Game Informer cover confirms Big Sisters, return to Rapture for BioShock 2

by Randy Nelson on Mar 10th 2009 6:50PM

As confirmed by Take-Two during today's investors call, the April issue of Game Informer features a cover story on BioShock 2. The mag's site has now posted said cover image, providing a first look at the new "Big Sister" character teased by the game's official site, along with confirmation that players will be returning to the first BioShock's setting: the underwater city of Rapture.

The Big Sister looks to be as iconic as her predecessor, the Big Daddy, sporting interesting details including bows tied to her Little Sister "carrying cage" and what appears to be either an arm-mounted rifle or potentially -- not to mention more fittingly -- a large ADAM syringe. Click on the source link for a Big ~~Daddy~~ Sister-sized version of the cover.

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Tags: 2k-marin, bioshock, bioshock-2, game-informer, take-two

Reader Comments (89)

sweet! cant wait. the first game was ALOT better than i was expecting

Scary = Little Sister in the dark holding a syringe

Even Scarier = Little Sister as adolescent on period... holding a syringe

*shivers down the spine*

@Latin_Trident: Aww, come on, really? :\

@Saria the Cat

So sorry, didn't mean to offend gamers with that comment. if it helps any, my ex would be nice to me during her period but she chewed off everybody elses head. then she left me.... :) I got married later Yay!

latin_trident you are misogynist scum

@Latin_Trident: I suggest you think about what you're going to type before you hit the submit button, lest you reveal your obvious issues relating to the opposite sex.

@Latin_Trident

I'm fairly certain you never been with a woman, judging by both your comments.

@Latin_Trident and Latin_Trident
I like cookies.
just thought I'd let you know.

I know lots of people are worried about this sequel and perhaps I should be too (Bioshock was easily my game of 2007), but I just can't help but be incredibly optimistic about it.

Levine may not be at the helm, but he seems like the kind of guy who wouldn't let a shitty sequel come out and taint his good name.

The fact that they've already announced a threequel and are making comparisons to Star Wars makes me think "uh oh" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioshock#Sequels ).

son of a...
i hadnt seen this.
Still a tiny bit excited.
I'll always have Sander Cohen.

True that, my...dear? Beautiful? Butterfly! Sorry, it took me a second to remember :P

Wait, no! Moth. I fail

That was real creepy at first. You, not Sander.
Well both.
And in the end, you both proved yourselves.

either way, it's just as intimidating as the big daddy drill

All I keep thinking is "damn, those are gonna be hard to kill"

Was there ever any doubt?

BTW, that was a rhetorical question.

WE'RE GOIN BACK BABY!

I never got into bioshock :/

i beat it twice but i didn't really enjoy it either time

Batman is a masochist - confirmed.

sado-masochism ftw!

I would bear any burden for achievements, or you know, Gotham

I hope they give the gameplay more depth. The first one was pretty damn shallow, which I found very surprising given the team's past games.

Yeah definitely. System Shock 2 is leagues above Bioshock.

But still Bioshock is no slouch, I enjoyed it and it had good atmosphere. Hopefully they don't run out of ideas for the second game. The prospect of returning to Rapture already has me worried. Please keep the quality of the first's story intact.

Completely agreed. More types of baddies. Fewer or at least more varied key card hunts.

And how about an inventory system so I can use the U-build it without making stuff I didn't really need?

I really liked this game a lot! Probably one of the best story lines in FPS! Will they have 3 endings again? What if you get to play after the spliced people take over the submarine? that would be sick!

*poops pants*

please change your picture. it really is annoying. almost like it is begging to be punched!

I'm very sorry to hear that my face displeases you enough to leave a comment to tell me about it. Perhaps you can go eat a dick.

@Latin_Trident
Please change yours, almost like it's begging me to shove it up your ass.

Douche.

Jerk Face: "Hey man, you are a real loser. You know what they say Sticks and Stones...."

*Jerk Face runs to bedroom crying and cries so hard, he poops his pants*

@melloncollie:

only reason why I have my pic is cause it goes well with the name trident. then again the picture of jerk face goes well with... you know, jerk face.

Anyways, i like bioshock.

@melloncollie: please never change your picture. Props.

@Jerk Face:

Hey man, thanks for considering what i wrote. Props on the pic. If I could remove my comments about your pic. I would. Peace.

He's a jerk why?

Oh, right. Because he reacted angrily when you told him you'd like to punch him in the face.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/

Oddly enough, your old profile pic was probably more likely to make me want to punch you in the face. This one? I'd shake your hand and introduce you to my mother, as I'm sure she'd think you were a nice young gentleman. And then she'd shove a knife up trident's ass.

Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!

*squeals*

Mister Bubbles? Why is that strange woman screaming? Is she making an Angel?

Big Sister? It does feel kind of feel like nickel and dimming of one of the most iconic enemies ever created in a video game,in my opinion, but I'm actually curious as to how they're going to plot this into the continuity.

On one hand, you'd have to explain why Big Sisters weren't there along with Big Daddies in Bioshock and on the other, Rapture definitely wasn't capable of creating them after the events of BioShock with the entire city going batshit crazy and trying to kill each other.

Ten bucks says it's a Little Sister all grown up.

The Big Sisters are probably the Little Sisters that returned to Rapture. They're kidnapping the girls from coastal towns to make them Little Sisters.

Except that 1) They don't grow up in their spliced-up parasite infested forms and 2) where the hell do they get those fancy custom-tailored armors?

ARGH! TOO MANY DAMN PLOTHOLES! HEAD A-SPLODES!

@ Iwa

Yeah, but weren't they pure ordinary girls at that point if the good ending is considered canon? Why would they just go back to 'that place' and try to restart it/sustain it, rather than letting it die and collapse?

This game is gonna keep me busy for months before it even comes out. Awesome...

"On one hand, you'd have to explain why Big Sisters weren't there along with Big Daddies in Bioshock and on the other"

No, you wouldn't. You'd have to just put them in the game along with the radical new plasmids and a couple simple plot twists and stick out your hand and wait for $60. Which is people are worried about the new dev team approach and franchise outlook.

I would love to have Big Sisters fight each other in this game! That would be so awesome. Just think of all of the hair pulling...ouch!

Sir Buzz Killington:

Well if the good ending is canon, it's still possible to have them go back. All were shown is glimpses of their future, but not their entire lives. It's possible that the events may have occurred in the gaps we weren't shown. Should be interesting, since the game is supposed to be both a prequel and a sequel.

To be honest I don't get how anything could possibly make sense after what happened at the end (Well... Throughout the entire game really) of the first one (Especially going back to Rapture... lolwut?). Unless it's a prequel, but even then anything new wouldn't make sense since it should have been in the first one... I think a Bioshock sequel was just a pretty bad idea all round

I bet 500$ that there will also be a Small Daddy.

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