Bioshock 2 gets new release date

2K Games has announced that heavily anticipated sequel Bioshock 2 is coming February 9, 2010 (Xbox 360, PS3 and Windows). The return to the underwater community of Rapture was originally slated to release in November 2009 but Take-Two pushed it out of a holiday season crowded with blockbuster games.

November 2009 features 800-pound gorillas including Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin’s Creed II poised to attack gamers’ wallets with a vengeance.

A February release also gives the development team more time to work on the game, which will introduce multiplayer matches to the Bioshock universe.

As far as the story goes, the events in this one take place a decade after the original Bioshock. Someone is kidnapping little girls and you’ll step in (as a Big Daddy, the hulking creations that defend Rapture’s unusual status quo) to figure out what’s going on and set things right.

Pushing this one back is probably a good call, as every year it’s getting harder and harder to actually play all the quality games that release during the last few months of the year. If Bioshock 2 turns out as good as its predecessor, it certainly doesn’t deserve to get lost in a holiday shuffle.

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