Take-Two acquires Irrational; BioShock coming to 360?

Despite releasing a poor financial report last week, gaming publisher Take-Two Interactive has nevertheless acquired developer Irrational Games, creators of the hugely influential and critically acclaimed System Shock 2. Irrational had previously worked with VU Games and EA.

Of note, Take-Two "will publish Irrational's role-playing/first-person shooter BioShock for the PC and as-yet unnamed 'next-gen platforms' in 2007." Gamespot infers, "Given Take-Two's proclivity for porting top-tier PC action games like Prey and Elder Scrolls IV to the Xbox 360, it is almost certain it will be released on Microsoft's new console."

BioShock is Irrational's highly anticipated "spiritual successor" to the System Shock series.