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Bioshock coming to the iPhone
DJDuffy \| 2:17 PM on 05.29.2008	27 comments

Yes, you heard correctly. Some game studio called "IG Fun" has started development on this title. The video above isn't footage of the Bioshock game, but this other game they are working on called Re-Volt. I'm sure it will be a similar engine to the one used for the game, since the iPhone probably can't handle anything close to the complexity of the real Bioshock engine.

You can get the whole story here and here's a quick taste:

The real questions are over controls (will the game be intuitive to play on a mobile keypad?) and on whether IG Fun can successfully translate the original's atmosphere to the small screen.

It's way too early to tell that from this demo. But from what I could see, IG Fun is certainly pulling out all the stops. And the iPhone version could be even better.

What do you guys think? Will they totally ruin the Bioshock franchise with this game, or has the sequel already done enough?

via Pocket Gamer

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27 comments | showing # 1 to 27

Wexx says:
(# 0) on 05/29/2008 14:23

Make it stop, it hurts my brain.

Y0j1mb0 says:
(# 1) on 05/29/2008 14:23

Let the milking of Bioshock begin..

notdryad says:
(# 2) on 05/29/2008 14:24

a portable Atlus in my pocket!

A FIST FUL OF LIGHTNIN. TUH ONE-TWO PAUNCH.

MrSadistic says:
(# 3) on 05/29/2008 14:27

Lego Bioshock!!!!!!!!!!

-D- says:
(# 4) on 05/29/2008 14:30

A man chooses, a slave gets whored out to all the fat cats.

Neonie says:
(# 5) on 05/29/2008 14:35

Pocketshock.

Rifter01 says:
(# 6) on 05/29/2008 14:37

Wow this is cool news, esp. since I haven't bought Bioshock yet.. (I've played it before).. Portable is better!/Mobile ist besser! :)

Scary Womanizing Pig Mask says:
(# 7) on 05/29/2008 14:42

Meh, Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone looks better

Dan CiTi says:
(# 8) on 05/29/2008 14:43

@notdryad
Atlas is the character a character(in BioShock). Atlus is a game publisher.

That doesn't look too bad. I bet it'll be better than any other portable FPS.

Corak says:
(# 9) on 05/29/2008 14:49

Can't wait to see what developers will come up with for this device. Hate aside, it is capable of doing some very cool stuff.

notdryad says:
(# 10) on 05/29/2008 14:52

@Dan

Yeah, I know; don't know why I thought Atlus.

Kryptinite says:
(# 11) on 05/29/2008 14:58

What? I'm confused.

adultswim810 says:
(# 12) on 05/29/2008 15:11

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT YOUR GAME OUT ON A CONSOLE KEN LEVINE!!!

Hoygeit says:
(# 13) on 05/29/2008 15:13

Interesting...

I'm not sure of those controls but I haven't played it yet so I can't make a judgment call yet.

king3vbo says:
(# 14) on 05/29/2008 15:39

My head, it hurts

MechaMonkey says:
(# 15) on 05/29/2008 15:51

Next up: BioShock on the N-Gage.

brainderailment says:
(# 16) on 05/29/2008 16:05

Doesn't make sense.

galagabug says:
(# 17) on 05/29/2008 16:15

wasn't re-volt a dreamcast game w/ RC Cars?

angusm says:
(# 18) on 05/29/2008 16:27

Dammit why couldn't Bioshock have had shitty sales and gone on to become one of the under appreciated, but more importantly, un-raped, games. Like Psychonauts or Okami.

disposabledweeb says:
(# 19) on 05/29/2008 16:53

i wouldnt mind buying Mountain Dew Bioshocks or Doritos with different plasmid flavors! that would be gggggrrrr-eat! like a bioshock cereal thatll claim to make you hoot ice outta your fingers! i want them to whore bioshock!

Necros says:
(# 20) on 05/29/2008 17:24

God DAMMIT.

Tino says:
(# 21) on 05/29/2008 18:33

Was that controlled by tilting?

garrfunkel says:
(# 22) on 05/29/2008 18:44

Is nothin sacred anymore!!!

Wait for the merchandising. Big Daddy condoms are on their way.

Electro Lemon says:
(# 23) on 05/29/2008 22:00

iOshock?

AngelsDontBurn says:
(# 24) on 06/26/2008 14:31

wat

Timmeh says:
(# 25) on 07/31/2008 13:19

Well since they watered down the System Shock to fit the console crowd for Bioshock, one can only wonder if the iPhone game will be about as deep as Doom.

Well, it'll suck anyway as pretty much all phone games do. This is as bad as those assholes who decided to make a new Parasite Eve game that is mobile phone only.

vexed alex says:
(# 26) on 09/02/2008 21:31

Why the fuck would anyone want to play Bioshock on an iPhone?

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