If you attended PAX East earlier this month, you might have noticed just a few BioShock Infinite top hats on the heads of attendees walking around the show floor. Wearing the stylish chapeau was the way fans got spotted and were considered for casting to get their face into BioShock Infinite! Yes, in the actual game as a non-playable character!
Throughout the weekend, lucky hat-wearers were taken to a top secret location, photographed, and entered into the casting. After evaluating all the candidates, we’re excited to announce the new citizens of Columbia!
Sam Mans
Chandra Thompson
Everett Sawyer (with father, Benjamin Sawyer)
Congratulations to Chandra, Everett, and Sam! A big thank you to all who participated in our casting!
joemommak1200 | April 24, 2012 3:08 pm
Happy faces…we’ll see what the handyman has to say about that!!!
felonious | April 24, 2012 3:19 pm
Congrats to the winners! First a Fan’s name and now some Fan’s faces make it into the game. Very cool stuff and props to Irrational for doing such fan service!
wingsofthread | April 24, 2012 3:27 pm
Congrats to all the winners! How exciting!!
lasselund | April 24, 2012 3:37 pm
Very cool. Way to incorporate your fans into your creation!
goniovvo | April 24, 2012 4:02 pm
Super excited! Thank you so much Irrational!
bensawyer | April 24, 2012 4:40 pm
Many thanks! Great contest – just going to the secret location and getting green screened was interesting for Everett and PAX was fun. Everett’s going to make many of his older cousins’ pretty jealous when this ships. Congrats to all the winners.
felonious | April 25, 2012 10:31 pm
You got bragging rights for life!
icegrove | April 24, 2012 5:54 pm
Grats all!
deaddoucher | April 24, 2012 7:26 pm
that’s awesome, can’t wait to see if i notice anyone.
japester | April 25, 2012 6:41 am
Easily one of the coolest game promotions I’ve seen. If BSI has the same staying power as BioShock, these folks will get a taste of immortality!
fullmoonstar | April 25, 2012 7:07 am
Congrats to the winners. It must be pretty interesting and totally exciting to be in one of the best games of the year 2012, to be in a videogame at all. I am curious to see them in the game then…It’s great. Congrats to you Sam, Chandra, Everett and Benjamin.
1019ice | April 25, 2012 11:15 am
I guess this answers the question about kids in Columbia. Congrats to the winners!
bobogoldman | April 26, 2012 6:02 pm
the black guy worries me in Columbia. The Vox were racist right? or was it the founders that are racist?….hang on’ brotha!
deaddoucher | April 26, 2012 6:07 pm
^ That’s hilarious.
losstarot | April 27, 2012 3:34 pm
Will be on the lookout in case I see them during my first run ^^
It’s a neat feat and a cool fan service at the same time.
juan29zapata | April 29, 2012 12:04 am
Congrats to all the winners! Here’s hoping I find them in Columbia! And that nothing happens to them hehe.
adaaja | July 6, 2012 4:36 am
woow fantastic love it