2K Announces BioShock as Microsoft Exclusive

2K games have officially announced that their upcoming Xbox 360 title Bioshock will stay loyal to Microsoft‘s formats, with the first person shooter heading out in 2007 as an exclusive Xbox 360 and Microsoft and Games for Windows, the new brand optimized for Windows XP and Windows Vista title. Bioshock is set to be a new breed of first person shooter with immense graphics and a survival horror-style twist. Earlier this week we reported on Microsoft’s announcement that Bioshock will be an Xbox 360 exclusive at X06, but until now 2k games have remained silent.

“2K is excited to release BioShock exclusively on Xbox 360 and under the Games for Windows brand on the PC,” said Christoph Hartmann, President, 2K. “BioShock is the next step in the evolution of first-person shooters and a perfect title to push the limits of Xbox 360. We expect BioShock will set a new mark in next generation gaming when it launches next year,“ said George Peckham, general manager, global third party publishing for the Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft. “WeÂ’re thrilled that gamers will be able to experience BioShock only as an Xbox 360 and Games for Windows title.“

BioShock takes place among the ruins of an underwater utopia, a very different setting from most first person shooters on the market today. After your plane crashes into an icy and uncharted waters Lost-style, you descended into a city called Rapture,  hidden beneath the sea. The city was constructed as an ideal society for a hand-picked group of scientists, artists and industrialists, but collapsed under the weight of its own idealism. Now the city is littered with corpses, and wildly powerful guardians roam the corridors, mutated little girls scavenge the dead, and genetically modified citizens ambush you at every turn. It’s up to you to kill them all!

Via XBS

2K games have officially announced that their upcoming Xbox 360 title Bioshock will stay loyal to Microsoft‘s formats, with the first person shooter heading out in 2007 as an exclusive Xbox 360 and Microsoft and Games for Windows, the new brand optimized for Windows XP and Windows Vista title. Bioshock is set to be a new breed of first person shooter with immense graphics and a survival horror-style twist. Earlier this week we reported on Microsoft’s announcement that Bioshock will be an Xbox 360 exclusive at X06, but until now 2k games have remained silent.

“2K is excited to release BioShock exclusively on Xbox 360 and under the Games for Windows brand on the PC,” said Christoph Hartmann, President, 2K. “BioShock is the next step in the evolution of first-person shooters and a perfect title to push the limits of Xbox 360. We expect BioShock will set a new mark in next generation gaming when it launches next year,“ said George Peckham, general manager, global third party publishing for the Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft. “WeÂ’re thrilled that gamers will be able to experience BioShock only as an Xbox 360 and Games for Windows title.“

BioShock takes place among the ruins of an underwater utopia, a very different setting from most first person shooters on the market today. After your plane crashes into an icy and uncharted waters Lost-style, you descended into a city called Rapture,  hidden beneath the sea. The city was constructed as an ideal society for a hand-picked group of scientists, artists and industrialists, but collapsed under the weight of its own idealism. Now the city is littered with corpses, and wildly powerful guardians roam the corridors, mutated little girls scavenge the dead, and genetically modified citizens ambush you at every turn. It’s up to you to kill them all!

Via XBS