The next numbered part of the BioShock shooter series from 2K was confirmed back in December 2019, but has never appeared on the surface since then. Thanks to MP1st, we were able to figure out what the game might look like.
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As MP1st reports, the portal’s editors received from an unnamed 2K visual effects artist a screenshot of one of the early versions of BioShock 4 (the third was BioShock Infinite).
The frame is taken from the 2021 build and shows a ricochet shotgun (Ricochet Shotgun) along with several interface elements, including plasmid/energy drink icons – there is no “magic” in the protagonist’s second hand.
The protagonist’s gaze reveals to the viewer a strange structure resembling a tower and topped with a luminous ball, which MP1st journalists compare to a miniature Sun.
Image source: MP1ST
At the bottom of the screen it is mentioned that this is a screenshot from the Parkside demo – journalist Jason Schreier said that BioShock 4 was being created under this code name at the end of 2019.
In addition, the name Parkside, along with many other codenames, recently appeared in a large-scale leak from EpicDB, the unofficial database of the Epic Games Store digital store.
The next BioShock is being developed by the Cloud Chamber studio, which is now actively (“like crazy”) recruiting new employees. According to rumors, the game will be released in 2028 and will tell about the events in the Antarctic city of Boreas in the 60s of the 20th century.