Bioshock: no multiplayer, demo, or special edition

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » January 23rd, 2007, 12:20

Bioshock: no multiplayer, demo, or special edition
Filed under: PC, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure, First Person Shooters, Online

Answering questions via the 'Cult of Rapture' (Bioshock's community site), a 2K Games representative has confirmed that Irrational's under-sea epic will not feature a multiplayer component. The developers felt that multiplayer "would have compromised the story." Whether that compromise would have been the result of insufficient resources or simply (a fear of) disparate playing experiences is unclear; it could have been both. Despite plans to offer downloadable content, it seems as if Irrational has no intention of adding a post-release multiplayer update (à la Valve's Half-Life 2: Deathmatch release).

2K Games also revealed that there are currently no plans for a Bioshock 'Special Edition' box set or pre-release demo.

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Post by **Dog Pants** » January 23rd, 2007, 13:23

Interesting. If it's true that they don't want to give anything away from the single player experience, and not that they think MP will be pants, then that could imply they're placing a lot of their faith in the storyline rather than the action and graphics. This pleases me.

Post by **TezzRexx** » January 23rd, 2007, 21:32

Dog Pants wrote:Interesting. If it's true that they don't want to give anything away from the single player experience, and not that they think MP will be pants, then that could imply they're placing a lot of their faith in the storyline rather than the action and graphics. This pleases me.

Seconded, it could be awesome.