{"id":48668,"date":"2012-12-22T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=48668"},"modified":"2012-12-24T12:29:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T10:29:16","slug":"irrational-aims-to-please-pc-players-with-bioshock-infinite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/48668-irrational-aims-to-please-pc-players-with-bioshock-infinite","title":{"rendered":"Irrational aims to please PC players with Bioshock Infinite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no doubt that PC can be the unwanted stepchild of the games industry. They represent less money for developers and a big piracy problem, and as such PC players can sometimes get the short end of the stick with restrictive DRM measures and a \u201cported\u201d feel.<\/p>\n<p>Mouse and keyboard veterans will be happy to hear then that Irrational\u2019s Ken Levine has said that for Bioshock Infinite they \u201chave a dedicated group on the PC version.\u201d The news came via a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Thursday night, where Levine stated that \u201cour first priority is making sure that it feels like a game that is at home on the PC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris Kline our director of tech, has been driving this process, Levine continued. \u201cWe\u2019re very sensitive (after getting a well deserved reaming once before) on the issues of widescreen and mouse acceleration. We also want to make sure that the fans have effortless access to the game, so we\u2019re using Steam\u2019s standard DRM. People have asked before if we\u2019re using GFWL and\/or SecuRom, and we are not. I also have to say, the game looks beautiful on PC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PC players had previously complained about the two preceding Bioshock games having some severe porting problems, specifically regarding widescreen support.<\/p>\n<p>Levine also confirmed in the AMA that Garry Schyman, the composer who worked on both Bioshock 1 and 2, will be returning for the third title as well.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a title=\"PC Gamer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/2012\/12\/21\/bioshock-infinite-will-feel-at-home-on-the-pc-wont-use-games-for-windows-live-or-securom\/\" target=\"_blank\">PC Gamer<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"BioShock Infinite a \u201cwhite-person-killing-simulator\u201d \u2013 neo nazis\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48515-bioshock-infinite-a-white-person-killing-simulator-neo-nazis.html\">BioShock Infinite a \u201cwhite-person-killing-simulator\u201d \u2013 neo nazis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"BioShock Infinite to feature reversible cover\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48472-bioshock-infinite-to-feature-reversible-cover-decided-by-fan-vote.html\">BioShock Infinite to feature reversible covers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"BioShock Infinite\u2019s controversial box art is for \u201cuninformed\u201d buyers\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48301-bioshock-infinites-controversial-box-art-is-for-uninformed-buyers.html\">BioShock Infinite\u2019s controversial box art is for \u201cuninformed\u201d buyers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48297-new-bioshock-infinite-gameplay-trailer-premieres-at-vgas.html\">New Bioshock Infinite gameplay trailer premieres at VGAs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48273-bioshock-infinite-delayed-again.html\">BioShock Infinite delayed (again)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48046-bioshock-infinite-cosplayer-gets-bioshock-infinite-promo-job.html\">BioShock Infinite cosplayer lands official promo job<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48064-bioshock-infinite-terrible-box-art-causes-internet-drama.html\">BioShock Infinite \u201cterrible\u201d box art causes internet drama<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/46259-bioshock-infinite-trailer-has-ice-cream-miniguns-aerial-grappling.html\">BioShock Infinite trailer has ice-cream, miniguns, aerial grappling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No SecuRom, Games for Windows Live or widescreen issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":33259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[8189,283,8188,8190,8191,21,2013,281,1533],"class_list":["post-48668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-pc","tag-ama","tag-bioshock-infinite","tag-bioshock-infinite-pc","tag-chris-kline","tag-garry-schyman","tag-headline","tag-irrational-games","tag-ken-levine","tag-reddit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}