As Cloud Chamber, the 2K Games studio answerable for the newest BioShock, lists a bounty of recent developer positions on-line, it’s time for some investigation and hypothesis about what this implies for the subsequent BioShock title.
The as-yet-untitled BioShock four is obvious to see as an open-world sport due to the job itemizing for a Senior Writer place on their web site. “We’re hoping to find someone who can weave impactful, character-driven stories in an open world setting” the itemizing reads, as a concrete indicator of the sport to come back.
As a part of this Senior Writer place, Cloud Chamber is searching for somebody who can “brainstorm primary and secondary mission content” alongside the design crew. Secondary mission content material sounds a good bit like some type of facet quests, an apparent function in open-world video games. It’s solely potential nonetheless that they’re simply searching for some elective mission targets for the open world’s missions.
There’s additionally discuss of eager to make “ the game world feel alive, encouraging players to stay and explore” as seen on the brand new job itemizing for the Senior World Designer.
This place can also be searching for somebody who can create “emerging AI behavior to create a “living” world that gives gamers selection at each step of the sport” which feels like a continuation of the “meaningful AI urban crowd system” that we’ve seen in earlier job listings.
With BioShock four nonetheless a great distance off, there’s no telling what the ultimate product may appear like, however we’ll be conserving a watch out to see how these job listings translate into the ultimate sport once we know extra.
