BioShock 2 DLC for PC Briefly Breaks Out

Andy Chalk

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BioShock 2 DLC for PC Briefly Breaks Out


The Protector Trials DLC for the PC version of BioShock 2 [http://www.amazon.com/Bioshock-2-Pc/dp/B0016BVYAM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1298316348&sr=8-3] made a surprise appearance on the Games for Windows Live Marketplace over the weekend, but don't bother rushing to get it because it doesn't actually work.

If you're die-hard PC gamer like me, news that the Protector Trials turned up on the uncanceled [http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/] it in October 2010), work is progressing and we'll have access to it at some point in the presumably-near future.

It's not quite ready for prime time yet, however, as evidenced by the experience of those who managed to snag it during its brief, unannounced run on GFWL Marketplace. Long story short, it didn't work, which caused much chagrin among gamers who spent 400 Microsoft Points on it despite 2K saying in October that it would be free when it finally came out. And it still doesn't work, and won't for awhile yet.

"Wait till my word before you go grab it - it's not ready yet," 2K Games Marketing Manager Elizabeth Tobey wrote on the BioShock 2 forums [http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?97359-Update-Protector-Trials-Minerva-s-Den-and-final-patch-coming-to-a-PC-near-you&p=1349033#post1349033]. She gave no hint about when it would be ready but added in another message that there won't be an update on the situation until at least Tuesday.

I certainly don't want to belittle 2K's commitment to the PC but with more than a year gone since the launch of BioShock 2, and six months since the Protector Trials came out for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, I do have to wonder if anyone actually cares about this anymore. A delay of a few weeks is one thing, but half a year? That's a bit much.

via: Big Download [http://news.bigdownload.com/2011/02/18/bioshock-2-protector-trials-pc-mistakenly-released-but-it-doesn/]


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teh_Canape

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I just want the Minerva's Den one, plz

still, I've been checking out the forum, seems like it's an updated version of the consoles one, I mean, upgraded with different stuff =P
 

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I honestly didn't know that the PC players hadn't got it yet.

It's actually a very good DLC, especially considering the price (400MS, so about £3.40/$5.40). Well worth getting.
 

EvolutionKills

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Legion said:
I honestly didn't know that the PC players hadn't got it yet.

It's actually a very good DLC, especially considering the price (400MS, so about £3.40/$5.40). Well worth getting.

And if it had come out in a timely manner back when anybody really cared about it, I'm sure a lot of PC gamers wanted to give 2K their money for the DLC. Instead they've been holding out forever. I mean seriously, did they not make enough money on Bioshock 2 to hire more than one dude in a cramped broom closet to work on porting over the DLC?
 
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Is anyone really playing Bioshock 2? I mean, I loved it and even I haven't played it in quite some time.

And my opinion is definitely the minority.
 

RA92

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HankMan said:
PC just ain't getting no respect these days.
Raiyan 1.0 said:
Uhhh... its piracy's fault, right? Or was it communism?
No! It's the terrorists, illegal immigrants and Obamacare.
Ahh, times have changed...

I mean it's been forever since Bioshock 2 came out!