Those looking to soak up every bit of BioShock 2 that they can in anticipation of its February 9th, 2010 release date will be happy to hear that 2K Games has today released the above single player trailer.

Featured in said trailer is a montage of various game play clips with a bit of story line insight thrown in. Does the game look awesome? Well, hell yes it does!

Check it out, leave some comments, have a good day.

It’s no secret that the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification is pretty strict when it comes to rating games considering their highest rating is MA15+ so the fact that they have turned their heads to Borderlands is no surprise.

Of course, the game isn’t actually set to hit Steam until October 30th but Australian gamers who were able to get their hands on a copy prior to its release date have found several instances of censorship. Now, this is all fine and dandy considering is it Australia but according to 2k Games, this wasn’t supposed to happen.

Luckily, the studio is working to get the actual uncensored version onto Steam and ready for its October 30th release date so Australian fans of blood and gore need not fret.

BioShock is generally regarded across the board as one of the greatest games of 2007. Those of you who are fans of the game (I know I am) will be happy to hear that BioShock 2 will be hitting store shelves for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on February 9th, 2010.

Yup, that’s it, mark your calenders and be excited because it’s coming.

• New Gameplay Mechanics – Completely rewritten AI, enhanced defensive controls and stick lifts, stumble shots, a new defensive skating model and new incidental contact and small animation systems
• Enhanced Presentation – All-new rink intros for each arena, improved goal celebrations, enhanced visuals, and greatly improved, true-to-life character models, with San Jose Sharks commentators Randy Hahn and Drew Remenda returning with new broadcast commentary
• Improved Franchise Mode – NHL 2K10 features a new contract/free agency system, improved roster management, an updated financial model, dynamic player progression, and fantasy drafts
• New Franchise Co-op Play – Play a franchise season game with or against a friend on- or offline, or play a traditional game against the CPU
  Franchise Blog / 2KSports.com Integration – Publish your franchise stats and standings, and upload game highlights and screenshots to your personal page at 2KSports.com
• Enhanced Online Modes – New seamless online integration connects players in Team Up games, tracks your progress with My Player Card, and offers full league, leaderboard, tournament and 2K Share support
• Create Team Mode – Create a persistent team with friends by designing your uniforms, developing a unique team identity, and then competing against other created teams online, offline and in Franchise mode

Wii Specific Changes:

• New Control Scheme – Choose between fun, easy-to-use Wii Remote and Nunchuk controls and Sideways Wii Remote support, or plug in a Wii Classic Controller for three ways to play
• Full Online Modes – For the first time, enjoy full online support for Wii, including multiplayer and multi-console match-ups, downloadable rosters, online leagues, tournaments, leaderboards and Team Up mode featuring persistant created teams and regular Pick-Up Games
• WiiMotion Plus and WiiSpeak Support – Enjoy online voice chat capabilities via WiiSpeak and precise one-to-one control with WiiMotion Plus

NHL 2K10 will be hitting stores September 15th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 2.

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Borderlands is scheduled for an October 20th release in North America and on the 23rd in PAL regions. The game will be released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. 2K Games is calling the game a first in a franchise, so expect more installments of the game sometime in the future.

In response to questions on how the game will fair against blockbuster titles like Uncharted 2, 2K Games president Christoph Hartmann doesn’t “think we have to be afraid of competition or shy of what’s out there, I think this holiday season is a little bit lighter in triple-A games than last year. It’s actually a good holiday to put something out. … There’s always risk and opportunity. The risk is you have a hard time standing out against established IP. The opportunity is you have a lot of traffic here and it can be a much bigger product at retail than it would be otherwise.”

Borderlands will be released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Word around town is that it will be the first title in its franchise, so expect a sequel in the future.

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Among the included titles is none other than Bioshock, Civilization IV, Prey and Sid Meyer’s Pirates. Other titles include oldies but goodies, such as railroad Tychoon 2 and 3, and several X-COM games.

Sure, Duke Nukem Forever may have been in development forever but it seems the guys over at 2K Games also had a Duke title in the works; Duke Begins.

This news comes to us as Take-Two attempts to get back some loans they gave to Apogee for the development of Duke Nukem Forever. Unfortunately, Apogee says that 2K Games put a stop to Duke Begins development in what Joystiq says is an attempt to gain the rights to the Duke Nukem franchise.

If there are any Duke Nukem hopefuls left out there you better keep your eyes peeled as there very well may be an onslaught of Duke news very soon.

The new bundle will be released on July 7 on PC for $30 and on Xbox 360 for $40. A good value if you haven’t tried either game, which are both classics.

Digital content distribution service Direct2Drive is offering a 50 percent off sale for a wide selection of 2K Games titles. Some games included are BioShock, Civilization IV, and Sid Meier’s Pirates. All of the games are selling for extremely cheap, so people itching for a bargain should definitely check these deals out. The sale ends on the 31st, so act fast.

via Joystiq

If you missed out on Sid Meier’s Civilization IV the first time around, today is your lucky day — 2K Games has recently announced the forthcoming release of Civilization IV: The Complete Edition.

Civ IV: The Complete Edition will include the original game along with the Warlords, Beyond the Sword, and Colonization expansions all offered for a modest $39.99.

Expect this bundle to go on sale May 12th.

Press release after the break.

2K Games Announces Sid Meier’s Civilization IV®: The Complete Edition

May 05, 2009 – The wait is almost over for fans who want to own the entire Sid Meier’s Civilization IV® experience in one complete package. 2K Games announced today that Sid Meier’s Civilization IV®: The Complete Edition will be available at retail outlets across North America starting May 12, 2009 for Windows-based PCs.

This complete Civilization IV experience contains the award-winning classic Sid Meier’s Civilization IV as well as the highly regarded Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Warlords®, Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, and Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization™ expansions. Best of all, the entire package is value-priced at $39.99 and is entirely DRM-free.

Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition was developed by Firaxis Games for Windows-based PCs and is rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and older by the ESRB.

For more information, please visit http://www.civilization.com.

According to 2K Games, that won’t happen with BioShock 2, as the game will be released on the Xbox 360, PC and PS3 at the same time. The games is slated for release this holiday season.

"There won’t be any spliced-up rhinos, Soviet invasions, or co-op," reads 2K’s community site for BioShock, The Cult of Rapture. "The internet has been busy these past few days with rumors about what is and is not in BioShock 2."

The initial batch of rumors suggested inclusion of a cooperative multiplayer mode, though most of those rumors turned out to be false. Only one of those rumors have been confirmed to be true – the singular Big Sister.

The shooter sequel is due out later this year on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Positing an underwater city by the name of Rapture, a place where artists and scientists and industrialists can pursue their craft without fear of reprisal or societal backlash, in full accord with the principles of Ayn Rand’s objectivism movement.

You’ll have to go through Rapture and discover that maybe, just maybe, a little societal reprisal might not have been such a bad thing, in retrospect.  Especially when you consider just what they were up to down there in Rapture—they’ve developed weapons out of spare parts.  They’ve also been doing genetic research down there, leading to a line of personal genetic abilities called Plasmids.  And they sell them in VENDING MACHINES.  Anyone with a few bucks can basically buy a syringe full of genetically-altering whatnot, shoot themselves up, and be a pyrokinetic.  You literally have the ability to turn your forearms into hives for a race of killer bees, which you can telepathically order to attack targets on sight.

Anyone else think that maybe life in Rapture is just a little too goofy?  I don’t think even Ron Paul would’ve approved of being able to buy explosive ammunition from a vending machine shaped like a clown.  (The joke is, I’m not kidding. It’s called the Circus of Values.)  And frankly, I really don’t like the thought of trying to raise kids in an environment where they can, literally on demand, go down to the corner vending machine and shoot themselves full of lightning juice.  I mean, what’s next?   “Ward, the Beaver’s all jacked up on plasmids again.  He and Lumpy have been throwing lightning bolts around since two this afternoon and there’s a hive full of killer bees in the TV.”  “I’ll have a talk with him, dear.” “Great, Ward…while you do that I’ll go put the fires out and defrost the cat.”

Anyway, on your way through, the first thing you’ll notice about Rapture is that it’s a wide-open environment, which probably goes a long way toward being a first-person shooter that doesn’t churn my stomach.  There’s a lot to see and plenty to do in Rapture, and when you’re surrounded by the surprisingly authentic art deco environments, it’s hard not to wind up immersed in the storyline.  And that’s great.  The storyline is easily one of the best things about BioShock.  It’s unique to see 1950s-era science fiction taken so incredibly seriously (perhaps the only other game to do this was the Fallout series), and I welcome it.  Even better, there will actually be scary parts–parts that are just so incredibly plausible that they will give you a momentary chill down your spine as you realize, hey, someone could DO THAT.  And this might be the effect.  That’s scary no matter how you slice it.

Great gameplay, great sound, great visuals…there’s very little about this game that isn’t amazing.  Sure, the setting’s a bit outlandish.  But that actually improves things—the bizarre nature of the setting allows you to put a little extra weight into suspension of disbelief, which lets the rest of the strangeness go down smoothly.

I loved this game, to be perfectly honest, and I’ll recommend it to anyone.  BioShock has all the fun of a shooter with all the brainteasers of a full-on puzzler and a thoroughly engrossing storyline besides.  There’s literally no reason to not enjoy this.

Ever since 2K Games’ BioShock hit the shelves it was regarded as a huge success garnering high scores across the board. Well, if it did so well on your conventional video game consoles, and the PC, why not bring it to the mobile phone?

The above footage of BioShock Mobile(?) was taken at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona. Apparently, there will be two different versions of the game- a 2D version and a 3D version, obviously tailoring to the different hardware capabilites of phones.

When will it be out? According to Pocketgamer, soon.

“If we spin [BioShock] the right way and get the right twist of innovation, we can make six parts of it, as Star Wars did,” said 2K president Christoph Hartmann. “Look at Star Wars. It’s a fight between good and evil, just like BioShock.”

“But we have to be careful not to cash in,” he added. “Because [BioShock] is so story driven, the question obviously arises: how long can you do it without turning into The Matrix? The first Matrix was great, the second one was weird and the third one, you thought: ‘Who [making this] is on crack and who isn’t?’”

The second entry – Sea of Dreams – is due out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 later this year.

The original BioShock was initially a Xbox 360 console exclusive, with a PC release in tow. However, a PS3 version was recently released, though it took a while.

BioShock 2 is expected to hit in the fourth quarter of the publisher’s 2009 fiscal year, which is from August to October 2009.

The challenge rooms will have you solving puzzles while a timer runs in the background. These rooms will retain the “flavor” of Rapture, but will not fit into the storyline of the original game in any way.

BioShock, which has been out for PC and Xbox 360 for over a year now, will be released for PS3 next week.