BioShock 1 and The Darkness fans are getting their hopes up after the discovery of an unannounced 2K remake in the works. The revelation comes from the LinkedIn profile of Brett Shupe, a motion capture animator at 2K.

BioShock 1 and The Darkness considered prime candidates for a remake

As spotted by MP1st over the weekend, Shupe’s now-edited profile mentioned that he’s worked on an upcoming Mafia game, the new BioShock game, a canceled Supermassive Games project code named Erebus, a new 2K sports title as well as an unannounced non-sports title, and last but not least, “an upcoming unannounced remake.”

That last bit above has generated quite a bit of excitement. Fans are speculating that the original BioShock is possibly being remade from the ground up to drum up interest in the series ahead of BioShock 4. The infamous (and accurate) Nvidia leak did mention a BioShock remaster, and fans believe that 2K may have switched to a remake considering we already have a 2016 collection of the BioShock trilogy.

However, there’s some hope that a remake of The Darkness is in the works as Nightdive CEO has previously hinted at bringing the game back to life. Some folks are even rooting for Spec Ops: The Line!

Noticing all the chatter, Shupe edited his profile and scrubbed any mention of the canceled Supermassive Games project as well as the unannounced remake. However, screenshots of his profile are already making rounds.

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BioShock fans have finally received a small BioShock 4 update (or whatever the next game is called) after a lengthy silence. It was in 2019 that 2K announced the establishment of new studio, Cloud Chamber, to take the series forward. And it looks like the developer is finally ramping up production.

BioShock 4 dev team is bulking up

As spotted by folks at Wccftech, Cloud Chamber has opened up a large number of job vacancies. Over on LinkedIn, senior cinematic designer Jeff Spoonhower stated that the vacancies are specifically for the BioShock team.

“The BioShock team at 2K Cloud Chamber is ramping up!” Spoonhower wrote. “We have many positions open across a variety of disciplines including art, animation, engineering, design, narrative, and production. We are working on a really awesome project, and our studio is remote-friendly.”

There are 30 job opportunities available, including critical roles like senior writer, executive producer, and producer.

While this is great news for those worried about the project, given the number of vacancies and nature of the roles, it looks like BioShock 4 has either yet to enter production or is in very early stages of development. We won’t be surprised if the game releases on the PS6.

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Popular video game streamer Herschel “Guy” Beahm IV, better known as Dr Disrespect, is reportedly being removed from NBA 2K24. The streamer, who fell from grace over allegations that he exchanged inappropriate messages with a minor, was also featured in NBA 2K23.

NBA 2K24 Season 9 patch will scrub Dr Disrespect’s name and animations, report claims

The aforementioned report comes from Dexerto, who reached out to 2K following the controversy.

The allegations against Dr Disrespect surfaced when a former Twitch employee revealed on X that the streamer’s infamous Twitch ban was the result of him messaging a minor. Following the news, Dr Disrespect’s own game studio Midnight Society investigated the claims and parted ways with him.

Dr Disrespect has since admitted in a public statement that he exchanged Twitch whisper messages with a minor back in 2017, which he described as “casual, mutual conversations that sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate, but nothing more.”

Following the statement, Dr Disrespect was promptly dropped by Turtle Beach, and the San Francisco 49ers have severed ties with him. Now, NBA 2K is set to remove him from the franchise in the coming weeks. A release date for the patch has not been shared.

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The 2024 Summer Game Fest is fast approaching, with several major publishers gearing up for a big announcement. 2K Games is among the companies getting in on the festivities, teasing a major franchise announcement. A recent leak from a reliable source indicates that the new reveal will be none other than Borderlands 4.

Will the Borderlands 4 reveal be at the Summer Game Fest?

This news comes from the leaker Kurakasis, who’s built a reputation as a reliable source of insider information. “It has been discovered via eXputer’s contacts that 2K will offer Borderlands 4’s first-ever reveal at the upcoming Summer Game Fest on June 7,” Kurakasis wrote on Wednesday. “There is also a chance that the game gets formally announced before the event, followed by a better show of it during the showcase, but I cannot confirm that at this point.”

This will likely disappoint anyone hoping to see Mafia 4 or the new BioShock game at the Summer Game Fest. However, a Borderlands 4 reveal is excellent news for the series’ fans. While Tiny Tina’s Wonderland and New Tales from the Borderlands launched in 2022, the last mainline game was released in 2019.

Borderlands 3 faced a fair amount of criticism. Much of it targeted the NPC Ava and the game’s treatment of returning characters Lilith and Maya. Borderlands 3 suggested that Maya would be an important character in the next game, while the Director’s Cut indicated Lilith might also return. Hopefully, the Summer Game Fest’s Borderlands 4 reveal might offer clues to what Gearbox has in mind for those characters.

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Take-Two Interactive subsidiary 2K Sports might be making FIFA soccer games going forward. This speculation comes from a cryptic tweet by a known insider, who appears to hint that 2K has benefitted from the divorce between FIFA organization and previous game publisher Electronic Arts.

Take-Two previously said it had no plans to discuss FIFA games following EA split

The tweet comes from none other than Twitter user Kurakasis, who has a pretty good track record when it comes to leaks. The tease in question can be seen below.

If what Kurakasis is hinting is true, this won’t come as a surprise considering many expected Take-Two to snap up the license. CEO Strauss Zelnick was quizzed about this by Take-Two shareholders in 2022, in response to which he said that at the time he had no plans to enter discussions regarding FIFA games.

Take-Two has a major sports label in its 2K subsidiary, which covers a wide variety of sports sans soccer. EA moved on without FIFA with its own brand of soccer and Konami has eFootball (formerly Pro Evolution Soccer). It makes sense for 2K to delve into soccer with FIFA. That said, take this with a grain of salt until official confirmation.

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Gearbox has confirmed the existence of the rumored Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box for PS5 and PS4, announcing it will launch later this week with a 60% discount. In fact, if players already own some of the games within the collection, they can purchase an upgrade for just $30.

What’s in the Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box?

Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box will include all six games in the Borderlands franchise, as well as all of the DLC released before September 1, 2023. These are:

• Borderlands
• Borderlands 2
• Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
• Tales from the Borderlands
• Borderlands 3
• New Tales from the Borderlands

The Pandora’s Box release date is September 1, 2023, meaning players have to wait less than 24 hours to get their hands on the entire collection for PS4 or PS5. The collection will only be available digitally from the PlayStation Store and is usually priced at $149.99. However, the collection will launch with a 60% discount at a price of $59.99 for a limited time. Neither developer Gearbox Software nor publisher 2K mentioned for how long the discount will be available.

Players who already own some of the titles within the compilation will be able to complete their collection for a discounted price. If you own a digital or physical copy of Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition or Borderlands: The Handsome Collection on PS4, or Borderlands 3 on PS5 or PS4, there will be a $30 upgrade offer. All players need to do is to start one of those listed games and follow the in-game instructions.

Meanwhile, Gearbox also announced a new Echoes from the Borderlands podcast series that goes into detail about the franchise’s history and legacy. The first episode airs at 5 AM PT on September 1 and will air at the same time every Thursday following. The podcast can be found on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and Pandora.

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There are currently no announced Borderlands games, but there is something cooking up over in Pandora. A new listing for some kind of entry in the series has popped up online, the title of which directly implies that it will be a Borderlands compilation.

The Borderlands Compilation: Pandora’s Box looks to be a bundle

As spotted by Gematsu, The Borderlands Compilation: Pandora’s Box showed up on South Africa’s Film and Publication Board, which published its classified films and games for April. While there are a few known games on there like Immortals of Aveum, Crash Team Rumble, and Redfall, there’s also the aforementioned Borderlands compilation. No other details are listed, other than it is a console and PC title.

Neither Gearbox Software nor 2K have revealed what exactly this could be, but it’s clearly some sort of big bundle. It’s possible that it includes all four traditional Borderlands games: Borderlands, Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Borderlands 3.

The previous Borderlands compilation, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, only had the first three titles, so this would be an opportunity to get the four shooters in one place. It’s unclear if it will also have the fantasy spin-off Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands or Tales from the Borderlands and New Tales from the Borderlands, the two narrative adventure titles developed by Telltale Games and Gearbox Software, respectively.

Some Borderlands games are also exiting PlayStation Plus. The Handsome Collection just left Extra on July 18, and Borderlands 3 is one of the games leaving on August 15. It seems natural to take these games off a subscription service if they’re going to be resold in the near future. The Borderlands movie is also scheduled for sometime in 2024, so it would make sense to have something a little newer on physical or digital storefronts somewhere around that time.

There’s already a native PS5 upgrade for Borderlands 3, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and New Tales from the Borderlands, and the PS4 port of The Handsome Collection runs at a 4K at 60 frames per second on PS5. 2014’s Tales from the Borderlands is the only potential Borderlands game that could see some sort of upgrade, granted that this unannounced bundle is anything more than a simple repackaging of existing ports.

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After years of fans hoping for it, 2K has confirmed that NBA 2K24 crossplay is confirmed, and will be available on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions of the game when it launches on September 8, 2023.

What else do we know about NBA 2K24?

Unfortunately, there will be no crossplay for fans who plan to play the game on older consoles. While NBA 2K24 will release on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC, it will do so with fewer features than the PS5 and Xbox Series X.

Alongside the crossplay news, it was also revealed that there will once again be various editions of the game will include, as well as a celebration of Kobe Bryant — the cover athlete for two editions of the game — via “Mamba Moments.”

As is the case every year, NBA 2K24 will once again include a handful of different editions of the game, including the base game, a “Black Mamba Edition” that will cost $99.99, and a 25th Anniversary Edition of the game that will retail for $149.99 and include a variety of in-game content for the MyTeam and MyCareer modes as well as a free year subscription to NBA’s League Pass streaming service, which allows players to watch any game during the regular season.

A physical only WNBA edition of the game will also be made available at GameStop, with the New York Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu gracing the cover.

2K will also be celebrating the late Kobe Bryant beyond putting him on the cover. Similar to the Jordan moments that appeared in the game last year and in NBA 2K11, NBA 2K24 will include “Mamba Moments,” which will have players recreating some of Bryant’s most iconic moments. A statement on the game (via Polygon) also revealed that NBA 2K24 will include something called ProPlay, which “directly translates NBA footage into NBA 2K24 gameplay.” More information on that is set to come in the future, though.

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NBA Hall of Famer and legend Kobe Bryant will once again grace the cover of the NBA 2K video game franchise, with 2K announcing Bryant will be the NBA 2K24 cover athlete.

The late NBA icon will appear on the game’s cover for the fourth time, and the second time posthumously. Previously, Bryant appeared on the cover of NBA 2K10, as well as the special edition covers of NBA 2K17 and NBA 2K21.

Bryant will appear on two covers of NBA 2K24

2K announced the move in a tweet, confirming that two editions of the game — the Kobe Bryant Edition and the Black Mamba Edition — would be available, as well as sharing a look at the covers.

The decision to include Bryant on the cover is likely due to Bryant wearing the number 24 for most of his career, which would match this year’s entry. Last year, Michael Jordan (who wore number 23 for most of his career) was also featured on a cover of NBA 2K23.

“As we celebrate 25 years of NBA 2K with Kobe Bryant, we commemorate his legacy and the generational impact he has had on the game of basketball,” Greg Thomas, president at Visual Concepts, the game’s developer, said in a statement. “While we mark the history of the franchise, NBA 2K24 also looks ahead to the future to bring an innovative leap in technology and the introduction of community-requested features like crossplay.”

Whether or not more covers of NBA 2K24 will be revealed is unknown as of now, since nothing else has been shown regarding NBA 2K24 yet. However, 2K has said that pre-orders for the game will begin tomorrow, so it’s likely more information is coming soon.

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Unannounced football/soccer game LEGO 2K Goal (stylized as Goooal!) has been leaked by the Korean rating board. The listing, which went live today, does not mention any platforms.

Lego 2K Goal listing corroborates previous leak

Lego 2K Goal’s listing, which was first spotted by Gematsu, corroborates a February 2022 report by VGC in which the outlet claimed that 2K obtained the Lego license for several sports games. The games are reportedly being developed by Take-Two Interactive’s Visual Concepts in collaboration with UK’s Sumo Digital.

According to VGC’s report, 2K’s Lego sports games include a racing game (since released as Lego 2K Drive) and a soccer/football game, which the rating board has now confirmed as 2K Goal. Interestingly, VGC’s sources said that 2K Goal was meant to coincide with last year’s FIFA world cup, and would have been followed by 2K Drive, but it looks like an internal delay led to the racing game releasing before 2K Goal.

VGC claims that there’s a third Lego 2K sports game in development, based on “a major sports franchise,” but wasn’t told what franchise that is.

While 2K and Sumo Digital did not comment on the report, Lego said at the time that it does not address “speculations” about future partnerships.

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