BioShock 2 surfaces on February 9 @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on September 18, 2009

News: Gamers won't have to wait much longer to return to Rapture.

After delaying BioShock 2 from its planned Fall 2008 release date, 2K Games is now ready to announce that the sequel to one of 2007's most acclaimed games will be released on February 9, 2010. The PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is currently in development at 2K Marin in collaboration with 2K Australia, Digital Extremes and 2K China.

Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture. Players step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture, the Big Daddy, as they travel through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and their own survival.

While some gamers were disappointed that the original BioShock did not have a multiplayer mode, the sequel will include it and it will be a story-based mode that serves as a prequel to the first game:

Multiplayer in BioShock 2 will provide a rich prequel experience that expands the origins of the BioShock fiction. Set during the fall of Rapture, players assume the role of a Plasmid test subject for Sinclair Solutions, a premier provider of Plasmids and Tonics in the underwater city of Rapture that was first explored in the original BioShock. Players will need to use all the elements of the BioShock toolset to survive, as the full depth of the BioShock experience is refined and transformed into a unique multiplayer experience that can only be found in Rapture.

We'll have more soon.