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BioShock 2's Protector Trials and Minerva's Den Never Coming To PC
The bad news for PC BioShock fans started with a Tweet and has now been officially confirmed in the 2K Games forums.
2K Marin's Steve Gaynor was tired of getting asked when the DLC add-on packs would appear on the PC platform so he did something about it -- in the form of a Tweet."
"Official: Minerva's Den is never coming out for PC. Now you can stop asking me, internet. Please address any further concerns to @2KGames."
In the ensueing fallout, 2K's Elizabeth Tobey game a more detailed explanation on the the company's forums:
"I have an update on the status of patches for BioShock 2 and some answers to questions on features that have been outstanding for a while. We will not be adding vending machine sounds into any version of BioShock 2 and we will not be adding playlists for the multiplayer DLC maps – we did look in to both options but due to technical and timing issues, these two fixes are not feasible. We are planning patches for the 360 and PS3 to fix some functionality issues, but they will not drastically change gameplay (and I’ll post the patch notes when I get them – these two items are still in with QA.)
We will also not be offering Protector Trials and Minerva’s Den on the PC in the future – and I want to say that I’m sorry for the disappointment this will cause to PC players out there. As always, if any of these issues change in the future, I will update you guys first, but at this point in time I don’t want to make you wait any longer and these are the most definite answers I have and you guys should deem them final decisions."
Any BioShock 2 PC players out there P.O.ed about this?
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