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McBacon

SHOOTY McRAD DICK

• Aug 4, 2014

• #1

Alternate title: "2K ports game that isn't Civilization V to iPad"

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2K is to bring underwater first-person shooter BioShock to iPhone and iPad this summer, as a premium-priced app with MFi controller support.

You can see how it looks, and find out a little about how it plays, in our video above.

BioShock is coming to iOS in the summer, and requires an iPad Air or iPad mini 2, or an iPhone 5, 5C, or 5S. No current iPod touches are supported, and Lowe says 2K has "no immediate plans to bring BioShock to Android."

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angular graphics

Banned

• Aug 4, 2014

• #2

Cool but why?

 

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cw_sasuke

If all DLC came tied to $13 figurines, I'd consider all DLC to be free

• Aug 4, 2014

• #3

Poor Vita.

 

HUELEN10

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #4

A 7th gen FPS to mobile; still pretty amazing to think about.

 

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Sendou

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #5

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Looks like the 360 version.

Eurogamer

 

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Xater

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #6

The way it was meant to be played.

 

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Carl

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #7

Ew

 

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Xando

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #8

No Vita?

 

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braves01

Banned

• Aug 4, 2014

• #9

Would you kindly make an in app purchase?

 

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Team Top Hat

Banned

• Aug 4, 2014

• #10

braves01 said:

Would you kindly make an in app purchase?

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Pay .99 to hack

 

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KojiKnight

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #11

So... what resolution is that actually running at, because that is not retina. Still, I guess it's neat if they can meet 360's res/performance at this point.

 

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Nero3000

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #12

Console level graphics....

 

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SovanJedi

provides useful feedback

• Aug 4, 2014

• #13

Well it's good that it has controller support at least.

I'd worry about the default controls making the game much harder to play, but considering how easy it was in the first place it might work out in its favour!

 

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Meader

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #14

Is this what 2K were teasing on Twitter the other day then?

 

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Daemul

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #15

I guess it's time for me to start eating crow after I said mobile couldn't handle 7th Gen games.

;_;

 

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Altairre

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #16

What? No. I enjoy mobile games but no.

 

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Garrett Hawke

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #17

When 2K were teasing something Bioshock related I said to my friend that it would be iOS related, and he didn't believe me.
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Spoiler

Why didn't they port this to Vita instead

 

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blast processed

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #18

cw_sasuke said:

Poor Vita.

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As someone who enjoys games it's sad to see this game go to the wrong platform. Vita was perfect for it.

 

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DrROBschiz

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #19

cw_sasuke said:

Poor Vita.

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No shit. First thing that popped in my head

 

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Mr Swine

Banned

• Aug 4, 2014

• #20

Xando said:

No Vita?

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More money to be made on iPhone and iPad than vita perhaps?

 

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ZServ

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #21

I.. Don't really get why, though? FPS are hard as shit to play on touch input. Even with a controller, the audio quality is gonna be awful, and that's a huge portion of the experience. I. Uh.

Whatever. Cool for those who really want it, I guess.

 

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Pudge

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #22

Why?

Who wants this?

 

Ovek

7Member7

• Aug 4, 2014

• #23

It will play like garbage with touch screen controls like all FPS games on phones and tablets.

 

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BeforeJam

Neo Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #24

 

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bidguy

Banned

• Aug 4, 2014

• #25

the fuck

 

SJRB

Gold Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #26

Fucking bizarre. Why? Who asked for this?

 

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Garrett Hawke

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #27

KojiKnight said:

So... what resolution is that actually running at, because that is not retina. Still, I guess it's neat if they can meet 360's res/performance at this point.

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It doesn't look like they can. The models look noticeably lower-poly and the textures... :|

 

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CypherSignal

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #28

Daemul said:

I guess it's time for me to start eating crow after I said mobile couldn't handle 7th Gen games.

;_;

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Not yet. Look again at the screenshots: Models are a noticably lower fidelity. No character shadows. Low resolution. Particles don't have any lighting and are hard-edged. From a technical standpoint, it still looks poor compared to the Xbox 360 release.

You're still good for another couple of years.

 

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Noisepurge

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #29

cw_sasuke said:

Poor Vita.

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haha, my first thought when i saw the thread title

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Chesskid1

Banned

• Aug 4, 2014

• #30

really curious what they'll price it.


and lol @ the vita parade, heh. i feel ya.

 

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Shizuka

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #31

B-b-but no buttons!

 

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TheDrowningMan

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #32

Xando said:

No Vita?

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Not powerful enough to run it nearly as well as the iPad(s) or 5s, but then it's also on 5/5c. I'm not expecting much from those versions.

 

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Alcoholikaust

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #33

I will never uderstand the need for iOS fps games-no GOT DAMN buttons

my vita weeps

 

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Hypron

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #34

I didn't ask for this.

 

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x-Lundz-x

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #35

I want my PS4 remasters, not this shit.

 

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SeanR1221

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #36

It should be free with IAP for ADAM and a time limit to revive.

 

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ZServ

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #37

TheDrowningMan said:

Not powerful enough to run it nearly as well as the iPad(s) or 5s, but then it's also on 5/5c. I'm not expecting much from those versions.

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Additionally everyone forgets that unreal doesn't run well on vita.

 

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lefantome

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #38

Looks like crap, lower res and available only to recent ipads and iphones.

Doesn't look good for a game who is made for an almost 9 years old hw

 

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Eggbok

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #39

BeforeJam said:

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Unknown One

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #40

Civ would make a whole lot more sense than a shooter.

 

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AbandonedTrolley

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #41

Guess the Vita version is sitting gathering dust along with my DLNA functionality too!

 

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BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO

Junior Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #42

cw_sasuke said:

Poor Vita.

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Noisepurge

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #43

Shizuka said:

B-b-but no buttons!

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"with MFi controller support."

TheDrowningMan said:

Not powerful enough to run it nearly as well as the iPad(s) or 5s, but then it's also on 5/5c. I'm not expecting much from those versions.

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pff, just lazy developers if they can't get this to run on a Vita! Killzone Mercenary is a living example of an adequate shooter on the device,

 

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NBtoaster

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #44

Sendou said:

Looks like the 360 version.

Eurogamer

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The 360 version looks much better.

 

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ElzarTheBam

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #45

This is the worst. The worst!

 

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Mauricio_Magus

Banned

• Aug 4, 2014

• #46

I have nothing against mobile gaming, but those screens look like shit.

I also don't think it's going to play well at all unless they dumb it down a lot.

 

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TERRORIFFIC

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #47

BeforeJam said:

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Seriously. What the fuck

 

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kadotsu

Banned

• Aug 4, 2014

• #48

No interest but it's good to see 2K at least trying to bring sensible pricing for good products to the platform.

 

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MarkusRJR

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #49

Pretty amazing that there's last gen games coming to phones and tablets. If this comes to android with controller support I'll be so down. The improvements in mobile tech are so impressive.

 

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VariantX

Member

• Aug 4, 2014

• #50

Would have been a better choice to build something from the ground up to take advantage of the strengths of the platform, but I guess a port is just cheaper.