21.08.2007 12:00:00
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2K Games Announces BioShock Now Available
2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
(NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that BioShock is now
available in North America for Xbox 360™ video
game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows®,
and will be available in Europe beginning August 24. Developed by 2K
Boston and 2K Australia, BioShock is a "genetically
enhanced" first-person shooter that lets players do things never before
possible in the genre.
Gamers enter the game as a castaway in Rapture, an underwater utopia
torn apart by civil war. Caught between powerful forces and hunted down
by genetically modified "splicers" and deadly security systems, players
have to come to grips with a deadly, mysterious world filled with
powerful technology and fascinating characters. No encounter ever plays
out the same and no two gamers will play BioShock the same way.
"With the release of BioShock,
we are redefining the shooter experience by providing players with the
freedom to decide how to proceed and which actions to take,”
said Christoph Hartmann, President of 2K. "The
teams at 2K Boston and 2K Australia have captured the essence of this
underwater world and brought it to vivid life in the art design and
open-ended storyline. Welcome to Rapture.”
In the decaying art deco underwater city of Rapture, players can turn
everything they encounter into a weapon, biologically modify their body
with plasmids, hack devices and security systems, upgrade weapons, craft
new ammo variants, and experiment with different battle techniques.
"The development team has been working on BioShock
for years to push the limits in every way possible, so we are excited
for gamers to finally experience BioShock as we’ve
always imagined it,” said Ken Levine,
President and Creative Director of 2K Boston. "We
delivered on our promise of bringing gamers a unique and enriching
first-person shooter experience that not only challenges their capacity
to adapt and survive, but tests their values and commitment to the
inhabitants of Rapture.” BioShock’s features include:
Biologically modify your body with plasmids which are genetic
augmentations that empower you with dozens of fantastic abilities
including: send Electrobolts storming from your fingertips, unleash a
swarm of hornets hatched from the veins of your arms, or strategically
turn enemies against one another with irritants.
Take control of your world by hacking devices and systems: reprogram
enemy security bots into personal bodyguards, modify vending machines
to change prices, and transform machine gun security turrets into
powerless pieces of metal.
Upgrade your weapons at Power-to-the-People stations located through
Rapture: craft variants of ammo and plasmids by picking up materials
in the city to modify them at U-Invent kiosks.
Turn everything into a weapon: the environment, your body, fire and
water, and even your worst enemies. BioShock’s
free form combat options allow gameplay scenarios to be approached
with a variety of weapons, active and passive plasmids, environmental
objects utilization, exploitation of political alliances, or a
combination of techniques. Find your style but know when to adapt.
Explore an incredible and unique art deco world hidden deep under the
ocean, vividly illustrated with realistic water effects and truly next
generation graphics.
Make meaningful and mature decisions that culminate in the ultimate
question: Do you exploit the innocent survivors of Rapture to save
yourself…or risk it all to become their
savior?
BioShock is rated "M”
for Mature and is now available for Xbox 360™
video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows®.
For more information, visit the BioShock website at www.BioShockGame.com,
and the community site at www.TheCultofRapture.com.
About Take-Two Interactive Software
Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a
global developer, marketer, distributor and publisher of interactive
entertainment software games for the PC, PlayStation®
game console, PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3
computer entertainment systems, PSP®
(PlayStation®Portable) system, Xbox®
and Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment
systems from Microsoft, Wii™, Nintendo
GameCube™, Nintendo DS™
and Game Boy® Advance. The Company publishes
and develops products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games, 2K
and 2K Sports, and Global Star Software; and distributes software,
hardware and accessories in North America through its Jack of All Games
subsidiary. Take-Two's common stock is publicly traded on Nasdaq under
the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit
our website at www.take2games.com.
Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, the Xbox logos and the Xbox Live
logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
All trademarks and copyrights contained herein are the property of their
respective holders.
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Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The statements contained herein which
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to the Special Committee’s investigation of
the Company’s stock option grants and the
restatement of our consolidated financial statements. The investigation
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proceedings relating to such matters, including previously disclosed
shareholder and derivative litigation and actions by the Securities and
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or other implications for the Company resulting from any accounting
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the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006, and in the Company’s
Form 10-Q for the second quarter ended April 30, 2007 in the section
entitled "Risk Factors.”
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