Many of you are preparing yourself for your new adventures through Rapture once more. For many of you this includes the idea of revisiting it in the about-to-be released title of BioShock: The Collection, which will feature upgraded graphics, upgraded performance capabilities, and all content previously released. Luckily for you PC owners that already have the game? That’s going to be fully possible with a few small steps. So how do you do it? Lets get you going.
I Have the Games on Steam. What do I do Now?
If you bought these games on Steam, you’re actually in luck. 2K has announced that they will automatically be placing these versions in your Steam Library so that all you’ll need to do is download them when they are put there on September 15th, 2016 (Thursday). If you don’t receive them? Drop them a support ticket with your Steam purchase history to show you have the games, DLC, and that you are interested in your free copy of the games.
So you’ll want to drop over there to 2K Suppor and let them know what’s going on.
My BioShock: The Collection Ticket is Submitted – PC Specs Required?
Luckily for the large majority of you, the hardware process isn’t going to be a jump in hardware for you to meet. Even medium-to-high-end PCs will enjoy what they can in this newly re-processed version of Rapture. So lets take a look at what you’ll need to get going!
Minimum Recommended System Specs:
- Operating System: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Later
- Processor: Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHZ
Memory: 4 GB of Ram - Hard Drive: BioShock 25GB; BioShock 2 25GB; BioShock Infinite 20GB; Total for all three games 70GB
- Video Card: DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 7770 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Device - Other Requirements: Software installations required including DirectX and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 & 2012 Redistributable Package.
Recommended System Specs:
- Operating System: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1or Late
- Processor: 3GHz Quad-Core
- Memory: 8 GB of RAM
- Hard Drive: BioShock 25GB; BioShock 2 25GB; BioShock Infinite 30GB; Total for all three games 80GB
- Video Card: 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Device
The only issue here? Will be complete memory for those of you not playing on gigantic hard drives. Luckily, for many of you the hard drive space won’t be a major issue in the near future. So get over there, fill out that form, and prepare for an amazing adventure.
About the Writer:
Dustin is our native console gamer, PlayStation and Nintendo reviewer who has an appetite for anything that crosses the boarders from across the big pond. His interest in JRPG’s, Anime, Handheld Gaming, and Pizza is insatiable. His elitist attitude gives him direction, want, and a need for the hardest difficulties in games, which is fun to watch, and hilarity at its finest. You can find him over on Twitter, Google+, and or you can find him on PSN with RaivynLyken.