Bioshock Is Out for Mac OS X

Announced back in September for the Macintosh platform, Bioshock is now available for Mac OS X, according to Feral Interactive. Developed by 2K Boston and 2K Australia, and originally published by 2K Games, Bioshock introduces gamers to a world filled with fascinating characters, intelligent enemies and complex, moral choices.

Bioshock is a “genetically enhanced,” first-person shooter that lets players turn everything they can get their hands on into a weapon, biologically modify their character’s body with plasmids, hack devices and systems, upgrade weapons, or develop new types of ammunition, etc. On its website, Feral Interactive says, “Bioshock For Mac: Out Now!” Excerpts from the official announcement confirming the availability of Bioshock for Macintosh have been reproduced below.

Hello there, little fish. We're pleased to announce that Bioshock for Mac has emerged dripping from the murky waters of development, and is now shipping worldwide from the webstore and all good Mac game retailers. Don't worry, we towelled it down first.

Bioshock drops you into the failed utopia of Rapture, a city built beneath the waves and filled with advanced technology, beautiful art deco styling, and some seriously unhinged inhabitants. When genetic enhancements got out of hand, the city started to fall apart. Now at war with itself, Rapture may have found its savior in the form of an unexpected visitor — you.

Minimum system requirements for Bioshock include a 1.8 GHz Intel Mac, 1.5 GB of RAM, a 128 MB graphics card, a DVD drive, 8 GB of hard disk space and Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later. While it does run on the latest generation of MacBooks and Mac minis, the title does not support Intel GMA-integrated video chipsets. Bioshock is now available for $49.95 in North America and retails for £34.99 (inc. VAT) in the UK and €39.95 (inc. VAT) throughout the rest of Europe. A demo version of BioShock for the Mac is currently unavailable. Wallpapers is all that you can download for free.