First, it was the internet forums at TTLG and the Cult of Rapture. Then it was the Official Xbox Magazine. Followed by the German software ratings bureau USK, which spilled the beans by rating it. Yup, after months of denying that there were any plans for it, it looks like the BioShock demo is finally upon us. Weighing in at a hefty 1.35 GB, the demo has gone up on Xbox Live Marketplace for the entire world to, pardon the expression, drown themselves in. Can’t say for sure what’s featured in it, but it should most probably be the one that was showcased at the last E3 and LGC.

Of course, with a multi-platform blockbuster like this, we’ve got a billion PC gamers screaming their collective heads off at the Cult of Rapture and TTLG forums with some choice, unfriendly words about being left out of the demo. Trying to appease the mob that’s baying for their blood, Irrational and 2K, (err, or is that 2K Boston and 2K Games) have announced that a PC demo should eventually come out.

For those of you who are looking for a BioShock demo on the PC, it is in the works and will be out later this month. I’ll give you more details about it tomorrow.

Later this month? As in during the LGC at the end of the month? I don’t think the PC crowd would be too happy watching the Xbox 360 “jerks” lording it over them for 2 more weeks, even as the PS3 camp stands by and wishes both PC and Xbox 360 owners spontaneously combust. Well, what better way to start my day than by calling up a “dedicated PC gamer” friend and telling him the good news? Sure, I had to listen to lots of curses, as well as the rants about how he is planning to boycott BioShock, Call of Duty 4 and all Starbreeze games just because they went the way of the Xbox 360, but I know him, he’ll be the first in line to get the games, cursing all the way from the store to his home. Good ol’ Mumbley!

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