Good news for people who like wandering around undersea dystopias fighting off genetically-altered freaks: Bioshock is set to return for a sequel.

The freshest and most innovative videogame hit of last year, Bioshock is a first-person shooter for the Xbox 360 that – at times – is so darn atmospheric and scary hecklerspray had to stop playing it. But then we found out that Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding-Dong was on the TV, and figured that being chased around dark corridors by murderous mutants was actually a much less terrifying prospect. 

To anyone who hasn't played the original Bioshock yet, you're missing a treat: it's a genuine leap forward for the genre and gaming in general, and contains roughly as many immersive gasp-out-loud moments as masterworks like Half-Life 2. Plus, like, you get to fire cool beams of electricity at monsters and stuff.

You've got plenty of time to catch up, anyway. Bioshock 2 isn't due until 2009. Good job that Grand Theft Auto IV is coming out in a few weeks, then. Honestly – if it wasn't for the good people at Rockstar Games, we don't know how we'd be wasting our lives this summer.

Now draw those curtains. We can't see who we're shooting.

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