Road to Release: BioShock Infinite

Posted on Sunday, March 17 @ 04:00:00 Eastern by Alex_Osborn

There's so much more to the world of BioShock infinite than just Columbia's landscape, however, as the game's rich and atmospheric music only serves to enhance and further flesh out the perplexing universe that Irrational Games has created. Take, for example, the small sample below, which was composed by the talented Garry Schyman, the same man behind the iconic soundtracks of BioShock 1 and 2.

Those who pre-order either the Ultimate Songbird or Premium Edition will get the soundtrack as part of the package. They're in limited quantities, so pre-order now while there are still some available. If you're interested, you can check out full track list right here.

Believe it or not, the musical talent doesn't stop with Schyman, as voice actors Troy Baker (Booker DeWitt) and Courtnee Draper (Elizabeth) have lent their vocal skills to perform an incredible duet for the game's soundtrack.
It's titled "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and is embedded below.

Of course, there's more to a game's sound than just music, as voice acting is an essential piece of the puzzle, especially in the case of such a character-driven experience like BioShock Infinite. As mentioned earlier, Troy Baker does the voice for the protagonist, Booker DeWitt, and Courtnee Draper is responsible for bringing Elizabeth to life. Baker has been involved in a number of other games, including Final Fantasy XIII, Catherine, Batman: Arkham City, and several more, and you may recognize Draper from her work in Kingdom Hearts II.

Other voice acting talent involved in BioShock Infinite includes:

Jennifer Hale (Mass Effect, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) as Rosalind Lutece
Oliver Vaquer (Dexter, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, The Warriors) as Robert Lutece
Kiff VandenHeuvel (Star Wars: The Old Republic, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition) as Zachary Comstock
Kimberly D. Brooks (Mass Effect, Batman: Arkham City, XCOM: Enemy Unknown) as Daisy Fitzroy
Keith Szarabajka (Argo, Sons of Anarchy, Halo 4, The Dark Knight, L.A. Noire) as Cornelius Slate
Bill Lobley (Sealab 2021, Alan Wake, Mafia II) as Jeremiah Fink

To get an idea of how hard this talented cast worked, see Baker and Draper in action below.

BioShock Infinite launches on March 26th for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

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213EDD
Joined: Sep 2007

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 8:47 am
Holy **** 4 pages? I'm better off waiting for the game.

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reiandcoke
Joined: Jul 2011

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 9:11 am
Gotta get them clicks bro. But seriously 21 lines of text is all that is on page 1.... It's not quite as bad as when IGN would release those top 25 lists and each game was its own 2 paragraph page but still.

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Klandathu
Joined: Apr 2008

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 1:56 pm
Does this mean that Cracked's business model isn't patented then?

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Anthony_Severino
Joined: Oct 2010

Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 7:09 am
True. More than a couple sentences is beyond your reading comprehension skills. We'll have to create a TL;DR section just for you ;)

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cheesegod99
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 9:30 am
I love everything about this game except the gameplay. I guess I'll be skipping it.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 11:45 am
I'm worried as well. I'm sure the story and aesthetics will be fantastic but it's gotta hold up as an interactive experience.

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Klandathu
Joined: Apr 2008

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 7:22 pm
How long ago did you play the game?

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cheesegod99
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 3:05 pm
Oh, for Christ's sake, there's a video of the gameplay imbedded in the article. It looks like FPS gameplay circa 2006. The story, world building, characters, and music all look incredible, but I won't play a game where the gameplay is just a slog to get to the interesting bits.

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Ivory_Soul
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 3:07 am
How can you not like the gameplay when you haven't played it? It's a damn FPS, what else do you want? An endless shooting gallery of generic aliens/soldiers?

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lastchance01
Joined: Oct 2012

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 11:31 am
Ahh this has been bugging me since I read the original article. Who does Lisa Hale voice in KOTOR?

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lastchance01
Joined: Oct 2012

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 11:32 am
Oops, Jennifer Hale

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213EDD
Joined: Sep 2007

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 12:01 pm
Bastila Shan in KOTORs (both) and Satele Shan in SWTOR

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cheesegod99
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 11:57 am
Bastila.

NOT SPAM NOT SPAM

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SolidSevchinko78
Joined: Jun 2012

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 12:35 pm
My PS3 died but I will be picking up a copy of the 360 version

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Ivory_Soul
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 3:06 am
You're missing out on the DirectX 11 graphics for PC. I'm guessing the 360 version will be the ugliest.

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LawnGnome
Joined: Apr 2007

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 2:13 pm
This will probably be either Shooter/Game of the Year or Most Disappointing/Overhyped Game.

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Ivory_Soul
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 3:05 am
I highly doubt it's overhyped, honestly the word is thrown around too much. Halo: Reach and ODST were overhyped, boring as sh!t games. Modern Warfare 3 was overhyped, way too similar to MW2. BioShock 2 wasn't overhyped, it just wasn't much different from the first game.

I will never forgive 2K Marin for chucking ALL the great ideas they had for BS2 after reading the art book. Those guys are pussies.

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WILLS_COOL_MODE
Joined: Oct 2010

Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 3:23 pm
Is this article just based on a press release they gave you? There's just not really any news here and it reads like the back of a box.

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Anthony_Severino
Joined: Oct 2010

Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 7:06 am
It's an overview of the game, with history and facts. It's not news, it's a feature. It reads the way we intended it to. No press release, no working with 2K or Irrational. It's basically a collective overview of everything we know about the game so far, posted just before release.

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