Irrational Games Prepping 'Bioshock Infinite'

2K Games revealed Wednesday that its Irrational Video games studio is presently developing the next installment inside the "BioShock" franchise, dubbed "BioShock Infinite."

The match, which is becoming developed for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation3, and Games for Windows, is expected to hit stores sometime in 2012.

The online game is set in 1912 in which a man is on a mission to rescue a woman from Columbia, a city within the sky.

A trailer for "BioShock Infinite" transported users to Columbia, where we assume the role of former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, and should rescue Elizabeth, a young woman imprisoned there because childhood. From a 1st person point of view, we see that DeWitt is being brutally attacked by a Massive Daddy. He is soon thrown from his sanctuary in the sky and begins to fall. A girl saves him briefly, but not just before she is grabbed by the rebellious Large Daddy.

"In order to explore the floating city of Columbia, we needed an completely new engine. To bring Elizabeth to life, we needed to create brand-new animation and AI systems," Ken Levine, creative director of Irrational Games, said in a statement. "To create wide-ranging indoor and outdoor firefights at 30,000 feet, we had to rethink, rebuild, and expand the BioShock arsenal. The only factor gamers can be particular of is this: the rules from the BioShock universe are about to change."