2K Games has found a fairly good avenue for games on the mobile front, with such releases as NBA 2K14 and XCOM: Enemy Unknown drawing huge audiences alongside console gamers. But now, it’s ready to deliver a real shock to the system – or in this case, BioShock.

The publisher has confirmed that it will bring the hit 2007 PC/console shooter to mobile devices this fall. It will be available for more powerful Apple devices, although it won’t be working with older ones, due to its processing power requirements. But if you have an iPhone 5s or one of the new iPad Air devices, you’re completely in luck.

BioShock tells the story of a mysterious underwater city called Rapture, which the player first discovers following a devastating plane wreck. What follows is a twisted story, one that involves oddly disturbing characters, powerful miniscule girls known as Little Sisters, and one big, bad monster that’s simply referred to as Big Daddy.

The game sold immensely well on consoles and has since created a legacy with 2K, one that continued with such games as BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite, before Irrational Games closed its doors for good several months ago, in favor of focusing on more mobile means.

The game will be treated like a “premium” App Store release, and although a price point hasn’t been confirmed, it’s likely to sell for $20, similar to what XCOM launched for last year. BioShock will be modified to work with an on-screen virtual button and joypad control scheme, and will also support controllers Made For iPhone (MFI).

So far, the port looks fantastic. There are obviously some corners that had to be cut visually to get the game running, but those who have seen it came away rather impressed…which could very well open up an avenue for more console-to-mobile ports in the future. If solid Xbox 360 or PS3 games can really be moved over to iOS/Android (at least, on the latest models of devices), this could mean we’ll see a wave of top console titles coming to mobile.

What do you think Will you plunk down the cash to experience BioShock again

Source: Digital Trends