2K Games has officially released the first gameplay footage of Bioshock Infinite and this is not your average short gameplay clip, instead it is a full 10 minute gameplay trailer released on Xbox Live, earlier today.
The primary setting of BioShock Infinite is a city suspended in the air by giant blimps and balloons, called “Columbia”, named in homage of the ‘female personification’ of the United States. Unlike the secret development of the underwater city of Rapture, Columbia was built and launched in 1900 by the American government to much fanfare and publicity. The city was meant to symbolize the ideas of exceptionalism the reveal trailer for the game alludes to the 1893 Worlds Fair which is historically considered to be the emergence of American exceptionalism. On the surface, Columbia appeared to be designed as a floating ‘Worlds Fair’ that could travel across the globe; however, some time after its launch but before the game’s events, the city was revealed to be a well-armed battleship, and became involved in an “international incident”. The city was disavowed by the United States government, and the location of the city was soon lost to everyone else.
Also, checkout the five new screeshots released along with the gameplay trailer,(Click on image to view in gallery)
