{"id":70275,"date":"2014-08-04T16:35:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T14:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=70275"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:33:56","slug":"bioshock-coming-to-iphone-and-ipad-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bioshock-coming-to-iphone-and-ipad-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioshock coming to iPhone and iPad soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The classic first person shooter, <strong>Bioshock<\/strong>, is coming to iPhone and iPad soon, according to publisher 2K games. The company teased the release on <a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/twitter\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> recently, with a mysterious image saying &#8216;Come bite the Apple!&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Bioshock for iOS will be compatible with iPad 4, iPad Mini 2 and iPad Air, plus iPhone 5, 5S and 5C. It&#8217;s the first major last-generation console game to be ported to iOS, and while it promises to be a faithful port, Eurogamer reports that there has been a drop in quality of some effects and textures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-70276\" title=\"bioshock ios\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/bioshock-ios-568x370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/bioshock-ios-568x370.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/bioshock-ios-256x166.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/bioshock-ios.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like 2K&#8217;s <strong>Grand Theft Auto<\/strong>, Bioshock for iOS will not feature micro-transactions, which will likely mean a relatively high price (<a href=\"http:\/\/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GTA San Andreas<\/a> is $6.99). As with all first person shooters on iOS, the biggest question is how good the controls will be. Even the best systems are a compromise compared to using a gamepad.<\/p>\n<p>2K has yet to announce a release date for Bioshock on iOS other than &#8216;soon&#8217;, or confirm its price.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2014-08-04-bioshock-1-announced-for-iphone-and-ipad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eurogamer<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"BioShock voice actors unite for Burial at Sea Episode Two (video)\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/bioshock-infinite-burial-at-sea-episode-two-behind-the-scenes\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BioShock voice actors unite for Burial at Sea Episode Two (video)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to unlock 1999 mode in Bioshock Infinite\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/how-to-unlock-1999-mode-in-bioshock-infinite\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to unlock 1999 mode in Bioshock Infinite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 2 coming March 25th\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/bioshock-infinite-burial-at-sea-episode-2-coming-march-25th\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 2 coming March 25th<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea coming later this year\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/bioshock-infinite-burial-at-sea-coming-later-this-year\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea coming later this year<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Follow Jonathan on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathanriggall\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@jonathanriggall<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The classic first person shooter, Bioshock, is coming to iPhone and iPad soon, according to publisher 2K games. The company teased the release on Twitter recently, with a mysterious image saying &#8216;Come bite the Apple!&#8217;. Bioshock for iOS will be compatible with iPad 4, iPad Mini 2 and iPad Air, plus iPhone 5, 5S and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bioshock-coming-to-iphone-and-ipad-soon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bioshock coming to iPhone and iPad soon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-70275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330414,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70275\/revisions\/330414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70275"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=70275"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=70275"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=70275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}