BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition in stores now, exclusively for PS3 in Australia

The BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition includes the critically-acclaimed BioShock, BioShock 2 and add-on content for both games, and is in stores now for only $29.95, exclusively for PlayStation®3 in Australia.

The Ultimate Rapture Edition also includes a trip to the never-before-seen Museum of Orphaned Concepts, providing a rare look at early concept art and character models that never made it into BioShock.

"With BioShock Infinite on the horizon, we want to offer gamers new to the franchise a great value in diving into the BioShock experience," said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. "The BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition brings the complete experience of this critically acclaimed franchise to gamers looking to explore Rapture before discovering Columbia."

In addition to BioShock and BioShock 2, the BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition includes the following add-on content for both games:

• Museum of Orphaned Concepts: Take a tour of a never-before-seen BioShock museum and view early concept art, character models and more set within the halls of Rapture
• Plasmids Pack: Includes four additional Plasmids and Gene Tonics - Sonic Boom, EVE Saver, Vending Expert and Machine Buster - for use in BioShock
• Challenge Rooms Pack: The pack tests the player's mettle by requiring them to utilise the skills learned while traversing the halls of Rapture to survive three separate puzzle rooms in BioShock
• Sinclair Solutions Tester: Contains a number of customisation features that allow players to further their character's development in BioShock 2 multiplayer modes and provides a deeper multiplayer experience
• Rapture Metro: Includes six additional multiplayer maps, an additional multiplayer gameplay mode and a rank increase to level 50 for BioShock 2 multiplayer
• The Protector Trials: Features frantic combat and fast-paced action designed to push players' mastery of weapons and Plasmids in a BioShock 2 single-player experience spread across six maps
• Minerva's Den: A substantial narrative experience that puts players in the role Subject Sigma and introduces new characters, locations and mystery to the world of Rapture in BioShock 2. Set in a new environment, Rapture Central Computing, Minerva's Den adds a gripping new storyline to extend the BioShock 2 experience

Also included is an exclusive collectable sticker pack from BioShock Infinite's world of Columbia to get gamers ready for the next chapter in the BioShock universe

BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition is classified MA15+ by the Australian Classification Board and contains strong horror themes, violence and coarse language. The gaming experience may change online.