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Arkane Studios – best known for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Arx Fatalis – has confirmed it’s the latest outfit to get to work on BioShock 2.

The Lyon, France-based developer is assisting in level design. In a similar vein, the company recently assisted in creating multiplayer maps for Call of Duty: World at War.

“Under the direction and leadership of 2K Marin, Arkane is assisting in the creation of levels that embody the aesthetic and gameplay ideals that make BioShock such a unique and exciting experience,” said 2K Marin producer Alyssa Finley.

Four developers are now working on the sequel, namely 2K Marin, 2K Australia, Digital Extremes and Arkane Studios.

Good God. It just won’t die will it?

Turns out Sea of Dreams was the title of the BioShock 2 teaser, not a subtitle to the game. Got it? It’s not the game’s subtitle.

“We name most of our trailers at 2K and the name of the teaser trailer we released last October for BioShock 2 is called Sea of Dreams,” 2K’s Charlie Sinhaseni told IGN.

“There was talk about adding that as an official subtitle, but we decided to simply keep it BioShock 2. We’re sorry for the confusion, but we’re glad people are so interested.”

Hopefully that’s the end of the matter. Until 2K changes its mind again.

If you were wondering where the “Sea of Dreams” bit from BioShock 2′s name had got to in the recent GI reveal, the answer’s pretty simple: it isn’t there any more.

“You won’t be seeing ‘Sea of Dreams’ moving forward, just ‘BioShock 2′,” 2K Games community manager Elizabeth Tobey told Primotech.

The games was originally titled BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams when shown in its first trailer.

Never more. We should probably care. But we don’t.

Thanks, Blue.

Someone’s posted the entire Game Informer cover article on BioShock 2 as high quality scans.

It’s a bit sticky to load, but it’s all there. Obviously, for the slow people in the audience, there are spoilers through that link.

Yes, finally, we can tell you that you play as a Big Daddy in BioShock 2.

Subs issues of Game Informer have hit, confirming that you take control of the first gigantic walking chap thing, have changeable weapons for your arm and new, mutated plasmids.

You can now adopt Little Sisters, as well as either killing them or saving them.

There’s more on Shacknews, which is a culmination of stuff from the Gamespot forums and NeoGAF. It’s unconfirmed as yet, but it’s true, if you know what we mean.

A ton of apparent BioShock 2 information’s popped up on the 2K forums, supposedly taken from subs issues of Game Informer.

CVG’s done a precis. Be warned: if this lot’s true, there are some huge spoilers here.

BioShock 2 teaser site Somethinginthesea.com has been updated again, with time with a few notes and a picture.

The picture’s of a red blob. In the sea. We’re assuming that’s the “something”. One of the notes is about a girl gone missing from La Rochelle, which is pinned on the Indian west coast, for some reason. Probably a space issue.

Lastly, there’s a bit of paper saying, “Doesn’t anyone notice the patterns?”

Yep. We think we do. Keep watching for the Big Reveal, Daddy, fans.

2K Marin has posted a job listing over at GamaSutra looking for a UI programmer to work on BioShock 2 — that’s familiar with Wii.

All the listing says is that they need someone with “experience developing for next-generation game consoles (PS3, XBOX 360, Wii)”.

Full job listing here.

A spokesperson for 2K Games has confirmed to Gamespot that Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams will come out on PC, 360 and PS3.

“BioShock 2 is destined for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC platforms,” said the rep.

However, whether they mean simultaneous destiny or not is unclear at this time.

If you’ve just come back from a mining holiday and didn’t know Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams had been announced, then go here.

By Mike Bowden

After the break. It the same teaser that we showed you last week, but this time it’s in high definition.

Doesn’t need any more introduction really, does it? We want it, we know you want it, now go watch it.

By Mike Bowden

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Update: The trailer’s after the break.

See here, here, here, here and here. There’s a trailer for BioShock 2 at the end of the PS3 version of BioShock on PS3. The game’s called Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams.

The trailer shows a Little Sister holding a Big Daddy plush toy while staring out to sea. It’s apparently set on the Atlantic coast.

Take a look.

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