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BioShock Ultimate Rapture Edition

XBOX 360
Also available on:PLAYSTATION 3PLAYSTATION 3
BioShock Ultimate Rapture Edition
2K Games1/14/2013Americas
GenreShooter

Rapture called. It wants you back. The BioShock Ultimate Rapture Edition on Xbox 360 is the definitive physical collection of the first two BioShock games, stacking both titles with every piece of downloadable content released for them, plus a collectible sticker pack pulled from BioShock Infinite's Columbia.

We're talking BioShock's Plasmids Pack, Challenge Rooms, and the bonus Museum level alongside BioShock 2's Minerva's Den, Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, Rapture Metro, Kill Em Kindly, and The Protector Trials. That's an absurd amount of content on disc, preserved in physical form during an era when DLC was rapidly becoming download-only and disposable. Minerva's Den alone is considered one of the greatest story expansions ever made, and having it on a physical disc feels almost like a preservation act.

This landed right at the tail end of the 360's lifecycle, a final chance to own both Rapture adventures in one consolidated package before the industry moved on. The Columbia sticker pack is a nice touch, tying the collection forward to Infinite and giving the whole set a sense of trilogy completeness. For BioShock collectors, this is the kind of all-in-one disc-era package that becomes more valuable the further we drift from physical media.

Would you kindly make room on your shelf.