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Ex-Bioshock lead Ken Levine says the problem with AAA games is how risk-averse they've become: 'If you don't innovate, especially in games, you start losing people'

"Look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe—you stop taking risks and people just tune it out."

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Bioshock's Big Daddy Ken Levine says that while he doesn't want to 'underestimate' AI, he's 'not overly impressed' by it, either

"What it can't do is tell me a really compelling story … it gets extremely confused."

PC Gamer

BioShock Infinite “may not have been the thing I wanted, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t the thing the audience wanted”: Ken Levine guides us through his entire gameography

Edge: The Collected Works | From immersive-sim innovation, through undersea peril, and onto new beginnings back out in space, Ken Levine talks through his impressive and iconic gaming portfolio in his own words

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BioShock's Ken Levine calls his most iconic FPS "a very, very long corridor," but his next game Judas is "made very, very differently"

"This may be a bit alienating to some readers - but they're basically a corridor"

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Exploring the 'twisted road' of Irrational's doomed XCOM game—from fighting aliens 'the size of entire city blocks' to a multiplayer mode where you could be the aliens

Inside the many promising, abortive concepts the BioShock developer came up with.

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Former BioShock director Ken Levine spoke about Alec Baldwin and Emma Stone for roles in the sci-fi series, but he's unsure gamers really care about Hollywood actors

They're also apparently too busy

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Ken Levine says Bioshock was 'almost cancelled' after going over time and over budget, while all publishers cared about was that these games 'don't make any money'

Says it was still "extremely cheap" next to the competition.

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This leaked screenshot may be our first glimpse of BioShock 4, and it sure looks like a BioShock game

Though I suspect the final game will be very different.

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Ken Levine says BioShock nearly went nowhere and was almost canceled: "We can't make those games because they don't sell"

System Shock 2's performance didn't give publishers much confidence

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Bioshock 4 studio is now 'recruiting like mad' but the game's nature remains a mystery

It does, however, look like there's still always a lighthouse.

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Capes is a superhero game about the legacy its heroes inherit, but also the legacy of turn-based tactics as a genre

"X-Men meets XCOM" may be a glib summary, but it's not totally inaccurate.

PC Gamer

Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios

Gamers and game developers are reeling from yet another wave of layoffs and studio closures.

PC Gamer

Bioshock creator Ken Levine reveals new details about Judas, will feature a 'pseudo-procedural' narrative and roguelike elements

Judas, the new game from Bioshock creator Ken Levine and Ghost Story Games, will feature a "pseudo-procedural" narrative.

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As BioShock successor Judas preps for release, I finally understand what its 'narrative Legos' are

But, like Thomas, I have my doubts.

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Ken Levine reveals why everyone hates you so much in Judas

11 years after closing Irrational, Levine is finally opening up about his next game.

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Judas is taking inspiration from XCOM and Civilization to turn BioShock into a "pseudo-procedural" take on single-player narrative games

"We withdrew a lot of inspiration from those types of single-player games"

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Ken Levine's Judas has a little sister, and her name is Void Bastards

The BioShock auteur has been beaten to the punch.

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Once again I am forced to tap the 'singleplayer games are not dying' sign

Immortals of Aveum flopped because sometimes games flop.

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As a BioShock fan, Judas' promise of influencing the story and characters sound amazing – but what will that look like at launch?

Opinion | I always loved BioShock's characters, be they antagonists or allies, and I can't wait to see what Judas does

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The creator of Bioshock explains why his next game, Judas, is all about characters

Judas, an upcoming narrative FPS by the creator of Bioshock, will let you decide who to trust and who to stab in the back.

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5 biggest PS5 announcements from State of Play February 2024

Sony just held its first State of Play presentation of 2024 and we're rounding up the 5 biggest announcements you'll want to know about.

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BioShock creator's new game will give players more choice than ever before: "How the story unfolds is up to you"

Ken Levine wants players to steer Judas' story in a unique direction

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Ken Levine's upcoming FPS Judas couldn't look more like BioShock 4 if it had a lighthouse, a man, and a city

It's BioShock in space.

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Judas, the new game from the BioShock creator, looks more like BioShock than ever

That's a Ken Levine special, all right

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Big PS5 event just confirmed for this week — Death Stranding 2, Silent Hill 2 and more expected

Sony's next State of Play will show off Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin but a leaker thinks he knows what other exciting PS5 games will also make an appearance.

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