28w ago - Sony PlayStation Digital Platforms Community Manager Morgan Haro is here with this week's PlayStation Plus update, which features a return to Rapture free in BioShock 2 among the new content items outlined below.

To quote: It may be gift-giving season, but PlayStation Plus delivers gaming gifts all year round, and this week is no exception.

While many of you might still be getting acquainted with the PS Vita Plus games, PS3 gamers can welcome BioShock 2 into their Instant Game Collection. Download it for free if you're a Plus member when the PlayStation Store updates on Tuesday.

Don't forget that the Music Unlimited offer is still on as well. You can pick up the 1 year subscription for only $12! If you have questions on the service, you may want to check out this handy FAQ. To take advantage of the offer, you'll need to subscribe from your PS3 or PS Vita Plus enabled account.

December 4th PlayStation Plus Update

BioShock 2 (PS3)

Free for Plus members

Years after the events of the original BioShock, a monster has begun snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture.

Players step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture (and recent star of PlayStation All Stars Battle...

84w ago - SCEE Blog Manager James Gallagher has shared an interview today with Ken Levine, which spotlights taking BioShock on PS3 from Rapture to Columbia.

To quote: BioShock's writer and Creative Director, Ken Levine, and his team are now working on BioShock Infinite, a departure from the dark, dystopian corridors of Rapture into the bright skies of Columbia, a floating city named after the female personification of the United States of America.

I recently had the chance to sit down with Ken to talk about the philosophies that underpinned the original BioShock and how, if at all, these are being applied to BioShock Infinite.

PlayStation.Blog: What's more important to you: surprising the player or making existing fans feel familiar?

Ken: When you look at BioShock Infinite, you can't deny that it's a BioShock game. However, and this might seem counter-intuitive, Rapture was a surprise to the player; you wanted to see what was around each corner because it was so strange.

If we were to take you back to Rapture then that surprise element would no longer be there. Weirdly, we had to change BioShock in order to make it BioShock, or at least to retain that core principle of the unexpected.

I...

162w ago - Today 2K Marin's Creative Director Jordan Thomas has revealed that BioShock 2 Rapture Metro PS3 DLC hits PSN tomorrow alongside a video of it in action and news of a price drop to $39.99.

Additionally, Elizabeth of Bioshock2Forums.com has unveiled new patches to address issues across all three platforms for BioShock 2.

To quote: The Rapture Metro downloadable content pack and the free Kill 'em Kindly downloadable mode that will be releasing simultaneously tomorrow, May 11th, 2010.

So, both of these DLC offerings are multiplayer-focused. The Rapture Metro Pack contains a rank increase to 50 and, when you reach it, you'll win the opportunity to begin anew with Rebirth mode.

This resets you to Rank 1 with a Golden Bunny Mask, and a prestigious indicator next to your name to taunt lesser organisms. But wait -- there's more!

If you make it all the way to 50 again, you secure the coveted Golden Bucket, which basically tells the world that you're so damn good you don't have to care.





More meatily, the Rapture Metro Pack contains six new playable locations from Rapture's history, many of them offering a distinctly...

212w ago - Gameplayer has received word on what one of the new games to be announced by Square Enix at E3 2009 and it is an MMO that's a console exclusive for the PS3.

To quote: At the time of writing we had been requested to not divulge the names or giveaway said titles, but we've just received new information about one of those three games that comes with no such restrictions. So here we go...

Contrary to what we were originally told, there will be a Square Enix press conference after all, at 11a.m on the Wednesday of the show. This will be a portal for selected media to learn more about one of Square Enix's currently unannounced games, which we can reveal is an MMO codenamed Rapture, and set for release on PS3 and PC. The game is expected to be unveiled at the Sony press conference on the Tuesday.

While the PC and Xbox 360 have shared a strong software relationship over the last three years, the PC and PS3 have a more open rapport when it comes to online interactivity between the software and the gamers.

It seems bizarre given Microsoft's networking know-how, but the heavy restrictions it puts in place with the way developers can manipulate and engage their audience through Xbox Live makes it difficult for some games to make the most of their potential. Also worthy of note is the...