BioShock
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Released in August 2007 by 2K Games and directed by Ken Levine, BioShock is a narrative-driven first-person shooter set in the fallen underwater Art Deco utopia of Rapture Combining firearm combat with genetic "Plasmid" abilities, environmental storytelling, and philosophical critique, BioShock earned universal critical acclaim (96/100 on Metacritic) and won the 2007 BAFTA Best Game award BioShock elevated FPS environmental storytelling by embedding ideological world-building into audio diaries, architecture, and player-agency meta-commentary Built on Unreal Engine 2.5, its combat loop paired traditional weapons with Plasmid combos, encouraging tactical improvisation Holds a 96/100 Metascore on Metacritic, ranking as the highest-rated Xbox 360 release of 2007 Outsold its direct sequel BioShock 2 (3 million units by March 2010), reaching 4 million units by the same date
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Verified highlightsDirector
Ken Levine
Publisher
2K Games (Take-Two Interactive)
Entity Name
BioShock
Ontology Node Type
CreativeWork
Ontology Subclass
VideoGame
Original Release Year
August 2007
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schema:VideoGame, schema:CreativeWork, wd:, domain:first-person-shooter, domain:narrative-dystopia
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