Overview

• Fergusson will oversee development of the next mainline BioShock and manage franchise extensions, including the in-development Netflix movie.
• He confirmed Cloud Chamber is in a restructuring process after reports of layoffs, with no numbers disclosed.
• Bloomberg previously reported leadership changes after the project failed a publisher review and said an unannounced BioShock remake was canceled earlier this year.
• Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick reaffirmed that the new BioShock will ship, saying its release will happen “without question.”
• Fergusson is known for helping steer BioShock Infinite to completion in 2012, a track record cited as he takes charge of the franchise.