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BioShock

The year is 1960 and the player character, Jack, is on board a plane crossing the Atlantic ocean. Things go wrong though and the plane crashes. Jack is lucky though and finds himself outside a lighthouse. This…

5 January 2010

BioShock is an adventure developed by IG Fun, released 5 January 2010 on Legacy Mobile Device.

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What BioShock is

BioShock is an adventure game developed by IG Fun and released in 2010. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Legacy Mobile Device only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The year is 1960 and the player character, Jack, is on board a plane crossing the Atlantic ocean. Things go wrong though and the plane crashes. Jack is lucky though and finds himself outside a lighthouse. This is no ordinary lighthouse however. It leads to Rapture, an Utopian underwater city built by the tycoon Andrew Ryan. It's not long until Jack is contacted by a man called Atlas who offers Jack his support.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Bioshock series

BioShock is the fifth of 23 entries we hold in the Bioshock series. It arrived a year after BioShock: Challenge Rooms. The next entry was BioShock 2 in 2010.

See all 23 Bioshock games in release order →

What it launched against

BioShock launched on 5 January 2010, within three weeks of Mass Effect 2, Gothic II: Gold Edition, Darksiders and Final Fantasy XIII.

Released around the same time: Mass Effect 2, Gothic II: Gold Edition, Darksiders, Final Fantasy XIII.

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When did BioShock come out?
BioShock was released on 5 January 2010 for Legacy Mobile Device.

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