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Note to city planners everywhere. If you name your community Happydale or Utopiatown or Sunnypeacefuleternityville, you’re setting yourself up for an ironic plunge into the depths of horror…especially if it’s an underwater community. Such as is the case with Rapture, the setting in the acclaimed game BioShock. Why bring this up here? Because Mac users will get the chance to explore this world (and make some pretty tough choices along the way) when Feral Interactive releases the Mac version on October 7th.

Developed by 2K Boston and 2K Australia, and originally published by 2K Games, BioShock creates a world filled with fascinating characters, intelligent enemies and complex moral choices that define the foundation of the game’s world.

Barely surviving a plane crash, the player lands in icy uncharted waters and discovers the undersea city of Rapture, a failed utopia whose citizens had embraced genetic engineering before descending into pure anarchy. Power and greed have run amok and the city has succumbed to civil war. To survive, gamers must turn everything they find into a weapon, use their powers of observation to piece together what happened and make the difficult decisions necessary in order to escape a paradise gone badly wrong.

With its rich story, meticulous attention to visual detail and tense action, BioShock delivers a perfect blend of storytelling and first-person action. The game is also renowned for its rich visual detail depicting a gorgeous Art Deco world set deep beneath the sea. 

“The look and feel of BioShock is breathtaking,” said Feral Interactive’s David Stephen. “Combined with the remarkable depth and sophistication of the storyline, as well as the pure adrenaline rush of playing, BioShock will set new benchmarks for Mac gaming.”

BioShock is currently available for preorder at Feral’s online store, and will retail in North America for US $49.95, £34.99 (inc. VAT) in the UK and €39.95 (inc. VAT) throughout Europe. BioShock is rated M for blood and gore, drug reference, intense violence, sexual themes, strong language, and probably for insulting your mom and kicking your dog, at the rate this is going.

Minimum system requirements:

• 1.8 GHz Intel Mac
• 1.5 GB RAM
• 128 MB graphics card
• DVD drive
• 8 GB of hard disk space
• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later

The game does not support Intel GMA integrated video chipsets, but does run on the latest generation of MacBooks and Mac Minis.

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