2K just announced that a new BioShock game is in development at Cloud Chamber, a newly established studio based in San Francisco and Montreal. This game still doesn’t have a name, release date, platform or anything else.
According to 2K and Cloud Chamber, this BioShock game “will be in development in the coming years”, so don’t expect the game to come out anytime soon, or for today’s consoles.
Kelley Gilmore will be the head of the Cloud Chamber studio. He has extensive experience in development and publishing. Specifically at 2K, Gilmore worked with the Civilization and XCOM brands.
While Gilmore is the global head of the Cloud Chamber in San Francisco, the Canadian arm will be overseen by Ken Schachter. Schachter is the CEO of Zynga in Toronto and the founder of development & publishing studio Trapdoor.
The latest installment of the BioShock franchise, BioShock Infinite, has been around since 2013. However, BioShock Collection was released for PC, Xbox One, and PS4 in 2016 with remasters of BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite.
A number of different 2K studios contributed to the development of the BioShock franchise, with Irrational Games – originally 2K Boston – developing the lead and Infinite series. 2K Marin developed BioShock 2 while 2K Australia (Australia) also helped develop a few games.
According to rumors, after cutting staff, 2K Marin has closed completely. However, CEO Strauss Zelnick said this is not true and that the Marin team will continue to work on BioShock.
After BioShock Infinite, Irrational Games also drastically cut staff and changed its name to Ghost Story Games. This team is led by Ken Levine, the creator of the BioShock franchise, and focuses on developing narrative games.
While Cloud Chamber and 2K didn’t specify the release system, we can be sure that this BioShock game will be for next-generation hardware like PS5, Xbox Scarlett and PC. Part of the reason for this is that the game will be in development for many years to come.
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