{"id":19223,"date":"2012-03-02T10:39:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T00:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=19223"},"modified":"2012-03-02T10:39:58","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T00:39:58","slug":"2k-games-and-irrational-games-announce-street-date-for-bioshock-infinite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=19223","title":{"rendered":"2K Games and Irrational Games Announce Street Date for BioShock\u00ae Infinite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>Eagerly anticipated game to revolutionise action storytelling on October 19, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sydney, Australia \u2013 March 2, 2012<\/span><\/strong> <strong>\u2013 <\/strong>2K Games announced today that <strong><em>BioShock\u00ae Infinite<\/em><\/strong> will be available in Australia and New Zealand on October 19, 2012 on the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.wikia.com\/bioshock\/images\/f\/f1\/Infinitetrailer610.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Developed by Irrational Games, <em><strong>BioShock Infinite<\/strong><\/em> won more than 75 editorial awards at E3 in 2011, including the Game Critics Awards\u2019 Best of Show. The title has been named one of the most anticipated games of 2012 by more than 50 media outlets, including WIRED, USA Today, TIME, GameSpot, and GameTrailers. The <strong><em>BioShock<\/em><\/strong> franchise is one of the interactive entertainment industry\u2019s most successful and critically acclaimed series, which has sold-in over 9 million units worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter <strong><em>BioShock<\/em><\/strong>, we had a vision for a follow up that dwarfed the original in scope and ambition,\u201d said Ken Levine (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/iglevine\">@iglevine<\/a>), Creative Director of Irrational Games (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/irrationalgames\">@irrationalgames<\/a>). \u201c<strong><em>BioShock Infinite<\/em><\/strong> has been our sole focus for the last four years, and we can\u2019t wait for fans to get their hands on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>BioShock Infinite<\/em><\/strong> puts players in the role of Booker DeWitt, a hard-bitten former Pinkerton agent, together with the revolutionary AI companion, Elizabeth. The two struggle to escape the sky-city of Columbia, in a 1912 America that might have been. Armed with an arsenal of new weapons and abilities, they face menacing enemies, in unique expansive environments. Classic <strong><em>BioShock<\/em><\/strong> gameplay joins innovations such as aerial combat on high-speed Sky-Lines in the service of an immersive storyline \u2013 an Irrational Games signature.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>BioShock Infinite <\/em><\/strong>is not yet rated by the Australian Classification Board.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <strong><em>BioShock Infinite<\/em><\/strong> please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bioshockinfinite.com\">http:\/\/www.bioshockinfinite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eagerly anticipated game to revolutionise action storytelling on October 19, 2012 Sydney, Australia \u2013 March 2, 2012 \u2013 2K Games announced today that BioShock\u00ae Infinite will be available in Australia and New Zealand on October 19, 2012 on the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=19223\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19224,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19223\/revisions\/19224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}