Well this is certainly unexpected!

BioShock Infinite was easily one of the best games of last year, a long-awaited yet very much worth it follow-up to the 2007 classic BioShock. Many wondered with great excitement where the franchise could and would go in the future, but all of that is now much more up in the air than anyone anticipated.

In a message posted by Ken Levine, one of the co-founders of BioShock and System Shock 2 developer Irrational Games, it has been revealed that the studio will be closing its doors after work on the final BioShock Infinite DLC is completed.

Continue below for more and to read the full announcement from Levine, including what’s next for him.

Today, TeeFury is doing one of their special “Twofury” deals with two shirts for $11 each, both of which are inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas: “Hallowed Descent” (inspired also by Bioshock Infinite) by Phillyma (at left), and “Ornamental Nightmare” by OneBlueBird (at right).

The sale began at Teefury today, Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore.

Each day, Amazon offers up Lightning Deals, limited quantities of various products for a discounted price available only for a small window of time. For Black Friday week, they’ve been revealing each day’s deals at the top of the day, but for today, they’ve put the items on sale for the entire day. Visit the Video Game Deals calendar page to see all the items available for today.

Note – some of these items listed below were part of previous lightning deals but are still being sold at a discounted price and are available all day, but as with any product, prices are subject to change and supplies may not last, so grab these items while you can.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Xbox Live 3 Month Gold Membership
Online Game Code – $16.99

Dead Island Franchise Pack
Online Game Code

BORDERLANDS 2 AND BORDERLANDS GOTY Pack
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Walking Dead Pack
Online Game Code

Bioshock Triple Pack
Online Game Code

I fell in love with 2007’s BioShock moments into the game. Not a shot fired. Not an enemy faced. Minimal buttons pushed. Something about that opening mesmerized me, and I’ll remain under that spell for all time. In those opening moments something else occurred to me as well: boy, would it be interesting to see and walk around this jaw-dropping underwater city of Rapture before it all went to hell. And this desire only grew stronger as shots were fired, enemies were faced, countless buttons were pushed, and the story progressed.

Then came the announcement: some DLC being released for the also-stunning recent game BioShock Infinite would bring us back to Rapture, before anarchy reigned. My joy at this news could not be contained, but I was sadly unable to read more than the headline because, at the time, I had not played Infinite yet. This has since been remedied, my brain properly and delightfully liquified by Infinite complexities, and now episode one (of two) of that DLC, titled “Burial At Sea,” is here, along with a launch trailer you can watch below.

The Gold Box spotlight deal of the day today at Amazon is Bioshock Infinite for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 for $39.99 each (that’s 33% off the list price of $59.99). The PC and PC Download versions are on sale for only $34.99 each (that’s 42% off the list price of $59.99).

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Sunday, May 19, 2013 until 11:59pm PST while supplies last.

Visit the main sale page for more details.