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Take-Two and Tor releasing BioShock novel
May 27th 2009 on Joystiq
We're still not sure why anyone would want to retrofit video games with last-gen tech and turn them into books, but sci-fi/fantasy publisher Tor has apparently had a lot of success with the practice ...
MIT BiG: Levine talks life before BioShock
May 8th 2009 on Joystiq
We're here at the MIT Business in Gaming conference this afternoon to watch Ken Levine – who holds the title trifecta of "co-founder, "president" and "Creative Director" at 2K Boston (né...
Ken Levine: Next project will cost 'a fair amount of money'
May 8th 2009 on Joystiq
During his Q&A at the MIT Business in Gaming conference, Ken Levine revealed the cost of some of his projects and hinted at the cost (and scale!) of 2K Boston's latest, still secret, project."Fre...
Ken Levine shows off what a total nerd he is
May 1st 2009 on Joystiq
It's okay, Kenny L., we're nerds too. We know what it's like owning the I, Claudius box set and no one understanding. In fact, if we wrote to A Life Well Wasted with pictures of all our stuff and tho...
Ken Levine keynoting first MIT 'Business in Gaming' conference
Apr 13th 2009 on Joystiq
Focusing on riveting hot-button issues like "digital distribution, marketing, and in-game advertising," the MIT Sloan School of Management is kicking off its first ever "Business in Gaming " Conferen...
GDC09: An Irrational name change?
Mar 26th 2009 on Joystiq
It appears that 2K Boston may be going back to its original name, Irrational Games, soonish. This evening, at a social event held by the developer's PR company, several 2K Boston employees were weari...
Ken Levine gives some hints on 2K Boston's future
Mar 22nd 2009 on Big Download
The BioShock team at 2K Boston has been pretty silent about their upcoming plans and in a new Gamespot chat, its head man Ken Levine doesn't really give too many new details about what they have plann...
2K Boston is hiring (Hey, Ken. We have excellent compuper skills!)
Mar 20th 2009 on Joystiq
2K Boston is looking to staff its next project and is blaring that information quite publicly -- a bold move in this economy. The company approached us with images of a postcard it'll pass out next w...
We really want this new BioShock art book
Mar 18th 2009 on Joystiq
We know how it is. You're standing at your local department store/Cracker Barrel gift shop/hotel mini-bar and you just can't find the perfect gift for that special video game blog in your life. Hey, ...
NYCC 09: Todd Howard, Ken Levine panel
Feb 6th 2009 on Joystiq
So, what happens when you stick game developers Ken Levine (BioShock) and Todd Howard (Fallout 3) in a room with two outspoken games journalists for an hour? You get a fascinating discussion on how E...
BioShock developer hiring for unnamed multiplayer FPS project
Feb 2nd 2009 on Big Download
Speculation about what Ken Levine and his group at 2K Boston are doing to follow up on their 2007 smash hit BioShock continues. While another group, 2K Marin, are doing the official BioShock sequel, w...
BioShock has 'potential' for numerous sequels, suggests 2K boss
Jan 7th 2009 on Joystiq
2K Global President Christoph Hartmann says BioShock could have plenty of sequels, but he promises the company won't "cash in" on the franchise. Speaking with MCV, Hartmann states that with the "righ...
Ken Levine wants PC gaming to be more successful
Dec 4th 2008 on Big Download
2K Boston head Ken Levine made a name for both himself and the studio with the release of 2007's BioShock. But while that game made a large part of its money from the Xbox 360 version Levine clearly p...
Ken Levine's role in BioShock 2 not 'material'
Sep 16th 2008 on Joystiq
Besides working on "Super Secret Project That We're Dying to Find Out About X," Ken Levine also has an involvement of some sort with the follow-up to his hit BioShock, as well as the upcoming film ba...
Levine got 'nasty f***ing threats' over copy protection
Sep 11th 2008 on Joystiq
When we say we want to lock BioShock creator Ken Levine in a box, allowing him to subsist on nothing but our love, it's in a fun way. Because we care about him and we're meant to be united into infin...
Levine got threats over BioShock PC DRM
Sep 11th 2008 on Big Download
We've already seen how an angry mob of DRM haters can affect the readers score of a game like Spore but a few of these folks take their anti-copyright protection cause way too far. A huge example of t...
PAX 2008: Ken Levine keyote talks sex, comics and growing up
Aug 29th 2008 on Joystiq
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PAX 2008 event schedule released
Aug 11th 2008 on Massively
Gaming convention season is upon us and perhaps one of the largest of these is the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Washington. This being the fifth annual PAX, the turnout promises to already crush the...
Ken Levine: BioShock film won't be a stinker
Aug 7th 2008 on Joystiq Xbox
Speaking to videogaming247.com, 2K Boston's Ken Levine did his best to allay the fear that the upcoming BioShock film will be a turkey. "You're always going to be worried that in that first meeting t...
Bad news: BioShock movie won't be 'Fool's Gold'
Aug 7th 2008 on Joystiq
It should come as no surprise that our favorite film around Joystiq HQ is Matthew McConaughey starrer Fool's Gold. We even have an adorable little Fool's Gold drinking game where ... well, we get rea...