There's
a Q&A with Ken Levine on Level Up discussing BioShock and its recent Game
Critics' award for /beta action/adventure game at E3. Included in the
conversation is the off-hand revelation that Irrational's eagerly anticipated
first-person shooter is gold. Though there are no further details, the game's
release date as established as August 21 several months ago
(
story). This news is hashed out a bit in the
2K Forums (thanks L.T.). In lieu of an official gold announcement, here's
Ken's description of how they are celebrating this milestone:
We just had
a team party in Boston, and then we have a event on the launch night on August
20th, which we’re inviting lots of people to, including members of the BioShock
fan community. I'm actually looking forward to that, because launches are
usually such abstract things. You wake up launch morning and it’s like, "Hey,
our game has, umm, shipped to retail!" It’s not exactly like headlining at
Madison Square Garden.