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2K Boston
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Title: BioShock™
Genre: Action, RPG
Developer: 2K Boston, 2K Australia
Publisher: 2K
Franchise: BioShock
Release Date: Aug 21, 2007
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System Requirements

    Minimum:

    • Operating System: Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
    • CPU: Intel single-core Pentium 4 processor at 2.4GHz
    • RAM: 1 GB
    • Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550)
    • Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
    • Hard Drive Space: 8GB
    • Game requires Internet connection for activation

    Recommended:

    • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
    • RAM: 2GB
    • Video Card: DX 9 - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better), DX 10 - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
    • Sound Card: SoundBlaster(r) X-Fi(tm) series (optimized foruse with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.