The highly anticipated sixty second BioShock launch trailer just debuted on Spike TV and if you missed it we're wondering, why? It's not like we didn't give you a heads up or anything, jeez guys, stay on the ball next time. Anyhoo, for those who did get a chance to see it we think we can all agree that the best way to summarize the new BioShock trailer is by using adjectives such as "awesome", "amazing" and "super-duper". It's truly that good. For those who haven't seen it yet, we've embedded it above for your convenience. Just promise us you'll be a little more punctual next time, okay?
But we're sure everyone is a tad bit more excited to hear the uber-hyped surprise announcement, which we must say is a doosy. Right after the trailer concluded on Spike TV, Geoff Keighley popped up to announce that a 1.35GB BioShock demo is available right now (yes, this very second) on the XBLM! Hurry fanboys, your first chance to experience BioShock awaits you on the Marketplace!
Reader Comments (104)
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:03PM (Unverified) said
Way ahead of ya and almost done downloading.
Was comin to give ya the heads up.
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Was comin to give ya the heads up.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:03PM Magic Whiskey said
Trailer was fun and looked nice, but wasn't gameplay.. meh. I'll get to play the demo in a bit after it downloads, anyway! :) Still not sold on this game; by the end of the night I will make my decision I'd assume.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:04PM (Unverified) said
damn it, got to 3rd and 4th instead, stupid e-mail confirmation
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:05PM (Unverified) said
I want this game SO BAD.
Too bad my F*CKING XBOX RRODed on me!!!
At least i'll be guaranteed a copy when I go into the store!
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Too bad my F*CKING XBOX RRODed on me!!!
At least i'll be guaranteed a copy when I go into the store!
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:07PM Magic Whiskey said
demo is 1.32 GB I believe. Downloading now..just began at ten-ish so I'll have the demo by..4am..haha.... (slow connection apparently)
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:14PM (Unverified) said
OMFG!!..finally the demo , downloading it right now , maybe in 1 hour i will be playing it..( hope so)..and the trailer..is not gameplay but what a great trailer :D
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:26PM Intellectualdiot said
Well, I can't download it yet as I made a certain divine figure a promise that I'd go to church and give thanks if the demo indeed landed tonight.
...Screw that. I'm sure that they'll be too busy playing the demo to notice.
To the marketplace!
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...Screw that. I'm sure that they'll be too busy playing the demo to notice.
To the marketplace!
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:30PM (Unverified) said
Damn it, downloads slowin down at 50 percent, word must be out to the 360 nation, damn the interwebs
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:29PM (Unverified) said
Everyone stop downloading it at once and clogging my internets. Its stuck at 19%.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:34PM AbsoluteZero said
lol looks like XBL got flooded cause now i'm getting that error message
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:45PM BananaBoat said
Yep, I can also confirm that it's crashed dead. What a bother!
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:47PM (Unverified) said
what a day, got the RROD playin the stranglehold demo, now find out the bioshock demo came out?!?! ahhhhh
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:47PM (Unverified) said
anyone know the name´s song of the trailer? thanks
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:48PM BananaBoat said
It's back up. Crisis averted, let's all take a deep breath. Lol
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:49PM (Unverified) said
yeah i thought my xbox was screwed but i guess live crashed
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:50PM (Unverified) said
oh thank god. i thought it was my internet connection going haywire. luckily it's just xbox live crashing.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:52PM (Unverified) said
anyone know the name´s song of the trailer? thanks me to
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:55PM (Unverified) said
Excellent video, now all I have to do is wait for my stupid internet connection to be connected so I can finally download the demo.
Btw the song is "Beyond the Sea" originally by Bobby Darin (although don't know who sings the ad version)
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Btw the song is "Beyond the Sea" originally by Bobby Darin (although don't know who sings the ad version)
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:57PM (Unverified) said
Ok, Maybe I didn't notice it earlier, but it looks like the Beautiful Katamari demo is up too, which is cool.
I slogged through the slowness of Live and I am fighting for every percent of the demo...right now, it is at 7 (reminds me of the halo 3 beta download)
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I slogged through the slowness of Live and I am fighting for every percent of the demo...right now, it is at 7 (reminds me of the halo 3 beta download)
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 10:59PM (Unverified) said
Runty, I think the version in the trailer is by Frank Sinatra.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:06PM BananaBoat said
26, either you are sorely mistaken, or it's not up in the American version of Xbox Live. I'm hoping you aren't BSing us, and it'll show up soon >,
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:06PM (Unverified) said
everything is running again took them 7 minutes to fix. It always happens when i really big demo is released and it clocks in at over a gig i couldnt even imagine what PSN would be like if they released somthing like this
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Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:47PM (Unverified) said
There is a demo of beautiful k on the xbox magazine demo disc for about two weeks now. I wouldn't doubt it would be on xbl by now.
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Posted: Aug 13th 2007 12:11AM (Unverified) said
I can't get it past 1%. Im just going to get off for the night and let it download all night. Maybe it will finish....
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Posted: Aug 13th 2007 12:12AM (Unverified) said
downloading right now. The water in this game is beautiful.
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Posted: Aug 13th 2007 12:13AM (Unverified) said
sweet judging by how fast this download is going Ill be playing the demo by the time the game comes out on shelves.
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Posted: Aug 13th 2007 12:14AM NukeAssault said
Started at/around 10:30 its now 12:14 and im at 23%... looks like i wont be playing this till i wake up. XD
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Posted: Aug 13th 2007 12:23AM (Unverified) said
@ 25 & 27
It's not Bobby Darin or Sinatra it's Robbie Williams. He did a CD a few years back with swing music. It's also on the Finding Nemo soundtrack...my daughter loves that song.
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It's not Bobby Darin or Sinatra it's Robbie Williams. He did a CD a few years back with swing music. It's also on the Finding Nemo soundtrack...my daughter loves that song.
Posted: Aug 13th 2007 1:01AM Magic Whiskey said
Download got as far as 10% for the last 3 hours, then re-started it..now it's at 1% for the past 20 minutes. Grrr!
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Posted: Aug 13th 2007 1:06AM ConstableChaos said
My roommate and I are making sweet love to the demo right now its AWESOME!!!
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Posted: Aug 13th 2007 1:21AM (Unverified) said
dis demo only for download on the xbox 360 or is it available on pc as well?
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Posted: Aug 13th 2007 1:39AM Magic Whiskey said
Pointless update: it's been 38 minutes since I posted my status comment here, and it's gone another 7%.
I need a drink....
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I need a drink....
Posted: Aug 13th 2007 1:42AM Magic Whiskey said
Listened to Major's blogcast and checked out 'e's new TV...I found the one I want now! DjDATZ, check'a this:
http://www.samsung.com/ca/products/tv/dlp/hlt5089sxxaa.asp?page=Specifications
50 inch LED engine Samsung DLP! woot!
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http://www.samsung.com/ca/products/tv/dlp/hlt5089sxxaa.asp?page=Specifications
50 inch LED engine Samsung DLP! woot!
Posted: Aug 13th 2007 1:45AM (Unverified) said
Wowza, never would've even checked for the demo if it weren't for this posting. Brilliant!
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