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It’s a bad day for BioShock fans: BioShock 4 studio heads have been removed as development struggles, while a BioShock remake in development has been cancelled

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Last updated: August 2, 2025 12:05 am
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It’s been six years since 2K Games confirmed that BioShock 4 was in development at newly formed studio Cloud Chamber, and despite all that time passed it sounds like we’ve got a lot of waiting left. A new Bloomberg report says the in-progress game recently failed a review by 2K executives, leading to the removal of studio head Kelley Gilmore and shift of creative director Hogarth de la Plante to a publishing role, as well as a planned overhaul of parts of the game itself.

2K Games confirmed the change in leadership at Cloud Chamber, saying it is “fully committed to ensuring we deliver a BioShock game that exceeds the lofty expectations of our fans.”

“We are working hard to set BioShock up for the best possible future,” 2K told Bloomberg. “Right now, we have a good game, but we are committed to delivering a great one. We are working closely with leadership at the studio to define this path.”


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Despite that commitment, sources told the site that some Cloud Chamber employees are worried about layoffs: Workers were reportedly told during a recent all-hands meeting that the studio needs to be more agile, and we all know what that means.

BioShock 4’s narrative was cited by the sources as a particular area of concern, and that’s a bigger deal for BioShock than for most other shooters: BioShock’s most memorable moment involves beating a man to death with a golf club because he really wanted to make a point about free will, and while BioShock Infinite’s thematic mess has not aged especially well, at least an attempt was made. There’s an expectation that BioShock 4 will bring similar (relatively) weight ponderances to the table.

Of course, Cloud Chamber has to do so without Ken Levine, the writer and creative director of BioShock and BioShock Infinite: He’s currently working on Judas, a very BioShock-looking shooter that’s been in development almost as long as BioShock 4. It doesn’t have a release date yet either.

BioShock 4’s ongoing struggles aren’t the only bad news for long-suffering fans of the series: The Bloomberg report also says 2K Games had a remake of the original BioShock in development, but cancelled it earlier this year. A reason for the cancellation wasn’t provided.

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