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Published on April 29th, 2013 | by whatsupdog

Bioshock Infinite DLC to feature new AI companion?

Irrational Games suggested a while back that new story-oriented downloadable content would be arriving for their brilliant first-person shooter Bioshock Infinite (released in March on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3), we finally have some new news on what that might entail. The Linkedin profile for Michael Shahan – a Senior Animator at 2K Games (publishers of the game) – includes the following text, pointing towards a new AI companion in an upcoming piece of DLC.

“As the primary animation resource for the Bioshock Infinite DLC, I learned the custom pipeline used by Irrational Games and provided all animation planning and management for the project.

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• Cataloging of existing Bioshock animation assets and custom UDK implementation 
• Creating cinematic and in-game motion capture asset tracking docs
• Providing animation and R&D for a new AI companion character
• Managing outsource animation from the 2K Australia Studio”

That’s fine by us, since players who have finished the base game would have gotten quite used to the idea of Elizabeth as a companion character, and while it is unlikely that the DLC would see her returning in that role, one would definitely find it disconcerting to delve into the game again without someone at their side.

Source: Linkedin profile

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