Irrational Games To Be Dissolved

News broke yesterday that Irrational Games was going to be dissolved. The news came as a shock as the creators of critically acclaimed Bioshock series made the announcement. Below is the official letter that owner Ken Levine wrote to the world. When Jon Chey, Rob Fermier and I founded Irrational Games seventeen years ago, our mission was to make visually unique worlds and populate them with singular characters. We built Rapture and Columbia, the Von Braun and The Rickenbacker, the Freedom Fortress and some of the nastiest basements a SWAT team ever set foot into. We created Booker and Elizabeth, … Continue reading Irrational Games To Be Dissolved

Bioshock Infinite: Burial At Sea Available Now

2K and Irrational Games announced today that BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea ‘ Episode 1 is available for download worldwide on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC starting today. BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea ‘ Episode 1, developed by Irrational Games, is the second add-on content pack for the award-winning BioShock Infinite, and features Booker and Elizabeth in a film noir-style story that places them in a shining Rapture on the eve of its fall from grace. Game Informer recently called BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea ‘ Episode 1: … Continue reading Bioshock Infinite: Burial At Sea Available Now

Irrational Games’ Ken Levine Gets Lifetime Achievement Award

The Golden Joystick Awards presented by Green Man Gaming today announces that Ken Levine, BioShock Creative Director and Co-Founder of Irrational Games, will be bestowed with a special Lifetime Achievement award at this year’s ceremony. For the first time in its 31 year history, the Golden Joystick Awards will honour an individual for their lifetime’s work by celebrating Levine’s creative accomplishments ranging from1999’s System Shock 2 to 2013’s BioShock Infinite. Recognised as a luminary of the gaming world, Levine led the creation of the five-million-unit-selling, multiple-game-of-the-year-winning BioShock. As the highest-rated first-person-shooter of all time, the masterpiece helped spark the ‘games … Continue reading Irrational Games’ Ken Levine Gets Lifetime Achievement Award

BioShock Infinite: Burial At Sea Set For November

2K and Irrational Games announced today that BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea – Episode 1, the second add-on content pack for the award-winning BioShock Infinite, will be available for download worldwide on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC starting November 12. BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea – Episode 1, developed by Irrational Games, the studio behind the original BioShock and BioShock Infinite, features Rapture as you’ve never seen it before – a shining jewel at the bottom of the ocean, built almost entirely from scratch in the BioShock Infinite … Continue reading BioShock Infinite: Burial At Sea Set For November

Card Hunters Now Live

Over 50,000 Beta testers have played thousands of cards, collected millions of items and now Blue Manchu is happy to announce that Card Hunter is finally available for all to play at www.cardhunter.com. Created in collaboration with legendary Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield, Card Hunter is Irrational Games co-founder Jonathan Chey’s first game since BioShock. Its unique mix of card collecting, board gaming and fantasy role-playing is set to reinvigorate the collectible card gaming scene. ‘I wanted to break away from the usual with this game’ said Jonathan Chey. ‘We’ve come up with brand new card play and deck-building … Continue reading Card Hunters Now Live

Bioshock Infinite Releases First DLC

2K and Irrational Games announced today that BioShock Infinite: Clash in the Clouds, the first downloadable content pack for the best-selling multiplatform video game of 2013 to date, BioShock Infinite, is available for download worldwide starting today on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. BioShock Infinite: Clash in the Clouds, developed by Irrational Games, is an action-focused downloadable content pack that presents players with a series of unique, intense challenges and a whole new gambit of combat opportunities. Players will combine a diverse toolset of weapons, Vigors, gear, Tears … Continue reading Bioshock Infinite Releases First DLC

BioShock Infinite Releases

2K and Irrational Games today announced that BioShock Infinite from Irrational Games is now available for Windows PC, the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. The highly anticipated narrative-driven first-person shooter has critics raving and is the highest rated game of the year, with perfect review scores of 10 out of 10 from Game Informer, 10 out of 10 from Eurogamer, 4 out of 4 stars from USA Today, and many more. "Today’s the day we’ve been looking forward to. Our redefinition of BioShock is ready to be delivered from our … Continue reading BioShock Infinite Releases