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2K Boston's next big thing is a shooter

by Justin McElroy on Aug 10th 2009 5:31PM

"Yeah, that and 90 percent of the other games released every year," you retort.

Okay, we hear you, and trust us, we get it. It's not exactly earth-shattering that a 2K Boston job listing indicates that the follow-up to the studio's big-hit shooter BioShock would be another shooter. But do you remember the part where 2K Boston made BioShock? Yeah, you better believe we're going to tell you everything we learn about it until we have it in our trembling, grateful hands. (Speaking of which, it's also hiring a multiplayer level designer, for your info.)

Besides, we weren't positive it was going to be another shooter. It could have been another Freedom Force game, for all we knew. Actually, 2K Boston ... could you go ahead and make that too, while you're at it?

[Via Gamespot]

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Tags: 2k-boston, bioshock, freedom-force, Irrational-Boston, ken-levine

Reader Comments (33)

Damnit...Freedom Force 3 would have been awesome =(

If it brings something new to the table and not have crappy controls like Bioshock then Im ok with it, other than that GTFO

How did Bioshock have crappy controls?

Or did you make the mistake of playing a FPS on something other than a PC?

I played it on 360 (when I still supported the 360 before my second RROD aka when I still owned one) the game did not have crappy controls. It was sluggish to aim but the controls weren't crappy. I had no trouble beating the game. 13 year old girls have played and beaten the game and not complained about the controls.

Why play it on 3 different platforms?

It was really confusing using the DS3
I kept switching my weapons instead of shooting

Hmm...assuming their original Gameboy no longer works or they find a better experience playing on newer platforms, there's no reason to play Tetris on other platforms.

That said, the 360 and PS3 versions of Bioshock are nearly identical, and the PC version may or may not be superior depending on your hardware.

Assuming you OWN the game you enjoy, there seems to be little reason to own 3 unique copies of said game, unless 2 of your platforms died on you.

"While I do believe they were "fine", as I just said, they definitely were not up to the standards of something like Call of Duty. Why? Because it wasn't trying to be the next Call of Duty. It's focus was on the story and the immersion, not "click dude and explosion happens"."

You're point was lost on me with the use of this analogy. CoD 4 was incredibly immersive and had a very engaging story.

PLEASE LET IT BE A NEW SWAT Game. PLEASE LET IT BE A NEW SWAT Game. It probably wont be but I want to use that taser from SWAT 4 again!!! I remember playing SWAT 4 co-op with my brothers and dad it was hilarious. We'd all storm in with tasers and one of us would accidently shoot a hostage.

lol copy and paste screw up. Swat 4 was amazing. I loved the mission with that fat psychopath and his mom.

It's a new franchise. For sure.

I vote for Swat. 2k Boston knows how to make games, they just need fairy dust (and ideas).

Come on, 2nd person shooter...

+1 for you sir

ROFL!!!

Hey, with Shawn Elliott on board (among all the other gargantuan talent at 2k Boston), I'm fairly confident this'll be anything BUT a generic shooter.

Freedom Fighters 2! Freedom Fighters 2!

ZOMG.

What is a....shew-ter?

I think the 8th dimension is a much friendlier place. Can you take me with you?

Do you have a car that can go Mach 3??

How about the car you came here with...?

/me wants another System Shock...

I hope they make a new IP. Otherwise it's just too difficult to really get creative.

Call of Shock: Modern Seafood 2, feat. Soap 'Big Daddy' MacTavish

All I know is that it's Ken Levine, and that means an immersive world with RPG elements. And that means I'm so there.

Can't people come up with anything other than a shooter these days?

How is this a positive development? The majority of 2K Boston/2K Australia left after BioShock to form 2K Marin (Which, I just realized, is to the north of me) for BioShock 2. Some stragglers, in particular the Brosius family, moved to Harmonix. All that's really left of 2K Boston is Ken Levine and some new people. And I hear Ken's a real asshole!

I don't think there will be gold out of this one.

???, you are totally off base with that statement.
Around 8 people left 2k Boston to start 2k Marin, and hardly anyone from 2k Australia went to 2k Marin. The creative leads and technology core who worked on Bioshock, Freedom Force, and SWAT are still work at 2k Boston.

X-Com could be a squad based tactical shooter... Oh please let it be X-Com...

I remember him mentioning that was his next project. That could be great, if they make X-Com radically different from other Tactical shooters. Since that's basically what X-Com is: a turn-based tactical shooter.

Perhaps Fat Princess should have replaced cake with shooters. That's what I feel like, anyway.

I know it's heresy to say this, but Bioshock wasn't a particularly great shooter. Meager game play, trite plotting, but excellent atmosphere. It was so incredibly well received because it was a not-Halo shooter on a relatively new, powerful console. Take the Rapture setting away, and you end up with a workmanlike FPS like The Conduit.

I'd rather see this team, which demonstrated a peerless ability to immerse the gamer in a fresh and wonderfully realized environment, use its talents for an RPG, an adventure game, or some other game type, as shooters are not their strong suit.

I'll give any game a chance that Kevin Levine has worked on.

Loved Bioshock, can't wait to see what's next.

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