Available for pre-order and retail sale, 2K Games released the BioShock 2 Special Edition as a sequel followup to the BioShock Limited Collector’s Edition. While the special edition was only available in North America (and later New Zealand), Europe and Australia had their own special edition of the game, called the BioShock 2 Rapture Edition.
Contents[]
Game Disc and Manual | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Special Edition Box | No | Yes (Slip Cover) | Yes (Casing) |
BioShock 2 Art Book | No | Yes (96-Page) | Yes (168-Page) |
Orchestral Score of BioShock 2 (CD) |
No | No | Yes |
Orchestral Score of BioShock (Vinyl) |
No | No | Yes |
Three Rapture Propaganda Posters |
No | No | Yes |
Unboxing Video[]
As part of a promotion for the Special Edition, 2K Games recorded an unboxing video.
Gallery[]
Behind the Scenes[]
- All three of the propaganda posters has hidden Rapture Family messages on them, only visible under Ultraviolet (UV) light.
- Andrew Ryan poster: "The end of RYAN is the end of the SELF".
- Best and Brightest poster: "WHERE IS DR. LAMB??" and a circle on the empty space between the characters and a hand mark.
- Rapture poster: "Rapture FAILED WE WILL NOT".
- The "Best and Brightest" is a reference to the removed in-game poster of the same name which does feature Sofia Lamb, as well as Augustus Sinclair and Andrew Ryan. The poster is only visible during the console installation of Bioshock 2.