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Gameguru Mania News - Aug,16 2007 -

Steam Begins Pre-Loading BioShock! - briefly
(hx) 09:26 PM CEST - Aug,16 2007 - Post a comment / read (5)
Valve just sent us a press release announcing that BioShock, the highly-anticipated and award-winning first-person shooter by 2K Games is available for pre-purchase now via Steam. Starting today, gamers can pre-order BioShock on Steam (www.steamgames.com) for the price of $49.95 in the US and $54.95 in Europe. The game will then be unlocked on the release date of the retail version--August 21 in North America and August 24 in Europe--and those who purchase the game via Steam can begin downloading its assets now. The PC demo will be released tomorrow, August 17. BioShock Download Recommended System Requirements
- Windows XP (SP 2) or Windows Vista
- 3.0 GHz dual core processor
- 2.0 GB RAM
- Pixel Shader 3.0 compliant video card with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better)
- 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
- 7.0 GB free hard disk space
- DirectX 9.0c or DirectX 10
The Steam page for Bioshock can be found right here with the options to pre-load (~5.5GB) and pre-order the game.

last 10 comments:

hairball2	(11:36 PM CEST - Aug,16 2007 )
Thats some high sys req.

darknothing	(11:40 PM CEST - Aug,16 2007 )
Recommended System Requirements.... im sure u can run this game on a lesser system no problem, you jsut wont see all the goodies that i will.

darknothing	(11:44 PM CEST - Aug,16 2007 )
BioShock Download Minimum System Requirements * Windows XP (SP2) or Windows Vista * 2.5GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent * 1.0 GB RAM * Pixel Shader 3.0 compliant video card with 128 MB RAM and floating point frame buffer blending * 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card * 7.0 GB free hard disk space * DirectX 9.0c or DirectX 10

miglaugh	(03:47 AM CEST - Aug,17 2007 )
Pixel Shader 3.0 gets me yet again... Guess I'll have to play this game vicariously through my friend's 360.

Sabot

(05:08 PM CEST - Aug,17 2007 )

I'm hoping my GeForce 7800GT 256mb will play it good enough.
I suppose i was very lucky before i upgraded to it from a Radeon 9800 Pro 2 years ago, i read that 'up coming games' (i was waiting for Oblivion) would need Pixel Shader 3.0 and that hunch has kept me gaming longer since it supports it.
Since i've bunged in 2gig RAM and a faster CPU it's prolonged my gaming for another year at least (for me anyway)

Let's hope we get Bioshock before this dick get's his hands on it :evil:

This is the boxed set i've ordered 8)
http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?productcode=RM03260&title=bioshock_-_special_edition_(dvd_rom)

quote:
Bioshock - Jack Thompson's next target
Friday 17-Aug-2007 10:59 AM "Big trouble" on the way for Take Two's shooter, says angry attorney

Jack Thompson, our favourite angry attorney, has been a bit quiet of late. With Manhunt 2 postponed and GTA IV delayed, he hasn't got much to moan about these days... or at least you'd think so.

According to a comment apparently posted by Thompson on Game Politics, it looks like the videogame-hating attorney is about to set his sights on 2K's Bioshock - the gorgeous shooter that's currently getting top marks from the gaming press.

"Please note that big trouble is on the way for Take-Two re BioShock" states Thompson, likely enraged by the game's large abundance of adult content and highly-detailed hookers. No, hold on...

Bioshock is a violent game no-doubt, and it does have little girls for you to kill at will - but it's blatantly heavily wrapped in a fantasy world and isn't supposed to recreate real life in the same ways as say GTA. How many times have you shot fire balls from your wrist?

Next on the hit list: Beautiful Katamari, for disgusting scenes of mindless destruction and sticky theft.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=170329

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