Better late than never, as the saying goes. BioShock 2 will be coming to the Mac platform in January of next year. The port is being handled by Feral Interactive, the studio behind the Mac versions of Mafia 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and the original BioShock.

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PC gamers, rejoice! Rapture is nearly upon us, as BioShock 2 publisher 2K Games has at long last announced a release date for Minerva's Den.

The subaqeous shooter's super-splendid single-player downloadable content will arrive on May 31 via the Games for Windows Marketplace, priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10). Read more »

The next few weeks of Xbox Live Marketplace content have been detailed by Microsoft's Larry Hryb, including some anticipated XBLA games and discounts on 2K titles.

The twin-stick shooter Gatling Gears will be up tomorrow for $15 (1200 MSP), and Sega Rally Online Arcade will go up next week for a cool $10 (800 MSP). Hryb also tweeted separately that Star Raiders will be up this week as well. Read more »

Delightful digital distributor Steam is running some stonking mid-week sales. To celebrate the launch of Magicka's Vietnam add-on today, there's 50% off the splendid action-RPG. You can also get 75% off BioShock and BioShock 2 for today alone, as part of 2K's daily deals promotion.

For a bargain $7.99, you can pick up the Magicka Complete Pack, which contains the original game, the pre-order bonus Wizard's Survival Kit DLC, and the Vietnam add-on. You can also get one copy of the base game alone for $4.99, or four for only $14.99. Read more »

It's been a long and bumpy journey, but BioShock 2's The Protector Trials downloadable content finally arrived on PC today and can now be grabbed from the Games for Windows Marketplace. As a bonus, it's free.

The Protector Trials adds a score attack mode built around the Little Sister harvesting sections, with players having to defend the wee girls from attacking splicers. It was released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in August 2010, priced at $5, and a PC release was expected soon after. Read more »

Earlier this month, 2K Games sadly revealed that it would not be bringing the Protector Trials and Minerva's Den DLC packs to the PC version fo BioShock 2. Also left out in the cold was the game's final patch, already out for the console versions.

Today, 2K's Elizabeth Tobey has announced that the company will be bringing these two DLC packs and the patch to the PC SKU. Read more »

[Update: 4:50p.m.] 2K's Elizabeth Tobey has posted an explanation regrading the cancelation of Minerva's Den, as well as the Protector Trials DLC, for the PC version of BioShock 2 on 2K's official forums. Tobey also details the decision not to add playlists to the multiplayer component of BioShock 2 on Xbox 360 and PS3. The entire explanation is available after the break.

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2K Marin has revealed BioShock 2's "narrative driven" downloadable content pack, Minerva's Den, will launch at the end of this month.

According to Joystiq, the content will be available on August 31 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and is priced at $9.99 / 800 Microsoft Points. The content will be available for PC users at "a later date." Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Daily Filter includes some new media from Shinji Mikami's Vanquish, a trailer for the first Red Dead Redemption DLC, screens for the PS3 exclusive "The Betrayal of Jimmy DLC" for Mafia II, new screenshots for Def Jam Rapstar, a duo of soccer updates for both Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 and FIFA Soccer 11, a pair of screens for the new BioShock 2 DLC, a new trailer for Sonic Colors (now releasing on November 16), a look at Move's integration in Heavy Rain, a trailer for Etrian Odyssey III, and a video apiece from Two Worlds II and Patrician IV. Read more »

BioShock 2 is finally set to receive a dose of "narrative-driven" downloadable content when the 'Minerva's Den' DLC arrives this fall, publisher 2K Games announced today.

Minvera's Den is described as a "a self-contained narrative experience" starring "an all-new character," venturing into the "never-before-seen" Rapture Central Computing district to help Brigid Tenenbaum "uncover the dark secrets hidden in its founder's past." Read more »

Today is the last day in the, "Please! My wallet is begging you to stop" sale on Steam (otherwise known as the Perils of Summer sale).As expected, the final leg of the promotion rehash some of the best deals seen throughout the week. Highlights include Borderlands for $10.19 Left 4 Dead 2 for $10.16 and ARMA II for $19.99.

Steam Sale - July 4, 2010
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Having already released several batches of multiplayer downloadable content for BioShock 2, publisher 2K Games today announced the first of multiple singleplayer DLC packs for 2K Marin's subaqueous shooter sequel. Read more »

In an interview with Venture Beat, Take-Two chief executive officer Ben Feder discussed the strong sales of Rockstar Games' long-in-development western Red Dead Redemption, calling the "iconic" image of protagonist John Marston an important element to game's marketing message. "That image is designed to be seared into your mind," Feder told Venture Beat's Dean Takahashi. Feder also discussed the commercial success of BioShock 2, calling the title "ultimately successful, but not hugely successful." Read more »

While Take-Two Interactive still intends to "support the [BioShock] franchise," the publisher has revealed that the next entry could be handled by a different developer.

"We think BioShock is still one of the most important franchises in the industry," Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick said in a recent conference call to investors, as picked up by IGN. "We do intend to support it; doesn't necessarily have to be at [BioShock 2 maker] 2K Marin, but we do intend to support the franchise." Read more »