When I woke up this morning I groggily checked my Google Reader feeds while sipping on my nice cup of tea… then promptly choked on it when I read that this morning, Gametrailers landed the first official gameplay video of Bioshock 2… and it is a beautiful sight to behold.

Bioshock is one of my all-time favourite games (the “spiritual successor” to cult classic System Shock 2), and is quite possibly one of the best games released in the last five years. It remains one of the Xbox 360’s highest-rated games to date, behind only The Orange Box, and GTA IV… so when 2K games announced a sequel, I was on the same level of giddiness as when I heard about Deus Ex 3.

Anyway enough of my ramblings, take a gander at the gameplay video and check out the big sister… she’s badass!

If you’re like me, you’ve been waiting desperately for information on the mega-sequel that is BioShock 2. We got a peek at the interesting teaser trailer (Read: ‘BioShock 2’ Teaser Trailer!), but that was simply a wink. What we really wanted, was some details, and now we have just that.

The cover story for the April 2009 issue of Game Informer magazine tackles BioShock 2 full force, and the information coming through, is, well… interesting indeed!

The game will take place almost a decade after the events that we experienced in the first game. Rapture is in worse shape than ever; splicers are on a new level of psychotic; and the Big Sister is running the show. The Big Sister (it sounds as if there is only one, but who knows) is a faster, more dangerous version of the Big Daddy who travels to coastal towns and cities and kidnaps little girls to bring back to Rapture as Little Sisters. Click the image above to see the full-size magazine cover and a look at the Big Sister!

The big reveal about the game is that we won’t just be some dude, but as one of the infamous Big Daddies; and not only as one of the Big Daddies, but as the first ever Big Daddy, which allows you to do things the others never could. As the giant in the deep sea diver suit, you’ll again be seeking out Little Sisters, and you will again be faced with the choice of harvesting her for Adam, or having her ride along with you to harvest Adam from any bodies you find along the way.

It appears that some crafty gamer found this massive gem of an easter egg on the new PS3 version of BioShock — the very first teaser for the highly-anticipated sequel, BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams.

It’s not a great quality clip — which you can view here below — and I assume this means that a nice and pretty version will be released soon enough, but for you overly-anxious fans like me, it’s more than enough right now.

The trailer basically starts showing a kind of Big Daddy doll with a sunset and the ocean in the background. It pans back to reveal a young girl holding the doll right before panning all the way back while big rocks, or buildings shoot up and form all around. Then comes the title screen — which works perfectly fine — followed by a long, long pause before the big reveal of the not-so-exciting sub-title: Sea of Dreams.