When Bioshock: The Collection was officially confirmed we were told that you'll be able to upgrade to the remastered version of the respective title(s) for free if you own them on PC. Now we know how this will actually work.
If you already own BioShock, BioShock 2, or Minerva's Den on Steam, the remastered version for the corresponding title will automatically show up in your Steam library as a separate game. You can expect to see the remastered titles begin rolling out in Steam libraries starting at 12am CEST / 11pm BST.
It gets a bit more complicated if you own a physical copy of BioShock or BioShock 2 on PC, or a Games for Windows Live digital copy. To get BioShock remastered on Steam, you must provide your Steam profile information and proof of purchase of the original PC game to 2K Support.
For BioShock 2, you have to find the Games for Windows Live key that was with your digital or physical copy. Activate this key through Steam.
After this it's time to see how much better the remastered versions looks. Will you be able to run them on max?
Minimum:
• OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Processor: Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHZ
• Video Card: DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 7770 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
• Memory: 4 GB
• Hard Drive: BioShock 25GB; BioShock 2 25GB; BioShock Infinite 20GB
Recommended:
• OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Processor: 3GHz Quad-Core
• Video Card: 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better
• Memory: 8 GB
• Hard Drive: BioShock 25GB; BioShock 2 25GB; BioShock Infinite 30GB
Bioshock: The Collection will launch on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One September 16.