New BioShock Game Announced, Being Developed by New 2K Studio Cloud Chamber

[Flying Sausages]

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/09/new-bioshock-game-confirmed-being-developed-by-new-developer-cloud-chamber

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2K has announced a new BioShock game is officially in the works at a newly formed internal studio, Cloud Chamber. However, don't expect this new game in the near future.

 

Cloud Chamber is a new studio, with locations in both Novato, California and Montreal, Quebec, headed by Kelley Gilmore, who has worked at 2K's Firaxis Games for nearly two decades in various capacities on Sid Meier's Civilization and XCOM.

According to 2K's announcement, the next BioShock will be in development "for the next several years." 2K has not officially announced any platforms nor targeted release date for this new BioShock.

Speaking to IGN over email, Gilmore said the team is at "the earlier end of our process" when asked how far along development on the new BioShock is. Gilmore also declined to say whether this new BioShock would function as a direct sequel in the series or as a reboot, instead only calling the project "the next iteration in the BioShock franchise."

 

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Gilmore also declined to comment on whether the new BioShock would introduce a new cityscape as its setting or feature returns to Rapture or Columbia, saying "We...hope that fans love our future plans for this environment. That said, it'll be a bit of a wait for more details, as the game will be in development for several years."

Gilmore did also confirm that original BioShock creative director Ken Levine is "not affiliated with Cloud Chamber, nor is he involved with the studio's development process." Levine is instead continuing to focus on his work with the team at Ghost Story Games, which formally debuted in 2017 after Levine's previous BioShock team at Irrational Games started "winding down" in 2014.

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Gameplay details are scarce on the new BioShock at the moment, though 2K President David Ismailer said in a statement that “BioShock is one of the most beloved, critically praised and highest-rated franchises of the last console generation. We can’t wait to see where its powerful narrative and iconic, first-person shooter gameplay head in the future with our new studio team at Cloud Chamber leading the charge.”

Yo, Bioshock Infinite is one of my favorite games of all time. I like the gameplay, the story, the character, and Elizabeth character actor behind the scene. I don't know when the game is going to come out but please make it quick because the cliff hanger is kinda killing me. I also hope the game studio will not going to bomb this new Bioshock game from all the anticipation and all the good talks before the game launch.

[TVwazhere]

10 minutes ago, OlympicAssEater said:

I don't know when the game is going to come out but please make it quick

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However, don't expect this new game in the near future. According to 2K's announcement, the next BioShock will be in development "for the next several years."

That's rough

[Levent]

I am willing to wait a while as long as they dont fuck another amazing game series with a single game like they did with mass effect andromeda.

[Princess Luna]

38 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

That's rough

At least I can finally play Burial at the Sea now that I know there will be something else to go to in the franchise down the road... been saving that one for years. [:

[CarlBar]

19 hours ago, Levent said:

I am willing to wait a while as long as they dont fuck another amazing game series with a single game like they did with mass effect andromeda.

 

Given the only thing wrong with that was the fans that might be difficult. Due to various issues i got into Andromeda a few months after release so by then all the apparent launch issues had been fixed and i found little to complain about. For that matter most people i talked with that started that late said the same thing. I was just the negetive hype generated by the initial release that killed it, not the game itself, the gameplay was solid a waaaay better than ME2, (never got round to ME3 after the huge disappointment ME2 was), the story did drag a bit in places, but i encountered the same thing with Dragon Age Inquisition and nobody's running around ripping into that game massively over that. Of the three i've played i'd rate it as worse than ME1 but way better than ME2.

[Reytime]

I miss Ken Levine already. What's he up to anyway?

[JZStudios]

Funny. Bioshock Infinite was stretched across continents and as a result had a lot of development issues. Same reason Xcom The Bureau also turned out lackluster... I think they were actually working on both at the same time, but Bioshock got more resources or a team pulled off Xcom or something.

[RejZoR]

I can still remember the first BioShock leaks and concept images of monsters...

[Reytime]

1 hour ago, RejZoR said:

I can still remember the first BioShock leaks and concept images of monsters...

Remember when the first Bioshock demo hit Xbox Live? When the 360 still had the blade interface design.

 

Good times!

[The1Dickens]

4 hours ago, Reytime said:

Remember when the first Bioshock demo hit Xbox Live? When the 360 still had the blade interface design.

 

Good times!

I remember being excited for the aesthetics/story, but underwhelmed with the controls, because it felt exactly like Oblivion. I recall even thinking that it was just a massive mod.

 

I still never got around to playing it, as much as I wanted to... I should probably do that one of these days...

[Dash Lambda]

On 12/12/2019 at 8:57 AM, OlympicAssEater said:

I don't know when the game is going to come out but please make it quick because the cliff hanger is kinda killing me.

No. Do not give them any reason to rush. That's what makes bad games. I'd rather wait five years for a great game than six months for a rushed one.

 

Say what you want about Valve's time management skills, but they know how to make games, and I imagine Valve Time plays a part in that.

[Unixsystem]

3 hours ago, Dash Lambda said:

No. Do not give them any reason to rush. That's what makes bad games. I'd rather wait five years for a great game than six months for a rushed one.

 

Say what you want about Valve's time management skills, but they know how to make games, and I imagine Valve Time plays a part in that.

I don't know if Valve is really a fair example since there's tons of stories from inside Valve where people basically work on whatever they want. It's not like they're slaving over every game for years to make it perfect, it's more that they just drop projects for months or years at a time and then come back later. 

 

I'd put a company like CD Project in that category - they only work on one main project at a time, and they other than the occasional small side project they just keep going until they're happy with the shipping product. 

[Dash Lambda]

1 hour ago, Waffles13 said:

I don't know if Valve is really a fair example since there's tons of stories from inside Valve where people basically work on whatever they want. It's not like they're slaving over every game for years to make it perfect, it's more that they just drop projects for months or years at a time and then come back later. 

 

I'd put a company like CD Project in that category - they only work on one main project at a time, and they other than the occasional small side project they just keep going until they're happy with the shipping product. 

There are different philosophies.

 

Valve takes its time because people only work on what they want to work on, and the result of that is that the games they make are never just shovelware, they're passion projects that anyone involved could've just dropped but didn't because they wanted to make it.

CD Projekt Red takes its time because they pour all their effort into one thing at a time and don't stop until they're happy with it.

 

The ultimate takeaway is that rushing doesn't result in a good game. Whatever work philosophy they use, the developers should take their time.

[Giganthrax]

I don't get why they even bother with an announcement like this, when they literally don't even have a cinematic trailer to show us. 

 

Anyhow, I'm glad they're making a new BioShock, but since it's being made by a brand new dev, Ken Levine isn't involved, and 2K is basically mini-EA, I don't have high hopes for this obvious cash-in on a franchise that already ended just fine. 

[PGen98]

As a huge Bioshock fan, I'm anxious and worried all at the same time.  The fact that Ken Levine is not involved in the game at all is worrisome from the story perspective, but the fact they're taking their time with it like they did between Bioshock 1 and Infinite (with 2 made by a different studio in between) means there's hope it could turn out to be a good game.  So hopefully it turns out to be a solid game, it sounds like they're putting significant resources into its' development, but as mentioned above, let's hope this doesn't turn into another Mass Effect: Andromeda situation, where a horrifically sub-par release demolishes a franchise (peoples' opinions of 3's ending aside, they did fix that sort of, and the game itself was still incredible).

[JZStudios]

13 hours ago, Giganthrax said:

I don't get why they even bother with an announcement like this, when they literally don't even have a cinematic trailer to show us. 

 

Anyhow, I'm glad they're making a new BioShock, but since it's being made by a brand new dev, Ken Levine isn't involved, and 2K is basically mini-EA, I don't have high hopes for this obvious cash-in on a franchise that already ended just fine. 

I'm just waiting for it to be cancelled.