The boy now wants to propose to the girl. The best plan he could come with is to fuse it with Bioshock references. To make it more realistic, he sought help from 2K Games. What happens next is on video as evidence.

Yeah, yeah, the girl said yes.

The game will be published by Focus Interactive, and will be heading to your Apple computers next month. Exact date has not been disclosed.

The minimum system requirements are:

- 2.0 GHz Intel Mac
- 4GB RAM
- Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later
- 256 MB of graphics memory

The following graphics units are not supported.

- ATI X1xxx series
- ATI 2400
- NVIDIA 9400
- NVIDIA 7xxx series
- Intel GMA series

4GB of system RAM are required if you have either the NVIDIA 320M or Intel HD 3000.

The book is written by sci-fi author John Shirley. Moreover, there’s a special introductory chapter added by Irrational Games’ headman Ken Levine.

Bioshock’s special novel will be out in March. You can read a short synopsis below:

“It’s the end of World War II. FDR’s New Deal has redefined American politics. Taxes are at an all-time high. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has brought a fear of total annihilation. The rise of secret government agencies and sanctions on business has many watching their backs. America’s sense of freedom is diminishing . . . and many are desperate to take their freedom back.

Among them is a great dreamer, an immigrant who pulled himself from the depths of poverty to become one of the wealthiest and admired men in the world. That man is Andrew Ryan, and he believed that great men and women deserve better. And so he set out to create the impossible, a utopia free from government, censorship, and moral restrictions on science–where what you give is what you get. He created Rapture—the shining city below the sea.

But as we all know, this utopia suffered a great tragedy. This is the story of how it all came to be . . .and how it all ended.”

Speaking at the Reuters Global Media Summit, Take Two president Strauss Zelnick said annualising games threatens their quality and risks burning out consumers.

He added that the publisher no longer needs to rely on the Grand Theft Auto series as its sole source of profit.

“We don’t have any structural impediment to being profitable in a given year.”

BioShock 2 and Red Dead Redemption provided healthy sales for Take Two this year. High profile releases set for next year are L.A. Noire, Duke Nukem Forever and (according to analyst Mike Hickey) Max Payne 3.

“We will also not be offering Protector Trials and Minerva’s Den on the PC in the future – and I want to say that I’m sorry for the disappointment this will cause to PC players out there. As always, if any of these issues change in the future, I will update you guys first, but at this point in time I don’t want to make you wait any longer and these are the most definite answers I have and you guys should deem them final decisions.”

She also added: “Timing and technical issues were the problem.”

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In Minvera’s Den players be able to “explore Rapture Central Computing, a never-before-seen district of the undersea city, and uncover the dark secrets hidden in its founder’s past. Wield new high-tech weaponry and a devastating new Plasmid to best the towering threats in Minerva’s Den: more dangerous Splicers that command the power of the elements, upgraded Security Bots that throw rockets and lightning bolts, and even a never-before-seen type of Big Daddy. Developed by 2K Marin, Minerva’s Den offers new twists on the story-driven experience that drew players into BioShock 2 when it launched earlier this year.”

The PC version will release some time later in September.

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Protector Trials, the first single-player focused downloadable package and third in the series,contains many challenges featuring frantic combat and fast-paced action that are designed to push players’ mastery of weapons and Plasmids. The goal is simple, but tough to achieve: players must keep their Little Sister safe from the intense onslaught of Splicers as she gathers ADAM from corpses.

The pack includes:

• Six new maps: three unique difficulty levels, each based on favorite locales from BioShock 2;
• New unlockables, including never-before-seen concept art and videos;
• Seven new Achievements/Trophies.

The Rapture Metro Pack* introduces six new maps that take place over areas from the single player portion of BioShock 2. In addition, 2K Games has also released two separate BioShock 2 multiplayer expansions. The first, which is available to download for free, is an all-new game mode called Kill’em Kindly* – a new fast-paced experience where players must fight to the death using nothing but golf clubs. The second, the Character Pack*, adds two new characters to the multiplayer gameplay and is available for 160 Microsoft Points or £1.59.

Rapture Metro Pack* (800 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE and £7.99 on PlayStation Network; coming soon to Games for Windows-LIVE for 800 Microsoft Points)

• Six new maps

• Rank increase to level 50

• Rebirth feature that will give players who have reached
Rank 50 the option to rank down to level 1 and receive a
special mask

• Three new achievements/trophies

Kill’em Kindly* (Free for download on Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network; coming soon to Games for Windows-LIVE)

• All-new melee-based game mode where players fight to the death using golf clubs

Character Pack* (160 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE and £1.59 on PlayStation Network, coming soon to Games for Windows-LIVE for 160 Microsoft Points)

• Two new characters for use in multiplayer: Zigo the Fisherman and Blanche the Actress

In the coming months, 2K Games will also publish downloadable content that extends the single player experience, providing new insight into the world of Rapture. These packages will expand the narrative, and introduce new tools and challenges that extend the lore and fiction of the failed utopia under the sea.

Bioshock 2’s first downloadable package, Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack*, is currently available for download from both the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows-LIVE for 400 Microsoft Points, and from the PlayStation Network for £3.99.

“The fans who waited in the snow, rain and cold for the midnight launch of BioShock 2 have spoken and their message is that Rapture still has many fascinating stories to tell,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “Downloadable content is a key part of our efforts to continue to entice the fans that have made 2K a household name – we intend to deliver single and multiplayer content that respects and expands upon one of the greatest fictional worlds ever created.”

Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, the first of several planned downloadable packages, contains a number of customization features that will allow players to further their character’s development in BioShock 2’s multiplayer modes and provide a deeper multiplayer experience. The pack includes:

• Rank Increase to level 50 with Rank Rewards
• New playable characters Louie McGraff and Oscar Calraca
• 20 new trials*
• A third weapon upgrade for each weapon
• Five additional masks*
*Some items are only available after a player achieves a rank of 41 or higher.

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Here’s Chart-Track’s UK Top 20:

1. Bioshock 2
2. Just Dance
3. FIFA 10
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
5. Wii Sports Resort
6. New Super Mario Bros Wii
7. Wii Fit Plus
8. Mass Effect 2
9. Dante’s Inferno
10. Bayonetta
11. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
12. James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game
13. Army of Two: The 40th Day
14. Madden NFL 10
15. Mario Kart Wii
16. Forza Motorsport 3
17. LEGO Batman: The Videogame
18. Peppa Pig: The Game
19. Assassin’s Creed II
20. Grand Theft Auto IV

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