radiofloyd Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Two special editions of BioShock Infinite have been unveiled by Irrational Games boss Ken Levine.The Ultimate Songbird Edition is the most lavish and includes a nine-and-a-half-inch statue of the game's iconic avian enemy. In the US it costs $149.99 (about £93). It's "the coolest statue ever", Levine claimed in a just-published blog post. The piece was designed by talented concept artist and Irrational veteran Robb Waters, he who dreamt up BioShock's Little Sisters. Other goodies include a linen-bound 64-page artbook, a 25mm Handyman figurine, a propaganda poster lithograph, 3" Murder of Crows bottle keychain and a digital soundtrack. In-game items include three exclusive Gear power-ups: Bull Rush to strike down foes when you melee; Extra! Extra! to earn money from collecting audio logs; and Betrayer to see enemies explode in a damaging ball of flames upon death. Xbox 360 players get Booker and Elizabeth avatar costumes, while PC and PlayStation 3 gamers receive Themes. The Ultimate Songbird Edition will include all of the above, while the standard Special Edition will include everything but the statue for $79.99. European pre-orders will begin on Monday, 22nd October - expect to see local pricing then. BioShock Infinite is due to launch on 26th February after a long and delayed development. This week more staff were reported as having left the project for pastures new, after earlier high-profile departures in August. New gameplay footage - the first in many months - is due to be unveiled this weekend. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-18-bioshock-infinite-ultimate-songbird-edition-includes-monstrous-statue Image in link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 given the amount of staff they've lost over the past few months, the delays, the added multiplayer, the removed multiplayer, I think I might wait on this one, especially as I suspect reviews for it might not be... restrained Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wholehole Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 In Ken we trust No matter the cost the Ultimate Songbird Edition will be mine, oh yes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illdog Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I do love the name 'Ultimate Songbird' but i really dont need another statue. I will get the special edition and make my own statue out of tampons and fruit. A picture if you cant be bothered to click radiofloyd's link: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 New trailer, "Beast of America": Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambob Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Looks good, slightly different than weve seen before. What exactly does 'in-engine' footage mean though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craymen Edge Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Looks good, slightly different than weve seen before. What exactly does 'in-engine' footage mean though? It means it's rendered by the game engine rather than being cgi video, while also being careful to make sure not to call it in-game. So probably hi-spec hardware, and not necessarily going to be exactly as it may appear in game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wholehole Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Awesome trailer, really can't wait for this!! Has anyone seen the Ultimate Songbird Edition up for pre-order yet? A few places have the Premium Edition but the big boy seems to MIA [EDIT] The official word is "SOON" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wholehole Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Damn GAME exclusive http://www.game.co.u...-edition-188056 £109... Pricey, but worth it. Also got a code for Industrial Revolution which is supposed to give various things for the game through completing puzzles and stuff. http://www.finkmanufacturing.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKurosaki Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Definitely a "Special" Edition compared to some games use of that term ("DLC Bollocks-Special Edition!"). As nice as it looks though, £110 is out of my price range for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 BioShock Infinite will not include a multiplayer portion, series creator Ken Levine has confirmed. Developer Irrational Games was known to have been working on several multiplayer modesearlier this year. Levine announced in August that at least two of these had been cut. Levine last night revealed the lack of multiplayer while responding to a fan query on Twitter(as spotted by Evil Avatar). "No multi", he wrote. Irrational had been working on a Spec Ops mode, which allowed four players to blast through levels from the single-player campaign. A tower defense-style mode was also cut. It had shrunken players battling enemy toys in a steampunk arcade machine. Work on a multiplayer offering - which by job postings was seemingly only embarked upon this year - may have caused the game's delay into early 2013. The original BioShock eschewed multiplayer, a decision reversed for sequel BioShock 2 which lacked Levine's involvement. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-26-bioshock-infinite-has-no-multiplayer-creator-confirms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 DLC probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 New gameplay footage: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-12-08-new-bioshock-infinite-gameplay-footage-emerges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 "Truth from Legend" http://youtu.be/38zslPj3qWU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Exclusive review on IGN and they deem it worthy of a 9.4: http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/03/22/bioshock-infinite-xbox-360ps3-review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 And the rest: Eurogamer - 10 Game Informer - 10 Gamestm - 10 Destructoid - 10 CVG - 9.1 Gamespot - 9.0 Edge - 9 Nowgamer - 8.0 Kotaku Wot I Think - RPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambob Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Yikes, well this has to be good news I guess. For some reason I feel like im supposed to not like this game, and my initial reaction was to try and think of a way that these scores were wrong or something like that, think im going to have to give this ago then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambob Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Some of the reviews on metacritic for these are frighteningly full of praise, statements like:'It’s a watershed moment for our industry, and I’d be hard pressed to tell you that anything that came before is better. More so, however, I can’t imagine that anything else, in my lifetime, will top this.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 The problem is that the first game got the same kind of scores and had quite a few problems. The least I'm hoping for is that it's as interesting as the first game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Really considering getting this on PC. I presume it has controller support? Silly question I know. I just hope it's worth dialling back the settings to get into run ok or I could get it on 360 and not have to worry about that, but might not look as nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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