14 DAY TRIAL // Players of BioShock Infinite on the Mac now have the opportunity to expand their game with a one-time $6.99/€5.99 in-app purchase for Burial at Sea – Episode 2, which puts them in the shoes of Elizabeth, who is looking for her little sister through the underwater-city Rapture.
Set immediately after the conclusion of Burial at Sea – Episode One, BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea – Episode Two lets you see the underwater world of Rapture through Elizabeth’s eyes.
The final episode for BioShock Infinite players, Burial at Sea – Episode Two “puts you in the role of Elizabeth as she journeys through Rapture in an effort to rescue the little sister she abandoned,” according to the description on Steam.
“...this continuation of the Burial at Sea saga features parts of Rapture you’ve never seen before, includes modified stealth-oriented gameplay that brings you new weapons and plasmids, and involves nearly every major character from the original BioShock and BioShock Infinite,” according to the game’s creators.
Requirements include OS X 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) or OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (dual-core) processor, 4 GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVidia Geforce 640M graphics, and 30GB available disk space.
In addition to the mouse + keyboard combo, BioShock Infinite supports the Microsoft Xbox 360 wired game controller and the PlayStation 3 DualShock 3 Wireless Controller.
Irrational Games, the developer of BioShock Infinite, says these following video cards are supported on Macintosh computers: NVIDIA GeForce 640M, 650M, 660M, 675MX, 680MX, 750M, 755M, 775M, 780M ATI Radeon HD 3870, HD 4850, HD 5670, HD 5750, HD 5770, HD 5870, HD 6750, HD 6770, HD 6970 Intel HD Graphics 4000.
There are several video chipsets that are unsupported for BioShock Infinite, so make sure you don’t have one of these cards before plucking your money: ATI RADEON 2000 series, HD 4670, HD 6490M and 6630M, NVIDIA 9000 series, 320M, 330M, Intel HD 3000, Intel Integrated GMA chipsets and 3100.
Aspyr’s GameAgent.com site offers a neat, web-based MacMatch tool that basically runs a quick diagnostics check and tells you if BioShock is supported on your computer, just in case you don’t know where to look to confirm that you have all the necessary specs.
If you’re new to the game, download BioShock Infinite at the supplied link and then request Burial at Sea – Episode 2 via in-app purchase, from within the game.