2K Games has entered a partnership with Digital Extremes to assist in the development of Bioshock for the PS3.

The PS3 version of Bioshock is scheduled to arrive on shelves this October and includes new features and content. It is being developed by 2K Marin, 2K Boston, 2K Australia and Digital Extremes.

Digital Extremes are the co-creators of Epic Games’ Unreal franchise and are also well known for the development of Dark Sector. They will help to optimize Bioshock’s performance on the PS3.

“By partnering with Digital Extremes, 2K Games is delivering a fully optimized experience that takes advantage of the PLAYSTATION 3 system hardware,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “Bringing Digital Extremes on board allows us to continue to deliver the best experience possible to our fans.”

”When 2K approached us to assist with development on BioShock for the PLAYSTATION 3 system, it was a no-brainer,” said James Schmalz, CEO and founder of Digital Extremes.

“You really can’t ask for a more exciting, technically impressive world to work in than Rapture, and the incredible knowledge and talent between the 2K studios and our team at Digital Extremes is unprecedented. The collaboration on this project will make the PLAYSTATION 3 system sing with Big Daddy goodness and Little Sister thank you’s.”

2K Games has announced that Universal Pictures will be developing a movie based on 2K Games’ Xbox 360 exclusive BioShock.

The movie will be directed by Gore Verbinski, director of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. John Logan, writer of Gladiator and The Aviator, is in talks to do the screenplay.

It has not yet been announced when the movie will be released but the sequel to the video game BioShock is scheduled to be released in 2009.

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Art Deco is something some of us who studied art at school might have learned about. For those that missed out on it, I present to you: Bioshock.

In this day and age where the First Person Shooter (FPS) genre is milked beyond recognition, it is not very often a case of delving into a FPS without knowing what to expect. Do you feel that FPS games these days are quick cash-ins? I certainly do, but this baby has changed my opinion on a large scale. How 2K pulled this off is beyond me (possibly that it is from the same crowd that brought us System Shock 2?) Valve, eat your heart out!

If you want to read more, head over to our review of Bioshock.