A job ad for a position at Irrational Games is looking for a “talented and experienced individual to help us with the networking aspects of BioShock Infinite”.
Director Ken Levine has announced that the Bioshock Infinite release date will be pushed back to February 2013. This is apparently to allow “tweaks and improvements will make Infinite even more extraordinary”.
Irrational have revealed the final Heavy Hitter, a class of special combat-altering enemies that so far have included the Mechanised Patriot, Handyman, Boys of Silence and now the Siren. She’s a spectral opera singer that can reanimate dead bodies influenced by the 19th century’s fascination with spiritualism and the paranormal. I kind of hoping Irrational shut up now. I’d have loved to have met this thing as a surprise, it would have been terrifying.
It really looks like Bioshock Infinite is getting weirder by the minute. The latest Heavy Hitter announced is described as ‘a camera that moves’. It seems to be a small boy locked inside a helmet that listens for you and calls for reinforcements with a horrible metal scream. It suggests there’s more to the Hitters than just the brute force demonstrated by the Handyman and Mechanised Patriot revealed so far.
Here’s the latest Heavy Hitter to be (re)revealed for Bioshock Infinite: The Handyman. He’s under gone a little redesign since his brylcreem and moustache debut but the essential concept remains – big angry metal monkey man thing that will smash you up good.
After today’s reveal of Bioshock Infinite’s Motorized Patriot, a murderous clockwork George Washington with a minigun, Irrational Games have followed it up with a video showing the creepy thing in action.
The new enemy is part of a class of Bioshock Infinite opponents called ‘heavy hitters’. Director Ken Levine has revealed the Motorized Patriot saying ”Unlike most of the enemies, he’s completely fearless. He doesn’t have a sense of self-preservation, so he’ll just keep coming at you and coming at you.” So he’s basically a clockwork Terminator.
Take Two have just announced a release date for Bioshock Infinite and that date is 19th October. Woo! It’s not saying much else at the moment so if you want more info you should try one of these: 7 things you don’t know about Bioshock Infinite Bioshock 1999 mode announced. Ken Levine explains the birth of Bioschock Infinite. Irrational Games’ Tim Gerritsen explains why they’re done with Rapture. The amazing Bioshock Elizabeth cosplay.
This is TWITTER… gaming round up *looks around in shame*. In this week’s coalition of everything semi gaming-related in 140 characters or less we’ve got some extremely rare PSP love, a reveal into the design process behind BioShock Infinite’s 1999 mode and a truly mind-blowing revelation about the Resident Evil 6 logo and giraffes. Well, it’s definitely blowing something. That, and apparently the guy who’s married to Buffy is playing…
New Bioshock Infinite info! A rare thing indeed these days, to the extent that we’d be excited by new info on how it models paint drying, let alone a new trailer or demo. Thankfully we don’t have to pore over Dulux specifications, because a whole game mode has been announced! ’1999 mode’ will offer a gameplay experience harking back to gaming’s more challenging years, offering permanent character decisions, increased health…
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