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Epic Praises Unreal-powered BioShock's Success

Bioshock, developed by 2K Boston and 2K Australia (formerly known as Irrational), is currently the number one selling game in the UK marketplace, accounting for 58 per cent of all full-price game sales and becoming the second-fastest selling Xbox 360 title of all time – right behind Epic's own Gears of War.

"The folks at 2K Boston and 2K Australia have done a really fantastic job with this game," said Rein. "We like to think we set a high bar with our own games, but more importantly we give our licensees the opportunity to take what we've done and do something even better with it."

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MK_Red - 853 days 10 hours ago

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BioShock "becoming the second-fastest selling Xbox 360 title of all time" is the best news in months. Glad to see a superb new IP selling well.

Epic should be happy but I bet they envy BioShock's critical success.

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Hugh Hefner - 853 days 9 hours ago

1.1 - Mk Red..

I don't think they envy Bioshock's success... since Gears of War is still more popular and Bioshock was using Epic's Unreal engine.

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Fanboi - 853 days 9 hours ago

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Why would they envy Bioshock? Gears is superior in terms of graphics and offer a more well rounded package. After the hype is over and a critical mass reached, Bioshock will take a dive and become a renter while Gears is still selling thanks to it's multiplayer.

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MK_Red - 853 days 9 hours ago

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I know Gears is well known and success full. I meant their score average. According to both GameRankings and MetaCritic, BioShock is the best 360 game so far and the 4th best game of all time. (Could've been number one if it wasn't for stupid GameSpot's low 9/10 score)

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reaperxciv - 853 days 5 hours ago

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AAA title for the x360, no doubt...only crybaby fanboys & naysayers beg to disagree.

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deep - 853 days 9 hours ago

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What was Too Human's problem then?

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Icewake - 853 days 8 hours ago

2.1 - They're

Terrible.

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SuperSaiyan4 - 853 days 9 hours ago

3 - Gears looks great but...

The level of detail, the various colous and lighting and environments in Bioshock easily means it is a better looking game than gears.

Also imo Bioshock has far better single player story and gameplay and does something much better and does something new that other shooters have not implemented the way Bioshock has.

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Amsterdaam - 853 days 9 hours ago

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I believe that is was the level of detail that got this game where it is, not necessarily the engine. They deserve credit for their engine, sure, but not credit for the success of this game.

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ShiftyLookingCow - 853 days 8 hours ago

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agreed Epic shouldn't be boasting themselves, lot of merit goes towards art direction, story and presentation then the simple graphics(Irrational themselves did the outstanding water effects).

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USMChardcharger - 853 days 8 hours ago

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well i agree somewhat. i think they were "real" about their praising of the Bioshock guys...but like i was implying on my post below(#5)...i think Mark took the distinct opportunity to say see...everything Silicon Knights said is not true.

look how he went on and on about their willingness to help their licensees and such.

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USMChardcharger - 853 days 8 hours ago

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Anyone else get the hint hint that was given toward a certain situation know as Silicon Knights in Mark Reins statement there.

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_insane_cobra - 853 days 8 hours ago

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Of course, that's obvious. However, Rein forgets that BioShock had to be delayed several times.

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Cane - 853 days 7 hours ago

6 - It's OK for him to take a little credit...

but the bulk of the credit needs to go 2K Boston/2K Australia for superbly developing the game. You can give someone the best tools in the world, but if they don't know how to use them they're not worth a thing. They did an outstanding job.

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Imknow1 - 853 days 7 hours ago

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Does anyone know how many units of Bioshock were sold so far?

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God of Gaming - 853 days 6 hours ago

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So what about all the really horrible games that have been released on the Unreal engine? Can we fault the UE tools Mark? Awww I did not think so.. in the end 100% of the credit belongs to Irrational.

Once Mark takes partial credit for the turd that was Hour of Victory I will listen to him boast about good games.

It all comes down to the talent at the studios... good talent can do just about anything with good or bad tools.

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The Round Peg - 853 days 6 hours ago

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If 2K (BioShock) and BioWare (Mass Effect) could make impressive trailers, demos *and* game with UE3, why couldn't Silicon Knights (Too Human)?

Sounds like Silicon Knights just plain suck and want to blame it on someone else.

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Bullseye - 853 days 6 hours ago

10 - UE is ok

,but now is the time for something new. I'm getting bored with the rather plasticy look delivered by the unreal engine.I personally don't think it delivers all the 360 is capable of.

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kn - 853 days 6 hours ago

10.1 - Agreed

Many of the surfaces in Unreal Engine games look great but they are too shiny and plastic looking. Stranglehold didn't impress graphically but you can see Unreal fingerprints all over it. There are other games as well that aren't mind boggling on the U3 Engine and they all have the same plastic look.

On topic: Of course they are going to praise it -- they want to drive other developers onto the platform.

The key here is, though, that 2K used a "heavily modified" unreal engine for their game... The question is how much modification did it take to reach Bioshock's graphics level and is it worth it for new projects...

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GRAMPAGAMER - 852 days 19 hours ago

12 - great commercial

and well deserved

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