In 2019, it was announced that a new BioShock game was in development. Studio Cloud Chamber would be creating a new entry into the series, and that was about all anyone knew of the project. Six years later, and there's still hardly anything known about the upcoming game, except for the fact that there seems to be problems internally, as publisher Take-Two has replaced the leader of the BioShock 4 project at Cloud Chamber. In regards to negative speculation over whether or not the game would actually be completed, Take-Two's CEO, Strauss Zelnick, had an interview with IGN to explain the recent news.

Zelnick promised that despite any issues in development, BioShock 4 would release, eventually, specifically stating, "It’s going to come out. That I can say hand on heart, without question." He admits to the team struggling with the project as well, explaining, "We have had some ups and downs along the way. That is accurate. And we have had changes in studio leadership. That said, we have very big shoes to fill on BioShock because of the legacy of Ken Levine, the legacy of what has gone before, which has been so successful. And we need to make sure that this experience is true to the BioShock DNA on the one hand, and a massive step forward on the other hand. That's always challenging. We think we're up to the challenge, but it has not been seamless."

Currently, the most recent BioShock title was 2013's BioShock Infinite. Reports also indicate that a remake of the original BioShock was in the works, but was recently cancelled.

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Weird. I thought Infinite was great and I seem to recall general sentiment at the time was very positive too. Why does it always feel like members of this site are trying to gaslight those of us that actually enjoy gaming?

 

[HinaNaru Cutie]

Riiight ... and im santa claus

 

[DarknessPlay3r]

people saying Infinite was shit are just trolling at this point, that's it. going from Rapture to Columbia was a welcome change, otherwise these very same people would've said it just copied the 2 games before it, and that it's not very innovative and is repetitive etc. smh

Infinite was by no means shit, but it lacked the same Charm that 1 (and to and extent 2) had. Everything looked and played like a BioShock game but the atmosphere and overall story came off more like a spin off as opposed to a main entry continuation.

It was almost like having a TV series that in it's 3rd season changed all the actors and replaced them with new ones and a new location, but kept the name and time slot the exact same and the script just occasionally mentions what came before as an off hand comment.

The new stuff is by no means bad, but I think a lot of people (myself included) were looking to stay immersed in what was, and have the option to go check out the new series later on.

It will be interesting to see what 4 becomes (if at all really). 2 Kind of baked in expectations with Infinite going a totally new way.