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Nosotros've known that a new BioShock game has been in the works for a few years now, nether the direction of developer Cloud Sleeping room. Meanwhile, BioShock creator Ken Levine has been working on unlike projects with his ain studio, Ghost Story Games. According to Levine, he has zero overlap between the ii.

In an interview on the Arcade Assault Podcast (around the 49-minute mark), Levine makes his involvement with BioShock 4 clear — he has none. "[Information technology'southward the] same as BioShock 2," he says. "I'm not involved with it at all. I don't do half measures. So I wish them the all-time. I know equally much about the game as anybody else." So he has no say in the game's evolution and he knows everything we know most BioShock iv and nothing more.

Levine's work at Ghost Story seems to be eating up all his time and considering the studio's first project has reportedly been in development hell since 2022, that unfortunately does add up. Criticisms of Levine's leadership manner and how his vision has clashed with the rest of the team have been voiced by various Ghost Story employees, past and present. The report doesn't paint a pretty picture.

Meanwhile, BioShock 4 is under the direction of serial veterans Hoagy de la Plante, Jonathan Pelling, and Scott Sinclair. While nosotros oasis't heard anything about their project in some time, no news is certainly amend than bad news when it comes to development hell.