For those of us who find most mobile games to be unengaging, the rise of so-called “premium” games on mobile platforms is a welcome development. Big names have been trotting out the likes of Modern Combat 5: Blackout (Gameloft) and Mass Effect: Infiltrator (EA), which tend to carry high price tags, but pack better graphics and gameplay that your typical $1.99 game or freebie. Now, 2K is readying the original
Bioshock for iOS. You could be playing Bioshock on your iPad as early as this summer.
Bioshock for iOS. Image Credit:
Engadget
Reviewers who have had had the chance to try an in-progress version of the game say that the games graphics are very good, though some sacrifices clearly had to be made to keep the game mobile-friendly. Controller buttons appear on screen and make for decent gameplay, but the game also supports third-party controllers like the
Moga Hero Power. The price for the game hasn’t been announced yet, but the
iOS requirements have: you’ll need an
iPhone 5 or newer, an iPad Mini 2 or iPad4, or an iPad Air. What would you pay for game like Bioshock?
Joshua Gulick
Josh cut his teeth (and hands) on his first PC upgrade in 2000 and was instantly hooked on all things tech. He took a degree in English and tech writing with him to
Computer Power User Magazine and spent years reviewing high-end workstations and gaming systems, processors, motherboards, memory and video cards. His enthusiasm for PC hardware also made him a natural fit for covering the burgeoning modding community, and he wrote
CPU’s “Mad Reader Mod” cover stories from the series’ inception until becoming the publication editor for
Smart Computing Magazine. A few years ago, he returned to his first love, reviewing smoking-hot PCs and components, for
HotHardware. When he’s not agonizing over benchmark scores, Josh is either running (very slowly) or spending time with family.