As the first full week of 2019 comes to a close, many video game companies are preparing for a big year. As such, gaming industry experts are also preparing for the year ahead by ♊putting out predictions that they expect to see over the course of 2019.

has released their annual article, asking a panel of four expert analysts for their 2019 predictions. Some insights are surprising, while others are a little less creative. One of the more eye-catching predictioℱns comes from Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities, who believes a new entry into the BioShock franchise will be announced this year, with a release date of some�꧃�time in 2020.

Pachter unfortunately doesn’t get into too much detai꧑🐼l as to why he believes a new BioShock game will be announced. Based on the accuracy of his gaming indust✤ry predictions from last year, it is probably best to take his BioShock pre𝓀dicꦬtion with a grain of salt. For instance, last year, Pachter correctly predicted a battle royale mode coming to Call of Duty, but that was really the only semi-impressive prediction. (Was anyone act🐼ually surprisꩲed that Call of Duty adopted a battle royale mode?)

While it would have been nice for Pachter to have added some additional color to support his prediction, the prediction itself might actually 🥀have some merit.

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In a article published in April 2018, it was reported that a toﷺp-secret 2K Games studio was developing a new BioShock 🌞game; potentially, the first full-length entry into the series s🅘ince 2013’s BioShock Infinite. Nothing has been reveal𓄧ed since the rumor dropped, but perhaps Pachter has some behind-the-scenes insights into the rumor that the rest of us don’t. If a new BioShock game is ཧin fact in the works foꦦr a 2020 release, it seems this year’s E3 would be as good a place as any to make the announcement... but we will have to wait and see.

In the meantime, the rest of the ✨prediction article is a pretty interesting read, especially in regards to the possibilities of subscr♉iption and cloud-based gaming - a business model that the entire industry is talking about.

What are some of you predictions for gami⛄ng in 2019? Le🤪t us know!

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