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BioShock™

by 2K Australia, 2K Boston

Released Aug 21, 2007
$4.99
8 h to beat
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360

94%positive reviews

30,344 positive1,955 negative

What players say

Pros

Atmospheric world with a genre-defining story
Gameplay mixes shooting with plasmid abilities

Cons

Bundled DRM and EULA changes raise spyware concerns

Mixed

Some call it a masterpiece, others find objectives repetitive

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

VGA 2006 Trailer (YouTube)

DLC, expansions and more

Remasters (1)

BioShock Remastered

System requirements

Minimum:

Operating System: Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista

CPU: Intel single-core Pentium 4 processor at 2.4GHz

RAM: 1 GB

Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550)

Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card

Hard Drive Space: 8GB

Game requires Internet connection for activation

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BioShock is a horror-themed first-person shooter set in a steampunk underwater dystopia. The player is urged to turn everything into a weapon: biologically modifying their own body with Plasmids, hacking devices and systems, upgrading their weapons, crafting new ammo variants, and experimenting…