{"id":12149,"date":"2014-08-05T05:33:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T00:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=12149"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:49:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:49:54","slug":"bioshock-for-ios-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/bioshock-for-ios-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Game BioShock for iOS announced, coming this Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Original BioShock was released back in 2007 for Windows and Xbox 360 and later for PlayStation 3 too. Now the publisher, 2K Games, has revealed that the game is ported to iOS and it is coming later this summer for selected iOS devices.<\/p>\n

BiiShock is set in Rapture, an underwater shattered city. The player learns the history through audio recording found at some places throughout the game. The city was created by\u00a0Andrew Ryan, a businessman and a billionaire. The player plays as character jack, who is the only survivor in a plane crash and he has no other option but to go to Rapture city. And then all adventure takes place in there.<\/p>\n

Here are few screenshots of BioShock for iOS:<\/p>\n

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BioShock for iOS is ported to iOS\u00a0without any major change in the original version. There are some graphics change, as graphics are slightly reduced to assure smooth performance on most iOS devices. Shadows, that takes most of the graphics power are reduced so that performance is not compromised. But these minor graphics differences will not be noticeable on mobile devices. Moreover controls are now optimized for touch screens.<\/p>\n

Here is 25 minutes long gameplay demo played on Apple iPad Air:<\/p>\n