A new report has shed extra mild on the way forward for the BioShock sequence, and it consists of some regarding information. In keeping with (*4*), the brand new BioShock recreation that was first introduced in 2019 from developer Cloud Chamber “failed a overview,” whereas plans for a remake of the primary recreation have been scuttled.
The report mentioned the brand new BioShock recreation’s narrative was “recognized as an space that was notably in want of enchancment.” A supply advised the location that the narrative will now be “revamped.”
Studio head Kelley Gilmore was “ousted” by 2K Video games, the report added, with inventive director Hogarth de la Plante getting reassigned to a “publishing function.” Cloud Chamber was reported to have had an all-hands assembly lately the place leaders mentioned being “extra agile and environment friendly,” prompting fears of layoffs.
A spokesperson for 2K Video games advised Bloomberg that Cloud Chamber has a “good recreation” presently however the writer says it’s “dedicated to delivering a terrific one.” The 2K Video games spokesperson additionally confirmed the modifications to the management group.
As for the reported BioShock remake, the report solely talked about that it was “shelved earlier this 12 months.”
BioShock is one in every of Take-Two’s 13 franchises which have particular person titles with gross sales of greater than 5 million items. The whole BioShock sequence has bought greater than 43 million copies. A BioShock film is within the works at Netflix.
BioShock 4 is being made by Cloud Chamber. It is a brand-new 2K studio with no video games below its belt as of but.
Cloud Chamber is described as a “collective of storytellers desirous to push the frontlines of interactive leisure by making distinctive, entertaining, and considerate experiences that interact the world.” Cloud Chamber has places of work in San Francisco and Montreal.
BioShock’s creator, Ken Levine, will not be concerned with BioShock 4 “in any respect.”
“I do not wish to do half measures. I by no means wish to be half in half out. I want them the very best. I do know as a lot in regards to the recreation as anyone else, primarily. And I am going to play it as a participant when it comes out,” he mentioned.
Levine, for his half, remains to be in enterprise with Take-Two and is making the sport Judas proper now.