Shipping this week: rapturous edition

by Richard Mitchell on Aug 20th 2007 3:30PM

Well kiddies, it's finally here. BioShock will officially hit store shelves tomorrow. Now everyone will be able to share in the joy of the lucky few who nabbed the game early at Toys R' Us (or the lucky four that won it from us -- yes, the giveaway is over, by the way). So, go out and buy it already! Don't forget that you can get it on the cheap if you know where to look. Also of interest, Two Worlds is finally shipping this week, though most advertisements list it as being available this Friday, so you may not be seeing it in your local stores on Tuesday.

Now, if only we could find an honest review of BioShock, we'd be set.

[Via Joystiq]

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Tags: bioshock, shippingthisweek, twoworlds

Reader Comments (51)

Bioshock...meh. Can't wait for Halo 3, Mass Effect, Ace Combat 6 and PGR4. I'll even have enough money for them when they come out!

I've been back and forth deciding whether or now I should buy this game. I'm more of a multiplayer type of a gamer, so I'll probably just rent it. Though I'm not taking anything from the game, I'm sure it's going to be an excellent title. But multiplayer games last a little bit longer for me. (I'm not into getting every single achievemnt, etc.)

I decided to put bioshock into my active Q on gamefly and it shipped today. I cant wait for it to show up wednesday. Hope this holds me over until Halo 3.

Did you guys download the demo? I have no doubt that Bioshock is going to be the smartest game ever released on a console.

I can not wait for this game... I'm planning on playing through it and getting as many of the realistic achievments as possible and even helping my girl through it if she asks... I love halo and can't wait for 3... but honestly... I dunno. After I play both games through I'll decide which would get my vote or GOTY... Although... Assassins Creed looks pretty sweet too... oh the pain in the wallet....

So are you guys really not gonna tell us what the winning comments were? of course not! what am i talking about, that would make absolute sense!

Whatever. Im getting the collectors edition tomorrow as soon as the gamestop I have it reserved at gets it. Multiplayer wouldn't really work for this type of game with the game play and setting and all that. ZOMG cant wait!

blockbuster 1 week rental. $12.99
late fees. : $0.00
game finished and returned within 45 days
restocking fee: $1.75.

not wasting $69.99 on a single-player only-game: priceless.

damn, i hate the day before a good game release. what could possibly entertain me today when bioshock is coming out tomorrow?

Intentles, how old is your kid? If shes not at least 17, I would highly consider rethinking letting her play it, unless you want her to be waking you up from nightmares and want her exposed to the gore and all, But, thats just me

Oh and posting that Bioshock review was absolute genius.

@9
I could be wrong, but when he said "my girl" i think he meant a girlfriend.. not a child.. either way, i agree that should be at least 17.

when he said "his girl" I read it as "his girlfriend" ...

not sure tho.

(doubt someone would let their little girl play Bioshock, wouldn't want them turning into a Little Sister, would he =)

aww come on trashman. if i had a kid id buy it for them if they were 13 (a "mature" 13 though, whatever that means). but probably not younger.

@7
How does that work if you get a 7 day rental and return it 45 days later the charge is only $1.75? Is there a type-o in there somewhere?

Trashman, Intentless was talking about his "woman" not his daughter.

All you guys that are renting it are seriously going to want buy it when you play through it. Why wouldn't you want to buy it? Im gonna be playing the hell out of this game till halo 3. I only rent games for achievements cause Im a achievement whore ;)

"How does that work if you get a 7 day rental and return it 45 days later the charge is only $1.75? Is there a type-o in there somewhere?"

Blockbuster's no late fees policy.

Ah. That makes sense, DjDATZ. Didn't consider that. Not being a smart ass, btw

Two Worlds finally!!! I can't believe it

After 30 days of having the game, I believe they make you buy the game. Not 100% sure though

I have asked in various threads and also emailed them the last copy in the giveaway. I have come to the conclusion that someone "yoinked" that last copy and now they are conveniently not responding. Oh well, I am getting the Limited Edition anyways but who can pass up free!

Lol his @ "woman". Blockbuster has had a new policy in place for a couple years now, they only charge for a restocking fee. If you don't return it within 1 month then you have to purchase it.

Lol xenocidic my intention was not to bash on single player games. IMO Bioshock is one of the best games made for Xbox360, and I agree that multiplayer does not fit with this game. I was only implying that I would rather rent, beat it, beat it again, return it, then pick up my Legendary.

This game is definitely not a waste of money.

@trashman, yea sorry i should have explained that a little better. blockbuster in Canada (USA too, I think) has "no late fees" , so after the 7 days , you can keep it for 7 days, then they post it to your account as a sale, then you have 30 days to return it, and pay a "restocking fee" to reverse the "sale" transaction.

also @trashman, I just don't see this game having huge replayability - without multiplayer, 45 days should give me enough time to finish the game and it's related cheevos.

Two Worlds.. meh. Was somewhat looking forward to this. Having online play is cool and all, but not too thrilled from what I have seen. Many other games and dvd's im buying instead

Ya. I guess your right, xenocidic. Its just that when this was announced at X06, I was immediately existed. Im a achievement whore and I am committing myself to getting all of them and Im playing this many times to tied myself over till halo 3. And plus, I want the big daddy figurine and soundtrack with remixes by moby

oops, excited i meant to say. Typo

"All you guys that are renting it are seriously going to want buy it when you play through it. Why wouldn't you want to buy it? Im gonna be playing the hell out of this game till halo 3. I only rent games for achievements cause Im a achievement whore ;)"

I'll be renting a couple games at Blockbuster before H3 in hopes of getting my GS to 15000 (and to fuck with a buddy of mine) so i'll be getting sum achievement whore games. ;)

lolz! Nice, DjDATZ. I also rent some games to try them out first if there isn't a demo for it. I will be renting blue dragon even though there is a demo for it, but im kinda confused as how the battles work cause the demo doesn't really explain how they work at all. If I like it, I will get it. Also, im kinda iffy on getting it before really trying it out cause of the reviews

This is a total rental. I agree that without a multiplayer component, the replay value drops considerably.

Gamefly is frickin overpriced! Try GameZnFlix. You can get two game out for 12.99 which is a hell of a difference and better price

YES! Just popped in my disk and am playing Bioshock!

I posted my honest review on Fun Vampires today.
check it out Here.
http://funvampires.com/2007/08/20/bioshock-for-xbox-360-review/

Go Brag somewhere else This Charming Man!

hahah Mauricio, I even picked up an extra copy... NOT FOR YOU!

I kinda' regret playing the demo... I can't wait to get to parts of the game I havent played yet.

About the last BioShock winner:

Just so everyone knows, the reason for the delay of the announcement is that our first winner failed to respond. So, we picked a new winner on Saturday. All we're waiting on is age verification.

As for who won part two, we posted that right here:

http://xbox.joystiq.com/2007/08/16/fanswag-win-a-copy-of-bioshock-get-it-overnighted-part-2/

If this game has a god mode or other cheat, I'll buy it. I suck at FPS games, and don't really care about achievements.

Just send it to me please.

DOB: 03-02-1985
BirthPlace: Elmhurst, IL
Hobbies: Computer, playing videogames, all sports, winning free stuff from X3F

"Just send it to me please.

DOB: 03-02-1985
BirthPlace: Elmhurst, IL
Hobbies: Computer, playing videogames, all sports, winning free stuff from X3F"

Well certainly. I'd love to send it to you. I'll just....

WAIT A MINUTE!

Nice try :)

Thanks Sensei. That actually was a good comment.

Bioshock sucks.

not.

Lol, but seriously I highly doubt that kid is over 17, I would've sent you my license, passport, green card, alien residency, everything with my DOB to get the free game.

LOL @ poprocker

To be honest I can't believe the game is getting certified. I wonder if the final build is any good. It might be a game I hold off on for a half year.

yah gameznflix is good priced and everything but its almost impossible to get any good games...first off, games that were released on 6/26 STILL havent showed up to be rented and on top of it, games that actually did show up and are semi new, they probably have 2 copies of and u cant get them...all i use it for is for crappy older games that i would never buy and just want the whore points

BIOSHOCK baby - can't wait. I remember seeing the first snipet of little sister climbing out of that hole and battle between you and big daddy way back when. The demo draws me in I just want to see more and explore. The reviews say it all - this is going to rock! Circuit City tomorrow or price matching if they sell out.

I was alittle pissed when I found out that Bio Shocks Se was to come in a regular case and not the metal case. A Se case like Halo 2, Doom 3 or Prey would have been nice.

@20

You get 30 days to return the game after it's due back, and if you do so, you pay only the restocking fee. So 30 days + the two week rental = about 45 days for $14.75. If you go beyond 30 days after the due date, you bought it.

I think.

Total rental?

So far the reviews for this game place it on average as the best game to come out on the 360... how does that make it a total rental?

This game SHOULDN'T have multiplayer, period. Why does no one seem to understand that?

wierddemon

agreed so hard with you. based off the plasmid powers it'd make the game totally imbalanced.

take away those for multiplayer then it'd be just a boring deathmatch. like doom. it's the AI that makes the game so great.

adding multiplayer to this would be like when they added multiplayer to Metroid Prime 2: extremely tacky and would sorely damn it as a unique single player experience.

so remember kiddies like Metroid Prime 2, multiplayer can hurt a game's reputation as well!!

My Big Daddy is BROKEN!!!1, 2K is in the process of setting up a replacement program.

(http://www.2kgames.com/bioshock/busted/)

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