Cloud Chamber

Cloud Chamber is an internal AAA game-development studio established by 2K in December 2019. Operating under the 2K publishing label, the studio is part of the wider Take-Two Interactive organization and was created to develop premium, story-driven interactive entertainment.

The studio's central mandate is to lead development of the next mainline installment in the BioShock franchise. Its work combines first-person gameplay, immersive-simulation design, narrative development, environmental worldbuilding, and real-time technical production. The project is being developed with Unreal Engine 5.

Development focus

Cloud Chamber's supported areas of work include:

• AAA game design and software engineering
• Narrative scripting, dialogue design, and cinematic staging
• Real-time 3D asset creation, texturing, and technical rigging
• Engine programming, rendering, custom shader development, and performance optimization
• Stylized character art and level design

The studio was launched as a bi-national development organization, with teams in the United States and Canada and a distributed North American workforce. Its Montréal operation was 2K's first permanent development office in Canada.

BioShock stewardship

Cloud Chamber was formed to serve as the long-term creative steward of the BioShock universe. Its current known project is the untitled next BioShock installment, for which it is the lead developer. The studio also maintains creative continuity and world assets associated with the wider BioShock franchise under the 2K umbrella.

Following a 2025 leadership transition and team restructuring, 2K extended the project's production runway to refine its narrative and gameplay systems. Cloud Chamber remains active in development of the upcoming title.