Columbia (BioShock)
| BioShock Infinite | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Irrational Games |
| Publisher(s) | 2K Games |
| Distributor(s) | Take-Two Interactive |
| Director(s) | Ken Levine |
| Producer(s) | Adrian Murphy |
| Designer(s) | Ken Levine |
| Programmer(s) | Christopher Kline |
| Artist(s) | Scott Sinclair |
| Writer(s) | Ken Levine |
| Composer(s) |
Garry Schyman Jim Bonney |
| Series | BioShock |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 3 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 OS X Linux PlayStation 4 Xbox One |
| Release date(s) |
March 26, 2013
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (PS3) 96% (PC) 93% (X360) 92% |
| Metacritic | (PS3) 94/100 (PC) 94/100 (X360) 93/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Edge | 9/10 |
| EGM | 10/10 |
| Eurogamer | 10/10 |
| Game Informer | 10/10 |
| GameSpot | 9/10 |
| GamesRadar |  |
| IGN | 9.5/10 |
| Joystiq | |
| OPM (UK) | 10/10 |
| OXM (US) | 9.5/10 |
| PC Gamer (UK) | 91% |
| VideoGamer.com | 8/10 |
| Award | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Award |
| PlayStation Official Magazine - UK | 6th best PS3 game of all time |
BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games. It was released worldwide for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 platforms on March 26, 2013; an OS X port by Aspyr was later released on August 29, 2013 and a Linux port was released on March 17, 2015. Infinite is the third installment in the BioShock series, and though it is not immediately part of the storyline of previous BioShock games, it features similar gameplay concepts and themes. Irrational Games and creative director Ken Levine based the game's setting on historical events at the turn of the 20th century, such as the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, and based the story on the concept of American exceptionalism, while also incorporating influences from more recent events at the time such as the 2011 Occupy movement.
The game is set in the year 1912 and follows its protagonist, former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, who is sent to the floating air city of Columbia to find a young woman, Elizabeth, who has been held captive there for most of her life. Though Booker rescues Elizabeth, the two become involved with the city's warring factions: the nativist and elite Founders that rule Columbia and strive to keep its privileges for White Americans, and the Vox Populi, underground rebels representing the underclass of the city. During this conflict, Booker learns that Elizabeth possesses strange powers to manipulate "Tears" in the space-time continuum that ravage Columbia, and soon discovers her to be central to the city's dark secrets.
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