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"Three All-New Add-On Packs Are In Development"

2K has announced that BioShock Infinite will receive three expansion packs post-launch, adding "hours of additional gameplay" and "new stories, characters, abilities and weapons."

Did anyone say Season Pass?

It's back. The excitement is back. After a year-long media blackout, Bioshock Infinite is back on our radar in a very big way, with each tantalising trailer making us yearn ever more for its delights.

The latest glimpse of video takes a peek at the importance of Elizabeth, and the frankly terrifying power that she  can wield. We got hands-on with the game recently, and you can find our Bioshock Infinite preview here. The trailer is after the jump.

Platforms: PC (previewed) | PS3 | Xbox 360

Developers: Irrational Games

Publishers: 2K Games

I walk away from spending several hours in the gorgeous company of Bioshock Infinite with an unshakeable feeling that I've barely scratched the surface. In that time, I've summoned many a malevolent murder of crows to kill countless soldiers; I've been baptised in the holy sanctum of Columbia, and urged to venerate a bearded loon named Comstock; I've leapt from skyrails and felled foes with a fiery impact, watching them wither and burn under my blazing boots and flaming fists; I've met Elizabeth and watched her tear open the fabric of space and time; I've possessed machines and men, turning those who get in my way on one another; I've heard the Songbird's deafening call and watched as he ripped apart a building's walls as if they were paper.

And I still haven't really got the faintest clue what's going on.

To be honest, that's what the 'Shock' series has always been about. From System Shock through to the original Bioshock, and now as we arrive at Infinite: a protagonist adrift but for a seemingly singular objective in a compellingly alien world. It's that world building which made the original Bioshock such a fundamentally engaging experience as we, enraptured by Rapture, couldn't help but be dazzled by the architecture and the design, impressed by the ambitions and ideals that fuelled its creation, and ultimately increasingly horrified and appalled at the distorted, decaying dystopia that it had become.

By contrast, Columbia is a city that seems at first to be wholly functional - a paradise in the skies into which Booker DeWitt is flung, tasked in simplest of terms to 'get the girl' and 'wipe away the debt'. By the time we meet the girl and literally rescue her from the tower in which she is kept under lock and key and constant observation, we're still none the wiser as to the nature of Booker's debt, and only beginning to see why Elizabeth might be a little bit special.

A handful of hours in Columbia is enough to ascertain one thing, though: Paradise is rotting.

• What: Bioshock: Ultimate Rapture Edition
• Where: Amazon
• Current Price: £13.60
• Bioshock: Ultimate Rapture Edition Price Comparison
  
• Bioshock Review
• Bioshock 2 Review

With just over a month to go before Bioshock Infinite lands it's high time you caught up on the previous games. These two trips to the underwater city of Utopia are unlike any other games seen on this generation of consoles. The mix of FPS action with the use of special abilities paved the way for the likes of Dishonored. It's the stories and the setting itself that leave the biggest impression though.

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Irrational have released another documentary-style video detailing the background information about the floating city of Columbia, the setting of the upcoming Bioshock Infinite. We get an outsider’s perspective on sightings of the Songbird and even a few words on ‘The Lamb of Columbia’, which will surely turn out to be Elizabeth. Part 1 can be seen here, otherwise take a look at the new one after the break.

Fear Me, Hacker!

Oh, frabjous day! The rumours are true: System Shock 2 will finally be getting a re-release, starting on GOG.com. Tomorrow.

BioShock Infinite lead Ken Levine has discussed his feelings of "frustration" at media speculation over the game's "troubled" development, along with the rumour carousel that surrounded the canning of the game's purported multiplayer mode. 

• What: BioShock Infinite
• Where: GMG
• Current Price: £22.50 (£29.99)
• Voucher Code: GMG25-T6JV8-1NPBA
• BioShock Infinite Preview

After several barren months of delays, our jaded apathy is finally turning back into rampant unbridled excitement for BioShock Infinite. So much, in fact, that even hearing its name makes us start drooling involuntarily. £22.50-£24 has become the de facto 'deal price' for a PC pre-order, with Green Man Gaming offering a Steam code at the lower end of the spectrum (you'll save £1.49 compared to Get Games' current offer). Note that you'll get immediate access to the Industrial Revolution browser tie-in.

We're so ready for Bioshock Infinite, and once again it'll be because the city of Columbia, like Rapture before it, is an intriguing metropolis of fundamentally warped civilisation. This latest trailer for Irrational's upcoming opus places Columbia front and centre, giving us a further glimpse of 'the city in the sky'.

Bioshock Infinite's level designer Shawn Elliott has reflected on the backlash that Irrational Games suffered as a result of their rather uninspired box-art for Bioshock Infinite, suggesting that trying to condense the game's extraordinary breadth and vast array of themes into a single marketable image presents "a very difficult challenge".

Remember those budget educational documentaries from decades ago that you'd be forced to sit through at school? Well Irrational have produced a historical glimpse at Columbia's secession from the United States and the political machines that turn at its core that draws much from those educational vids, complete with crackling sound, grainy picture quality, and a terribly serious narrator.

And what's with the weird time jump? We caught a glimpse of one back at E3 in 2011, could this be another?

• What: Bioshock Infinite
• Where: Zavvi PS3 | 360
• Current Price: £34.07
• Discount Code: ZPOGTEN
• Bioshock Infinite PS3 | 360 Price Comparison

With the March 26th release date drawing ever closer, it's about time we actually put some money down for one of our most anticipated games ever. This discounted price will save your nearly £3 over the competition and is the lowest seen so far. With the game having such a high profile we wouldn't expect the price to go much lower. If it does though, we'll let you know. PS3 pre-orders come with a free code for a download of the original Bioshock game. Both formats also come with the Industrial Revolution flash game. Go on, book your flight to the city of Columbia now.

2K Games have released a trailer showcasing the several chunks of free stuff you can expect to receive for free as part of the 'Industrial Revolution' DLC pack when you pre-order Bioshock Infinite.

BioShock Infinite is getting a prequel novella, to be released on the Kindle Store next month.

Graphical Bells & Whistles Galore

Irrational Games have posted an in-depth look at the PC version of BioShock Infinite, which absolutely floored us when we saw preview builds in action over the last two years. Not only can we reveal the minimum and recommended specifications, but it appears that Irrational have gone to town when it comes to giving PC owners extra bang for their buck in the feature department with DX11 support, cloud saves, full-resolution texture installs and FOV adjustment for starters.

• What: Bioshock: Ultimate Rapture Edition
• Where: ShopTo
• Current Price: £13.85
• Bioshock: Ultimate Rapture Edition Price Comparison
  
• Bioshock Review
• Bioshock 2 Review

Latecomers to the Bioshock series should snap up this little beauty, which includes the first two games. You won't need to have played them to enjoy the upcoming Bioshock Infinite, but we'd heartily recommend them anyway. Playing in the underworld utopia gone wrong world of Rapture is a fantastic atmospheric experience. The first game was a huge critical success and the sequel improved the FPS aspects of the game while allowing you to play as a Big Daddy and also including surprisingly solid multiplayer. This edition also includes the challenge room DLC for both games. With only a few months to go before Infinite you owe it to yourself to visit rapture and Mr. Ryan first.

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Four new BioShock Infinite screenshots have tricked onto the internet, demonstrating very different aspects of the experience. You'll see SMG shooting, brutal 'death from above' Skyhook melee, a gorgeous interior environment and Elizabeth set to deck Booker with The Principles Of Quantum Mechanics.

In case you didn't know, BioShock Infinite is out on March 26th worldwide.

Irrational Games have decided to release the first five minutes of BioShock Infinite, unedited, for your viewing pleasure.

Be very aware that - by its very nature - the following footage is a MASSIVE SPOILER CONSISTING OF NUMEROUS MINOR SPOILERS. You might be better off waiting until BioShock Infinite releases in March 2013 if you want to preserve the surprise.

BioShock Infinite may have been delayed another month, but you can merrily fritter away the hours staring at this clutch of new screenshots. You'll witness enormous Tesla coils, an awful case of dermatitis and Elizabeth dressed in a much more conservative outfit.

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