BioShock Infinite is a first-person
shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games. It
was released worldwide for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360
platforms on March 26, 2013; an OS X port by Aspyr was later released on August
29, 2013. Infinite is the third installment in the BioShock series, and though
it is not immediately part of the storyline of previous BioShock games, it does
feature similar gameplay concepts and themes. Irrational Games and creative
director Ken Levine based the game's setting on historical events at the turn
of the 20th century, such as the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, and based
the story on the concept of American exceptionalism, while also incorporating
influences from more recent events at the time such as the 2011 Occupy
movement.
