked off in 2007.
BioShock creator Ken Levine spoke at the Game Developers Conference held earlier this month in San Francisco. He said he has grown tired of creating linear narrative games and going forward would rather create a narrative driven experience where the elements are non-linear and open ended.
"You're going to have to balance these things off one another, but they're all going to be transparent to you," he explained. "We're going to have to have a limited number of them so you can track them all and it doesn't become a giant spreadsheet that overwhelms you," Levine said.
