BioShock being 'optimized' for PS3 by Digital Extremes

by Ludwig Kietzmann on Jul 3rd 2008 2:00PM

2K Games has announced a partnership with Dark Sector developer, Digital Extremes, to aid in the completion of the PlayStation 3 version of superb submerged shooter, BioShock. Digital Extremes is the fourth studio to join the project -- 2K Marin, 2K Australia and 2K Boston have already dove in -- and aims to give PS3 players a "fully optimized experience," complete with new features and content. And trophies, probably.

James Schmalz, CEO and founder of Digital Extremes, noted that the decision to work on the critically acclaimed project didn't even require a brain. "When 2K approached us to assist with development on BioShock for the PLAYSTATION 3 system, it was a no-brainer," he said. "You really can't ask for a more exciting, technically impressive world to work in than Rapture, and the incredible knowledge and talent between the 2K studios and our team at Digital Extremes is unprecedented." Apparently, when it launches this October, BioShock will make the PS3 "sing with Big Daddy goodness and Little Sister 'thank you's'."

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Tags: 2K-Australia, 2K-Boston, 2K-Games, 2K-Marin, Bioshock, Digital-Extremes, PS3

Reader Comments (48)

Was Dark Sector a good game?

Yes, and underrated too.

From what I heard, it was a hit or miss game.

I only played the demo and some parts are hard and too dark (Damn you current gen graphics) but the Tron disc of doom was awesome.

I just wished the game was more colorful, even the Darkness allowed you too see things more clear.

When Dark Sector, Naruto: RoaN and The Simpson’s prices drop here I’ll buy all of them.Funny DMC4 price dropped very quickly here but Naruto is a still at the same price.

Its not a bad game. Graphics were impressive and frame rate was solid. I only have two things against it. The story was kind of weak and The Melee was just downright stupid. It was totally useless.

I think it was a solid game, very underrated.

"Melee was just downright stupid. It was totally useless."

Really? It wasn't deep, but I found to be very powerful. When I'd get surrounded I'd just start hacking away with my glaive. Worked great.

I played the demo. It was alright. Nothing special.

It's a technical beast (Flawless FPS, Jawdropping graphics) with mediocre gameplay.

And we were told this was a 360 exclusive... Well darn fellas, Add another one to the multiplatform list.

In anycase, this is a rental at best anyways. Doesn't matter what system.

Rental at best? Wow...

I don't know about you but I was more than happy with my purchase of Bioshock. Fantastic game.

Woooooo!!!

honestly does anyone still care about this game?

bioshock 2 on the horizon cmon get with the times

I base my purchases on games that have more then 5hrs of gameplay.

Exactly arrgh

As for rental I sorta agree with that statement. I mean really after you've gotten all the cheevos what else is there to do? I played it thru 4 times...1st on the lower difficulties while trying to get as many basic achievements as possible.

2nd time I killed all the lil brats.

3rd time I played on a harder difficulty and I saved the lil angels...

And the 4th time I saved them and I focused on getting all the remaining achievements I had not gotten.

It really doesn't require more than a week or 2 worth of time. Once I had done everything I put it away and moved on.

Great game but in the long run it doesn't have a lasting replay value like some other games. Still though I'm glad its a part of my 360 library collection.

So another company is doing the porting? I am getting "Orange Box" flashbacks...

Digital Extremes are not EA, that must count for something..

Plus this isnt an outside job, if you read it properly it never said the entire job was being given to Digital Extremes. It seems they are merely helping the various 2K teams because of their experience with PS3 coding.

lol!

We'll see, actually I already played the game a year ago. So I am hoping the PS3 crowd gets a decent port.

patchwork port pieced together spanning multiple studios?

Yep that definitely does NOT have PS3 coding nightmare written all over it.

How many studios can code properly for ps3 already? Now they want to throw a bunch into one port?

I remembered hearing a word to describe this kind of descision

Fail.

4D GRAPHICS HERE WE COME!!!

Optimizing, not making the game look better you dick.

Jokes old, never was funny anyways.

Did I touch a nerve?

Making something look better would be consider Optimizing you silly little boy.

Old jokes are great, with reactions like that :).

It's already been stated that the graphics will look identical with very very few differences.

Wonder if this has anything to do with the delays Epic had when trying to get the Unreal 3 engine to work on the PS3 properly?

Sad that the ps3 is getting this game but I doubt it will sell as well as it did on the 360...games gonna be over a year old and most people who were excited about it probably got it for PC if they were sony fanboys...

/CaptainObvious

too true, but there are some people....

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/5/23/

Why is it sad? I mean I love my xbox and all but jesus what is the big deal? I played it, last year... cool. Now anyone with just a PS3 can play a great game... sad.

This crap gets old, real old.

Of course its probably going to look better. They had like a whole nother year to work on it.

and now with the 4th dimension available.

Is that the only joke you know?

Oh of course it is.. He is an idiot =]

Digital Extremes... put the GLAIVE in this game and I'll be sold... again!!!

Bioshock is seriously my favorite game. It deserves to be played by everyone.

Is one of those games I don't get tired of beating.Like Megaman Maverick Hunter X.I have a save at the end of the game in hard to beat the boss again and again.

And by optimize, does that mean they plan to include Southpaw in the PS3 version?

If they launch a LE version with a Big Daddy figurine (again) I'm buying it again,I only got the Vanilla version.

This is sounding less and less like a half-assed port. Good stuff.

AKA - It'll almost rival the PC in visuals.

Of course there'll be trophies. Transplanting the 360 achievements over is cake.

if there is a sizable section were i can play as the bouncer i'm in, if not i'll wait till its cheap again. i would just love that drill

"AKA - It'll almost rival the PC in visuals."
The PS3 couldn't handle PC visuals from 2 years ago, hows it all of a sudden going to do it now?

The likely truth is that 2k wasn't going to waste their time & energy trying to get the game running on that pig of a PS3.

Its funny how the PS3 fanboys grasp on to words like 'optimize' and let their imaginations run wild, interpreting it as 'teh hidden powar of PS3 will be r3vealed!'

The term "PC visuals" is stupid anyway. Most PCs out there can't match "PC visuals". I've played both the 360 version and PC version. The visuals are already very similar. You can run it as higher resolutions, but it looks pretty much the same.

MS defence force?

Not gonna buy this, im gonna borrow it from a friend for the 360 (when i get one). Its good to see that ps3 owners will get to play this, but it shoulda launchd at the same times cuz now the sales will not be very good, since we got a bunch of other games to look forward to.

Not interested. I played the PC version and I just couldn't the hype that surrounded this game. Good-to-average looking game. It played OK ... some sections were a bit scary but nothing that hasn't been seen or done before. IMHO.

So it takes four studios to port games to PS3 now?

Wow

Whats with the pathetic Joyswiq quotes around optimised?

You lot really are are bunch of wankers.

well, say goodbye to bioshock's originality. :(

why would 2k look for others for the job? i thought 2k already have enough talent for the job, sound very fishy to me... no disrespect, but i don't think digital extremes is the answer

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