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For those who are having difficulty downloading the patch from Games for Windows Live, this update bring BioShock 2 to v1.4 and enables support of the Protector Trials DLC. It also fixes a number of bugs and gameplay issues. A list of changes can be found after the jump.

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In a surprising about face, PC owners of the first person shooter BioShock 2 won't get access to the final two downloadable content packages, Protector Trials and Minerva's Den, after all. In a post on the game's official message boards, a 2K Games spokesperson stated that "timing and technical issues" were to blame but details were not revealed.

The Protector Trials and Minerva's Den DLC packs were supposed to be single player extensions of the game developed by 2K Marin. Both were released for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game and both were originally announced as coming to the PC as well. We have emailed 2K Games to get more info on why these two DLC packs have now been scrapped for the PC version. In addition, it appears that there won't be any playlists added for the multiplayer DLC maps and that sounds for the game's vending machines won't be added for any versions of BioShock 2.

[Via Eurogamer]

Even though BioShock 2 didn't sell as many copies as 2K Games execs would have liked, it looks like the publisher still wants to give players of the first person shooter some more to play with. Today the company announced plans to release Protector Trials, a single player downloadable expansion for the game that will be released August 3 via Games for Windows Live for 400 Microsoft points (about $5).

The six levels in Protector Trials will let players back into the Big Daddy suit as he has to deal with waves of Splicers who want to grab the ADAM that is being gathered by the Little Sister. The levels will be based on some of the familiar locations in BioShock 2 and will also feature seven new achievements and new unlockable content. The press release that announced Protector Trials stated that more single player content for BioShock 2 is in the works.