14 DAY TRIAL // Ken Levine, the game developer who created the core BioShock universe, says that it’s unlikely that fans of the video game will get access to an official soundtrack of the title in the coming months because there’s no way to cover the licensing costs that are associated with it.
The former leader of Irrational Games states on his official Twitter channel that “It would lose about 100k, given the licensing costs. I would love it.”
BioShock Infinite was praised for the way it used music to create a sense of the world that the player was exploring, but many of the pieces that are included rely on interpretations of modern hits that would be hard to include on an official standalone soundtrack because of legal issues.
At the moment, Ken Levine is working with a small team inside Take Two and he is no longer associated with the franchise.
The game creator says that he is interested in creating smaller video games that are focused on narrative and on replayable experiences.
The BioShock franchise continues to be owned by the publisher, who has recently suggested that it has plans to launch more titles linked to it, although no official plans have been revealed so far.