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Does BioShock Creator Have New Game in the Works?

Does BioShock Creator Have New Game in the Works?

Ken Levine, creator of BioShock, recently revealed what a huge fan he is of the Lord of the Rings epic Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. In fact, he’s using it as his template for capturing what he calls a “flexible narrative” for a future, un-named project.

“Two years ago, I started thinking about how to build a system to let story be as variable as gameplay and still be awesome in the way story can be awesome. Could you have characters, conflicts, and dialogue that could end not in 100 states, not in 1,000, but in X to the Y states? Goodbye linear, hello geometric! And that’s the new big thing that my colleagues and I have been working on at our yet-unnamed new studio…” Levine teases.

Many had suspected (and rightfully so) we’d not seen the last of Levine’s creative influence after Irrational Games closed shop earlier this year. So what exactly does the game maker have up his sleeve? We’re not 100% sure just yet, but we’ll keep you posted once we know more.

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