We're treated to a splendid tour of BioShock Infinite's setting in the E3 trailer, as former Pinkerton protagonist Booker Dewitt swings through the sky-city Columbia on its sky-line rail transport, dispatching ruffians as he goes. There's a young lady relying on him to rescue her, you see.

BioShock Infinite is headed to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2012, developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games. Check out our early E3 preview for Infinite fun. Read more »

The striking announcement of BioShock Infinite, which introduced the cloud city of Columbia, instantly sparked the imagination. Anticipation rocketed on the thought of how the creators of the original BioShock's underwater utopia-gone-wrong called Rapture might work similar magic on a turn of the 20th century city in the sky. The E3 demo of BioShock Infinite offers ample reassurance that those hopes were not misplaced.

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Irrational is giving fans a chance to appear in BioShock Infinite -- well, a fan's name at least. The company has opened up the Name in the Game contest, inviting fans to submit their name and e-mail address. Like Sinclair Solutions was named after Irrational staff member Scott Sinclair, one fan will be immortalized as a Columbia business owner, building, or otherwise. Read more »

The original BioShock ran on Unreal Engine 2.5, but Irrational's upcoming BioShock Infinite will run on Unreal Engine 3. Like its predecessor, Infinite's development team has made some serious tweaks (via Joystiq) to Epic's engine for their purposes.

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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 Filter features a ShackVideo version of the Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D trailer as well as new screens for BioShock Infinite, DC Universe Online, and the PC version of Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries of Little Riddle. There is also new video media for Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, The Sims 3, Overgrowth, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and Combat Arms. Read more »

Irrational Games boss Ken Levine knows that most strategies for survival in the original BioShock ended with the constant use of the Elecrto-Bolt and shotgun; however, he hopes players will see the benefit in using the range of tools available for encounters in BioShock Infinite.

In an interview on the PlayStation Blog, Levine noted that the tight spaces and low enemy count per encounter in the original BioShock made falling back on specific weapons an easy decision. In BioShock Infinite, areas are open and can house multiple enemies--sometimes more than a dozen--forcing players to utilize the game's entire arsenal of weapons and abilities. Read more »

Although the nine minute gameplay video for Irrational's second foray into the world of BioShock was set to hit tomorrow, the internet is an impatient place. Popping up all over YouTube after being launched exclusively on the Xbox Live Marketplace, we thought it would best serve the Shack Community to make the BioShock Infinite gameplay trailer available immediately. (Saving you from accidentally stumbling across hordes of awkward YouTube "vlogs.") Read more »

The gameplay demo we saw in New York last month for Irrational's upcoming return to the world of BioShock is now available for your viewing pleasure on your Xbox 360.

The nine minute gameplay demo of BioShock Infinite takes players through the sky-high streets of Columbia, showcases some of the abilities the main protagonist Booker DeWitt and the mysterious Elizabeth can utilize in tandem, and a screaming, flying horse. (You'll understand what we mean when you see it.) Read more »

Over the last week and a half, Irrational Games' latest employee--and former Shack editor--Chris Remo has been outlining ten things gamers should know about Irrational's upcoming BioShock Infinite.

The slow trickle of details from Irrational concludes tomorrow, when the developer will finally reveal the first gameplay demonstration of the sky-high adventure. 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 a whole bucket full of screenshots and trailers from Gamescom 2010. So many, that we couldn't even fit all of them here. We've filtered the filter! Below you'll see new footage of Dead Space 2, two videos from Red Faction: Armageddon, a trailer for Metroid: Other M, new images of BioShock Infinite, Dungeon Siege III, screens and a video for F.E.A.R. 3, a retro-inspired Splatterhouse trailer, screends and video of TERA, a fast new trailer for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, two gameplay videos for Enslaved, screenshots from Dead Rising 2, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, Civilization V, DiRT 3, Mortal Kombat, and some screends and video for End of Nations. Whew! Read more »

With Irrational Games' latest title revealed to the world at an event in New York City last night, we had a host of unanswered questions. We had a chance to discuss the title with Irrational boss Ken Levine; however, we still craved more information.

Thankfully we were given time to grill Irrational's director of product development, Timothy Gerritsen, regarding the idea of returning to the BioShock world, how the two titles are not tied together and how it was important to actually showcase a floating city within the game engine. Read more »

It was certainly surprising to learn that, in three years after developing the award-winning BioShock, Irrational Games was working on... BioShock.

With the announcement out of the bag and BioShock Infinite revealed to the masses, Shacknews cornered Irrational Games boss Ken Levine to discuss the concept of BioShock versus Rapture, "American Exceptionalism," and his thoughts on possible fan reaction to the game's reveal. Read more »

Surprise only begins to describe the reaction to developer Irrational Games' announcing the return of the Bioshock name to its next game. At the press event in New York City its official unveiling played out in high drama. Studio head Ken Levine gave a brief introduction, coyly leaving off the name, before showing the trailer (which you can see for yourself below).

As it begins we're given glimpses of Irrational's previous work, a Big Daddy statue sits at the bottom of an aquarium before being crushed under the foot of a new behemoth; one of many scattered throughout the cloud city the game is set within. And with that, BioShock Infinite took the stage. Read more »

Tropico 3 developer Haemimont Games is branching out into the realm of action-adventure with The First Templar, publisher Kalypso Media has announced.

The First Templar features two characters in the form of a Templar knight and a noblewoman branded a heretic, who naturally have their own skills and can be switched between, letting the AI take over the other. Drop-in, drop-out co-op play is also on offer. Read more »