BioShock 2 'Minerva's Den' DLC Coming To XBL Next Week

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Richard Walker

BioShock 2's final chunk of DLC is on the way soon, providing some more narrative content from the undersea dystopia that is Rapture. 'Minerva's Den' will add three new areas and extra story stuff that runs parallel to the game's central story.

Minerva's Den will feature a new Master Protector tonic - available from any Gatherer's Garden - which will prove invaluable for the previous Protector Trials DLC, as it increases the harvest times for any Little Sisters you're carrying around. There's also a new weapon,  a new Plasmid and a new Big Daddy type called the Lancer.

Minerva's Den will hit the Xbox Live Marketplace on August 31st for 800 Microsoft Points.

[Via Joystiq]

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  • awesome do you rrckon they will do a ultimate collection type disc with all dlc onboard
  • Need points. Lots of points. Bio DLC, Borderlands DLC, DR2 Case Zero... Way too many games #_#
  • I'm pessimistic about this. Hopefully my gut is wrong.
  • So yeah. I've been waiting for an actual single player dlc for this for a while. Not the trials and not all the online crap.
  • @1 We can hope so! Also, got all the DLC so far so will probably be getting this sooner or later ^^
  • final DLC was hoping for at least one more storyline to make up for the rubbish multiplayer- wonder if this will go to 1500?
  • Gonna have to get a 2800 points card in early sept. for this, the protector trials, dragon age's last DLC and Liara's DLc for ME2
  • will wait till this is the deal of week.
  • can't believe it's coming already. hope it's worth 250g or 500g because i don't want to see bioshock 2 end on some strange number.
  • 1500G or 1750G will be great...
  • Looks like I should finish this game then...
  • I want a GOTY edition, just so that I don't have to shell out for all of this crap.
  • Just to let people know, you dont need to have campaign finished before playing this. Thats what was also in the Joystik article as well. peaCe
  • I want to see this new Big Daddy please..
  • @12 Based on all the whiners that complain about the MP, I don't think it'll get GotY. Sorry. 1200 points already spent in one day. Case Zero+Minerva's Den= Win.
  • Wait, so after selling an unlock key for their first DLC, now they're bundling what's essentially a cheat code for their previous DLC? Hopefully it's more balanced than it sounds, otherwise this is kind of a dick move to anyone who's beaten the PTs the hard way (I haven't).
  • How many reasons do you need to go back to Rapture!?
  • sweet, but when the op says final chunk of dlc, that better not mean forever right?
  • @18 That's exactly what the word "final" means. They have to aim now into developing bioshock 3 and the 12348980457812345 DLCs for Mafia 2
  • Nice, now fix it so we can select the DLC maps in MP please.
  • @18 Yeah, it means the final piece of DLC for Bioshock 2.
  • @17. I'll take any reason. With bioshock infinite taking place in the sky, God knows when we will see rapture again
  • @#9/10--It cannot be either of those amounts, if they follow the rules. 250GS per quarter. Already had 100GS added, so a max of 150GS for this DLC.
  • So much dlc!!!!!!! Bio2,Blands,ME2,DA.
  • Any idea when this end trials will be coming out on PC?? I so want to check both of them. You guys also cover PC achievements, so how come there is never any word on PC games with cheevos?? I am so disappointed. Xbox this and Xbox that:-P Webb get back to work!
  • @8 dont hold your breath on the deal of the week rapture metro is this weeks deal of the week and its still not up there
  • Anyone know what the holdup is for the deal of the week? Is it cancelled or just delayed? They've finally got a deal I can take advantage of and it's nowhere to be seen.
  • What do you mean. It's up as of this morning. Google deal of the week and click first link. There you go sport!
  • lol, they are still releasing new dlc for this game without patching the old broken one. so glad i boosted the metro dlc achievements for this, i knew they would never go back and make it playable. highway fucking robbery.
  • @ViNyLek There hasn't been any word on bringing the SP DLC over to the PC version and there probably won't be. It's like Resident Evil 5 at this point.
  • damn i need to buy this game..still playing bioshock 1!
  • bioshock games should never have multi-player in it
  • tbh, i think my points are going on DR:CZ, ill get this sometime
  • YESSSSSSS, CANT WAIT!!!
  • #25 Could it possibly be because this is an Xbox 360 site? Just sayin'
  • Hooray! Can't wait! I just tried to go on and get the other DLC (since it's on DOTW) but it's not letting me for some reason. Maybe it's a sign I should save my points for this.
  • Man. Next week is going to be expensive. Gotta' get points for Shank, DR Case 0, and now this.
  • Also @29 I wouldn't really call the Metro DLC broken, and I certainly wouldn't call it "highway fucking robbery". Just because they don't have a dedicated playlist for the new maps doesn't mean it's the end of the world.
  • damn, too much to get with not enough money. Halo Reach Legendary w/ guide, ME2 DLC, DAO DLC, Borderlands DLC, Deathspank TOV, DRCZ, now this. and I still need Rapture Metro & Protector Trials. Not sure about getting Sinclair Solutions....
  • @28 Thx for the help. I got metro but the other one still isn't discounted yet. Oh well, metro was the one I really wanted anyway. Thanks again.
  • will be getting this so all haters of bioshock2 lick it!
  • @41 Agreed.
  • I wish this was a prequel DLC to see Rapture before it fell apart. The opening gave the option for that too.
  • The multiplayer DLC has been falsely advertised as being deal of the week all week. The ad was recently sneakily replaced with a hawx 2 demo ad. Either they fucked up, or delayed it to coincide with this release.
  • @35 technically its an achievement site which covers 360 and certain PC games. Maybe there is just not enough news regarding GFWl games...
  • #23 - No, they don't have to abide by the fact the Metro added 100. They can still add 250 for this one. #44 - Actually, you can get Rapture Metro for just $5 now, but it's not stated anywhere. I found it by randomly checking, expecting it to not be there. Sinclair Solutions is still $5 though. So all the DLC is currently 400 points. Maybe it's not a DOTW and they just changed it to $5. *shrugs* #38 - It's still $10 that they don't advertise in the description that essentially you'll never get those maps unless everyone has them, and there's no way of knowing if they do. It's a waste of money that you cannot get refunded despite essentially getting nothing except Rebirth, which, you can get for free anyway.
  • F#ck this. First of all, it will be released after Mafia II, so I'd rather play Mafia II than this DLC. Second, the last DLC was a big letdown IMO. BioShock 1 and 2 are AWESOME games, but the DLCs really ruined it. And at 800MSP?? To hear 2 weeks after that they'll cut down prices anyways? No thanks...
  • @46, Ive been checking every day, on all three of my regional accounts, on the 360 via marketplace, via the dashboard ad and via xbox.com. Must have changed just recently. Still, pretty damn shocking. Also ironic, since its just as fake as the new maps being playable
  • I think im gonna give this a miss as well. The multiplayer DLC was so shockingly poop that im not sure I wonna waste my points on more pants DLC. See what some of the feedback on this new DLC is after its been released.
  • @32 i agree they should never have multiplayer in bioshock.its like putting multiplayer in zelda 64 you just dont even think about doing it
  • @50 Why not? I don't think the multiplayer in Bioshock ruins it at all. In fact I think that it rescues the single player in some ways. If you don't like the idea of multiplayer in Bioshock then maybe you could I don't know, not play it? People do like the multiplayer and I have seen plenty of level 50s running around still to prove it.
  • @51 It took me 23 f#cking hours to get to level 50, and that was the fast way (turret hacking method). No more multiplayer like this. This grinding sh!t is a waste of time.
  • Will be getting this, glad to have more SP content and loved the trials though haven't finished them. Am eyeball deep in DA:O right now. This is SP so why all the hate on for the MP DLC? Isn't there a thread in the B2 forum for that? DLC for B2, DA:O and ME2 all coming out within a week or so of each other...ugh, can't wait for payday.
  • The DotW has finally gone live. Must have been a big screw up, since they apparantly had to lower each ones price seperately. No ad for it either
  • @52 It took me longer to do it just by playing the multiplayer and I enjoyed my experience...
  • Had bought Bioshock2 cheap a while ago but a feeling is growing I don't really want to play this. Guess I will just trade it in towards Halo Reach. Infinite will be great again and not such a mediocre cash-in game with a shitload of crappy DLC so I just wait for that.
  • DOTW for a while...I'm getting DR2:CZ!
  • All I want to know is why didnt they put this out earlier? I loved Bioshock 1 & 2, but refused to pay the ridicolous amount of points for add ons that were rip offs of other games. ("prestige" and "survival/horde") And personally im tired of the survival/horde in every big name game now a days. I would of bought this if it was the first, maybe even second dlc to come out, but i'll only get it now if they GOTY and i can find it for cheap on amazon. Its sad how much these companys will do anything just to make a quick buck, when really theyre screwing over their fan base.
  • How many DLC's do they have?
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