Added: 18.04.2014 21:15 | 24 views | 0 comments


Eurogamer : "25th January 2007 was a cold day, even by the harsh standards of a Boston winter. That morning, a dozen senior members of BioShock's beleaguered development team shuffled into a hidden room in the centre of the city, and stood to face a pane of one-way glass. As a huddle of strangers entered the adjacent room, unaware that they were being watched, the team from Irrational Games fell silent. After five years of arduous development, during which time the game's setting had shifted from an abandoned space station overrun with alien eels to a deep sea utopia project gone wrong, the team was about to see whether all of the toil, all of the late nights and all of the seven-day weeks had been worth the effort. Ken Levine, the game's creative director, held a clipboard that listed the strangers' names and their vocations (all of whom were in their twenties). Security guard, construction contractor: these were blue-collar video game players. Through the glass, Levine and h...

Added: 09.04.2014 23:15 | 28 views | 0 comments


The opening moments of Burial at Sea Episode 2 are powerful in their own way, because they show the quality and capabilities of this now former development studio. This is Irrational Games last project, a team that birthed one of the biggest gaming franchises of all-time, and the developers are keen to show just what they can do in preparation for the next project, whatever that might be.At a time where everyone is talking about the new-gen consoles offering 1080p and 60FPS, most developers would be happy for you to forget your Xbox 360 and PS3 sat under your TV and look to the future. But Irrational Games have physically pushed the last-gen consoles to their absolute limit. And the results are glorious. Paris in the sunshine is strikingly beautiful. The spectacular view of the Eiffel Tower, reflections on the water, boats moving slowly through canals, painters producing fine art and a cherry blossom malting beautiful rose-pink petals all over the ground. First impressions cou...

Added: 09.04.2014 14:15 | 18 views | 0 comments


Duuro says: "Is this the perfect closure to the mindf*ck universe Irrational Games has created for Bioshock? Well..."

Added: 07.04.2014 14:28 | 12 views | 0 comments


New Borderlands in development at 2K Australia, report suggests.

Added: 02.04.2014 4:15 | 12 views | 0 comments


Entertainment Buddha's Matt Heywood writes, "Irrational Games is no longer a functional game development studio, which is sad, but not a surprise considering the volatile state of the game development industry. Last year this studio created one of the most intriguing games of the year in BioShock Infinite, and now a year later it has put this games story to bed with the release of Burial at Sea Episode 2, the conclusion to the Burial at Sea DLC campaign."

Added: 01.04.2014 19:19 | 13 views | 0 comments


Sam Fourie from ITF Gaming writes: A few weeks ago it was announced that Irrational Games announced that theyd be closing shop after the release of Burial At Sea, a two-piece episodic follow up to Infinite that takes players back to Rapture after the events of the main game but before the start of BioShock. Burial at Sea is the studios farewell to a legion of fans, and while messy and somewhat uninspired, it still comes off as a loving goodbye.

Added: 01.04.2014 8:15 | 16 views | 0 comments


Irrational Games at least had the decency to allow players to buy he season pass up until the release of this game, so I have to note that this doesnt feel like a tremendous scam. The second, and final part of Burial at Sea, though, brings back some of the great writing that rocketed the original game past slightly-above-average status, and gave us a markedly different gaming experience from everything else given in previous instalments.