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Shawn Elliott (BioShock Infinite, Prey) has left Arkane Austin, joins 2K's new (BioShock) studio

Nirolak

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2K Novato's new nameless studio is the place where they're hiring for a new systemic narrative first person shooter game in a popular franchise with a stylized art style, i.e., nigh assuredly BioShock.

I noticed this while discussing all the people who were leaving Arkane Austin with some friends.

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https://twitter.com/shawnelliott?lang=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-elliott-74b2921a/
 
Star-Lord

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I'm actually looking forward to a new bioshock. It's crazy to think it's been almost 5 years since the last new game came out.
 
0451

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He said he was moving to Novato a few weeks ago on Twitter so I assumed he was going to Hangar 13. This makes more sense for him though.
 
lcap

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Oh, that bodes well for their game.

By the way, who is leaving Arkane Austin?
 
OhMyZach

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I hope the new BioShock will be as good as Prey was. It's nice to get all these System-Shock successors lately!
 
Quad Lasers

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He's been tweeting a lot about living in a kinda shitty hotel lately, lol.

Was curious to see he went from level design to combat design.
 

HockeyBird

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I remember Shawn having a real good understanding of level design and combat, even when he was at GFW. Listening back at old podcasts, he did a really nice job describing why certain games felt great. Here's hoping his knowledge is put to good use at the new studio.
 
AgainstTheCurrent

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His talent is wasted on the Bioshock IP.

There's been one decent game in the series (2), one massively overrated entry (original) and one piece of shit (Infinite).

I hope he has success but I don't find it interesting...

Bring back GFW Radio to make up for it.
 
Maximo

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Possibly new Bioshock? We are spoiled with the System Shock Remake and System Shock 3 coming.
 
Stealthy Cockatrice

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I mean sure this bodes well for the new studio and not so well for Arkane. He was a level designer and Arkane games have one of the best level designs in gaming.
 
Falchion

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Bioshock but in space! Wait that's Prey...
Bioshock but on land! Wait that's Dishonored...
Bioshock but under the sea! Brilliant!
 
Reynolds Woodcock

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Shawn Elliott is a great dude who knows a lot about game design from his GFW days.

Also, his twitter is great if you want a daily curation of images that will ruin your day.
 
lazyguy deluxe

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I stil can't believe we live in a time where there will be a System Shock remake, a spiritual succesor and an actual sequel plus potencially a bioshock sequel.
What a time to be alive.
 
Van Bur3n

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lazyguy deluxe said:
I stil can't believe we live in a time where there will be a System Shock remake, a spiritual succesor and an actual sequel plus potencially a bioshock sequel.
What a time to be alive.
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And none of it will sell, besides Bioshock. And then it will get praised for being a half-assed Shock game if Infinite is anything to go by.
 
Aurc

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AgainstTheCurrent said:
There's been one decent game in the series (2), one massively overrated entry (original) and one piece of shit (Infinite).
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I only disagree with the first one being overrated. It was somewhat, but it really is a fantastic game.

2 was a good followup, and Infinite was a shit stain on the IP. Eschewed any kind of interesting world building and atmosphere in favor of a convoluted time leap narrative, and a Disney princess with a bubbly demeanor (that clashes heavily with her tragic backstory).
 
Fady

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Oh man, I loved Bioshock Infinite to bits, so this news excites me. With this game and Ghost Story Game's game, i'm very much excited for 2k Games' upcoming single player outputs.
 
BLLYjoe25

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we're getting a new Bioshock?!?

maybe i should finally try Bioshock 1 again. i gave up when i encountered a game breaking bug and couldn't progress. Loved Infinite though.
 
Azzanadra

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I really wonder why 2k waited so long to jump on another Bioshock, the series sells really well. I love how active the Facebook account is too lol, for a series in which the last entry came out 5 years ago.

This will never happen, but my dream Bioshock game would be a remake of Infinite, that game had so much potential with its ideas and concepts, it could have been something truly amazing if it delivered on its initial promises.
 
Twinduct

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Oh nice! Prey was great so hope his addition there is gonna help.
Honestly everytime Shaun is mentioned I have to go and listen to the GFW from start.
 
Dylan

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It's funny that because I listened to GFW, I've got a positive bias for looking for Elliott's influence on those games.

Obviously, since most of the other members of those teams never had a podcast, it's really hard to say what he actually brought to the table. But I'd like to think his keen sense of design and loathing of intrusive narrative (cut-scenes) were an influence on development.
 
ItWasMeantToBe19

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Azzanadra said:
I really wonder why 2k waited so long to jump on another Bioshock, the series sells really well. I love how active the Facebook account is too lol, for a series in which the last entry came out 5 years ago.

This will never happen, but my dream Bioshock game would be a remake of Infinite, that game had so much potential with its ideas and concepts, it could have been something truly amazing if it delivered on its initial promises.
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The Doom 2016 multiplayer people were rumored to be making a Bioshock game for a few years but for whatever reason, it supposedly got canceled a few months ago.

So now that outsourcing Bioshock 4 failed, 2K is going to make a new studio to do it.
 
firehawk12

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With Infinite, they gave up on narrative and decided to just make a series of combat arenas. And while the combat was okay, to be point where they just released a DLC that was playing around in a combat arena, that's not really what I'd expect from a Bioshock game.

Then again, Infinite killed the franchise as much as Andromeda killed Mass Effect for me, so who knows what a Bioshock game is anymore.
 
flkRaven

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AgainstTheCurrent said:
His talent is wasted on the Bioshock IP.

There's been one decent game in the series (2), one massively overrated entry (original) and one piece of shit (Infinite).

I hope he has success but I don't find it interesting...

Bring back GFW Radio to make up for it.
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It's neat that you don't like good games, but I'm sure others may disagree with you.
 
digitalsea

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Playing through Prey right now, the level design is absolutely top notch and it's a serious contender for my GotY. Would totally play a new Bioshock. Keep the immersive sims coming!
 
0451

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Dylan said:
It's funny that because I listened to GFW, I've got a positive bias for looking for Elliott's influence on those games.

Obviously, since most of the other members of those teams never had a podcast, it's really hard to say what he actually brought to the table. But I'd like to think his keen sense of design and loathing of intrusive narrative (cut-scenes) were an influence on development.
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He had a good eye for which assets looked closest to fecal matter to put in random toilets.
 
Sumio Mondo

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The level design in Prey is very good and one of the game's best strengths, so I hope that carries over to this new game, BioShock or otherwise.
 
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ParityBit

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So since this is all I can find with Bopshock here. I have a bug in Inifintae where I load my game and if I do anything menu related, the game hangs. I can alt-tab out and come back but as soon as I hit 'f' on something, or a menu item, it does the same thing.

nVidia 1070 for a vid card.

Anyone else have this issue? I tried reinstalling and I also restarted the checkpoint.
 
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