2K Games, Irrational Games and 2K Marin have today announced that their previously announced release of the BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition is now available in North America. With Bioshock Infinite due to take place in a completely new world from the underwater depths of Rapture, the company have released this collection to offer fans and newcomers alike everything that the two Rapture-oriented games can offer… all for the price of $29.99. The collection is available on both Playstation 3 and XBox360 video game consoles, and includes both Bioshock 1 and Bioshock 2, as well as a wealth of additional add-on content for both games valued at more than $40. It also includes a trip to the never-before-seen Museum of Orphaned Concepts, providing a rare look at early concept art and character models that never made it into BioShock.
Christoph Hartmann | President of 2K
With BioShock Infinite on the horizon, we want to offer gamers new to the franchise a great value in diving into the BioShock experience. The BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Editionbrings the complete experience of this critically acclaimed franchise to gamers looking to explore Rapture before discovering Columbia.
The add-on content for both games include:
- Museum of Orphaned Concepts: Take a tour of a never-before-seen BioShock museum and view early concept art, character models and more set within the halls of Rapture.
- Plasmids Pack: Includes four additional Plasmids and Gene Tonics – Sonic Boom, EVE Saver, Vending Expert and Machine Buster – for use in BioShock.
- Challenge Rooms Pack: Previously exclusive to PS3™ and now available for Xbox 360 for the first time, the pack tests the player’s mettle by requiring them to utilize the skills learned while traversing the halls of Rapture to survive three separate puzzle rooms in BioShock.
- Sinclair Solutions Tester: Contains a number of customization features that allow players to further their character’s development in BioShock 2 multiplayer modes and provides a deeper multiplayer experience.
- Rapture Metro: Includes six additional multiplayer maps, an additional multiplayer gameplay mode and a rank increase to level 50 for BioShock 2 multiplayer.
- The Protector Trials: Features frantic combat and fast-paced action designed to push players’ mastery of weapons and Plasmids in a BioShock 2 single-player experience spread across six maps.
- Minerva’s Den: A substantial narrative experience that puts players in the role Subject Sigma and introduces new characters, locations and mystery to the world of Rapture in BioShock 2. Set in a new environment, Rapture Central Computing, Minerva’s Den adds a gripping new storyline to extend the BioShock 2 experience.
- Also included, is an exclusive collectable sticker pack from BioShock Infinite’s world of Columbia to get gamers ready for the next chapter in the BioShock universe.
