Bioshock 4 Hits A Major Development Snag, And A Remake Of The Original Gets Put On Ice

BioShock fans will person to hold moreover longer to find retired if we're going to Rapture, Columbia aliases a marque caller metropolis since nan adjacent crippled successful nan franchise whitethorn beryllium headed backmost to nan drafting board. According to a study from Bloomberg, nan latest BioShock crippled that's being developed by Cloud Chamber grounded a reappraisal pinch executives astatine 2K Games. Bloomberg's sources explained that nan execs wanted betterment pinch nan game's narrative, which "will beryllium revamped successful nan coming months."

2K Games said successful a connection to Bloomberg that it presently has a "good game, but we are committed to delivering a awesome one." As nan 4th installment successful nan deed BioShock franchise, it has to travel up connected nan occurrence of BioShock Infinite, which was released successful 2013 and earned respective awards for wide design, gameplay, communicative and original soundtrack. The latest improvement hitch besides comes on pinch immoderate awesome changes successful nan crippled studio's leadership. According to Bloomberg, Cloud Chamber's workplace head, Kelley Gilmore, near nan role, while nan studio's imaginative director, Hogarth de la Plante, was shifted to a publishing position.

While nan title isn't confirmed, nan crippled believed to beryllium BioShock 4 was announced successful 2019 on pinch nan creation of nan Cloud Chamber studio. We still don't person a crippled six years later and nan workplace responsible whitethorn beryllium astatine consequence of layoffs, arsenic nan latest Bloomberg study mentioned a caller all-hands gathering wherever Cloud Chamber developers were told nan institution "needs to go much agile and efficient."

The 4th BioShock isn't nan only crippled successful nan bid that seems to beryllium stuck successful improvement hell. According to Bloomberg, nan remake of nan original BioShock was reportedly shelved earlier this twelvemonth by 2K Games. The breakout deed that threw players into nan unsocial mounting of Rapture came retired successful 2007 and has since been remastered successful 2016 arsenic portion of BioShock: The Collection. The remaster was made to support 1080p solution and higher framework rates, but fans person been waiting for a complete remake that portrays nan dystopian underwater metropolis pinch much modern graphics.