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• BioShock Infinite screenshots show various game elements

  BioShock Infinite screens have landed, and each one contains something different. One shows off combat, one has Elizabeth ready to deck Booker with ad book, and the other two show enemies and an area of the game environment. Enjoy.

• Former Irrational Games art director joins Naughty Dog

  Former Irrational Games man and Bioshock Infinite’s art director Nate Wells has revealed that he’s joined Santa Monica-based studio Naughty Dog.

• Gears of War executive producer joins Bioshock: Infinite developer

  Gears of War boss Rod Fergusson has announced his departure from Epic for Irrational Games.

• Rumour - BioShock: Infinite delay related to "networking aspects"

  File this under “wild extrapolation” if you like, but BioShock: Infinite’s delay and Irrational Games’s search for a networking expert paints a compelling picture, probably titled “still life with multiplayer”.

• BioShock Vita listed for September release

  ‘Allo allo allo, what’s all this then? Zavvi has only gone and whacked a September 7 release date on the BioShock game for Vita. The project – which will be a stand alone game, not a port – has gone largely unrevealed, and last we heard, was pretty much on hold while Irrational focuses on […]

• Irrational "still focusing on" BioShock movie, "but it hasn't consumed us so much"

  Ken Levine has said he and is team are “still focused” on getting the BioShock movie made, but as he has said previously, it’s not a top priority.

• Irrational's Vita project on hold until BioShock: Infinite winds up

  Irrational Games isn’t thinking too hard about its upcoming Vita game while BioShock: Infinite is still in development.

• "People overestimate how exposed games are compared to other forms of media," says Levine

  Irrational’s Ken Levine feel the amount of publicity games receive compared to other mediums is still relatively small. Speaking with Penny Arcade Report, Levine said its important for the general public to understand what the game is about before asking them to spend $60.

• BioShock: Infinite levels have more writing than the whole of BioShock

  Series creator Ken Levine has said the writing for BioShock: Infinite vastly outweighs that of the original BioShock.

• BioShock: Infinite's story affected by player choices

  Although he’s quick to deny comparisons to other choice-driven games, BioShock: Infinite lead Ken Levine says players’ choices will affect the story.

• Levine: Much of BioShock Infinite has been kept secret from the public, development team

  Ken Levine has said he’s kept much regarding BioShock Infinite secret from the public in order not to ruin the experience before the game releases. In fact, he’s even gone so far as to keep parts of it secret from his team at Irrational.

• Levine: If the narrative doesn't fit gaming, get a new narrative

  BioShock creator Ken Levine famously avoids cutscenes wherever possible, and believes if you need one to tell your story – well, maybe it’s time to get a new story.

• Levine: BioShock games are "improvisational" combat, "fantastical" setting

  The bottom of the ocean isn’t what makes BioShock what it is, according to creator Ken Levine.

• New BioShock: Infinite trailer to debut at VGAs - teaser image released

  Here’s a sneak peek at the new BioShock: Infinite trailer ahead of this Saturday’s VGAs: A single, uninformative screenshot, teasingly tweeted by host Geoff Keighley.

• Quick Quotes - BioShock: Infinite's plot not pulled from headlines

  “When we started making a game, we don’t tear anything from the headlines. Just like with the first BioShock, I’m not surprised to see that the headlines came back to align more closely with the game. There are certain themes just repeat over and over and over throughout history: it was common in the 30s, […]

• Levine: Dialogue is the "least effective" communication tool in games

  Although BioShock: Infinite abandons the silent protagonist schtick, Irrational Games boss Ken Levine is still a champion of quiet.

• 2K Australia working on BioShock: Infinite

  2K Australia is once more collaborating with Irrational Games.

• Report - Sony to produce BioShock: Infinite Move peripheral

  Both Videogamer and Pushsquare reportedly caught a slip on the UK PlayStation site earlier today. the hastily-deleted message apparently read: “A special PS Move peripheral is being produced that will draw you even deeper into this stunning vision of a parallel future.” BioShock: Infinite’s support of the Move controller was announced at E3 2011, just […]

• BioShock: Infinite's world is its "biggest character"

  In BioShock: Infinite, the environment is the storyteller, and the characters are the medium through which it is communicated.