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Dishonored Gets Void Walker’s Arsenal Pack on May 14

The development team at Arkane Studios and publisher Bethesda are announcing that fans of Dishonored will be able to pick up the Void Walker’s Arsenal Pack on the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 on May 14. The new DLC delivers weapons and items that have been until now only available for those who had p...

3 May 2013
10:49 GMT

Download Now Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall DLC on PC, Soon on PS3, Xbox 360

The Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall DLC is now available for download on the PC platform, via Steam, and will soon be released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 later today, April 16. Dishonored came out last year and impressed plenty of stealth game fans, managing to deliver a great experience that combined regular s...

16 April 2013
02:57 GMT

Dishonored Is 50% Off on Steam During the Weekend

Developer Arkane Studios, publisher Bethesda and Valve announce that Dishonored, the mix of stealth and action launched in late 2012, is on sale on the Steam digital distribution service during the weekend. The game can be bought for 24.99 dollars or Euro, which is a significant cut over the normal price, and a set ...

11 April 2013
17:26 GMT

Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall DLC Gets Official Gameplay Video

Dishonored is getting ready to receive its first story-based downloadable add-on next week, in the form of Knife of Dunwall, and a fresh gameplay video has just been revealed, showcasing footage from the new DLC. Dishonored came out last year and has since received one add-on, in the form of the Dunwall City Trials,...

11 April 2013
10:33 GMT

Dishonored Update 1.3 Out This Week on PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Ahead of DLC Release

Dishonored is set to receive its Knife of Dunwall DLC next week and, in order to ensure that there won't be any problems with the add-on, Bethesda and Arkane Studios have just confirmed that a fresh patch for the game, in the form of update 1.3 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, will soon be available for download. Dis...

10 April 2013
09:17 GMT

Thief Dev Loved Dishonored, Says the Two Games Have Different Gameplay Mechanics

The recently revealed Thief reboot, which promises to reinvent the series, has been compared by quite a lot of people with Dishonored, last year's stealth game from Arkane Studios and Bethesda, but developer Eidos Montreal believes the two titles have radically different approaches in terms of gameplay. Thief t...

5 April 2013
07:46 GMT

Hilarious Dishonored April Fools' Video Talks About Fake Mechanics

Arkane Studios and Bethesda have released a special kind of April Fools' joke for fans of last year's Dishonored, showing some gameplay footage with commentary from the game's creators about hilariously fake mechanics, such as dynamic aging for enemies or the fact that AI-controlled characters who'...

1 April 2013
10:32 GMT

Dishonored First Used Medieval Japan as Inspiration for Dunwall

The development team at Arkane Studios says that when it started creating last year’s Dishonored, the game world was supposed to be based on Medieval Japan, but its structure evolved as the process progressed. During a talk at the Game Developers Conference, Sebastian Mitton, the art director at the company, o...

29 March 2013
03:21 GMT

Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall DLC Confirmed, Out in April

After teasing it yesterday, Bethesda and Arkane Studios have just confirmed the first story-based add-on for their recent Dishonored game, in the form of The Knife of Dunwall, which puts players in the shoes of the mysterious assassin Daud and comes out in April. Dishonored impressed a lot of people last year when i...

13 March 2013
10:14 GMT

Dishonored Teases New Content via Mysterious Image

Developer Arkane Studios and publisher Bethesda announce that they will soon reveal new content for their 2012 title Dishonored by posting a new image that shows two unknown figures that seem to be involved in the assassination that starts the game. The rather mysterious picture is offered via the official Twitter ...

12 March 2013
18:48 GMT

PlayStation 4’s 8 GB of RAM Are a Joy, Says Dishonored Developer

Christophe Carrier, a leading designer working at Arkane Studios, says that he is pleased with the PlayStation 4 reveal and wants to take advantage of the 8 GB of RAM that Sony is including in its new console. The developer, who has worked on last year’s Dishonored, tells Eurogamer, “We need memory, you ...

11 March 2013
04:45 GMT

Dishonored Wins Best Game at BAFTA Awards

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts reveals that Dishonored, the action and stealth title from Arkane Studios and Bethesda, has won the title of Best Game of 2013. The big winner of the night is Journey, the PSN game from thatgamecompany, and The Walking Dead, from Telltale Games, also picked up quite a ...

6 March 2013
04:45 GMT

Xbox Live Sale Brings Price Cuts for Borderlands 2, Arkham City, Dishonored, More

After slashing the prices on quite a few franchises as part of its Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale in the last few days, Microsoft has decided to implement a new batch of discounts for a variety of other games, including Batman: Arkham City, Borderlands 1 and 2, Fable 3, Dead Island, Fallout: New Vegas, Portal 2, Red De...

2 March 2013
01:31 GMT

Dishonored: The Other Side of the Coin Story-Based DLC Leaked

Dishonored is set to receive a special story-based add-on in the near future titled The Other Side of the Coin, allowing owners of the game to go on a new adventure with fresh locations and characters, at least according to a new leak. Dishonored appeared last year and delivered a lengthy story whose elements change...

26 February 2013
07:13 GMT

Dishonored Developer Is Hiring Next-Gen Console Programmer

Video game developer Arkane Studios, the company that created Dishonored, says that it is looking for a senior engine programmer that will work on a new project for the PC and for next-generation home consoles. The job listing says that those who apply should be passionate about first-person titles and about role-pl...

7 February 2013
05:26 GMT

Dishonored, Walking Dead, XCOM, Journey and Mass Effect 3 Fight for GDC Awards

Organizers of the Game Developers Conference have announced the list of nominees for the Choice Awards that will be given out on March 27 in San Francisco, with titles like Dishonored, FTL, XCOM and Hotline Miami fighting for top honors. The complete list of nominees is made up of: Game of the Year Dishonored - Ar...

25 January 2013
10:27 GMT

Ex-Dishonored Developer Says Choice Should Drive Violence in Games

Joe Huston, a former developer at Arkane Studios, believes that gamers should use the current discussion centered on violent titles as an opportunity to evaluate their own attitudes towards them and explore their impact. Writing on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, the ex-Dishonored developer states that, “In light of the...

15 January 2013
18:31 GMT

Steam Holiday Sale 2012 Day 2 Brings Discounts for Dishonored, Darksiders, More

We're already in day two of the Steam Winter Holiday Sale of 2012 and Valve has just posted another batch of impressive discounts for some quality titles, ranging from Dishonored, Psychonauts, or Sim City 4, to franchises like Darksiders, Tom Clancy, or Fear.While many services and companies are running big holi...

21 December 2012
13:13 GMT

Prey 2 Developer Wants Fans to Ask Bethesda About Game Launch

Prey 2 might be in development limbo at the moment but the team working on the game says that all information about the future of the title needs to come from publisher Bethesda. Nathan Cheever, who is a designer working at Human Head Studios, says that he is under contract and cannot legally reveal the status of th...

20 December 2012
10:48 GMT

Dishonored Dunwall City Trials Gets Gameplay Video

The upcoming add-on for stealth game Dishonored, the Dunwall City Trials, has just received its first gameplay video, showing off footage from the 10 challenge maps that will try out the players’ skills. Dishonored delivered a great stealth experience back in October, allowing players to explore the steampunk city o...

7 December 2012
04:51 GMT

Dishonored 1.2 Update Introduces Multiple Screen Support, Fixes Bugs

Developer Arkane Studios and publisher Bethesda are offering a new title update for their recently launched Dishonored, which introduces support for more than one screen and also fixes a number of game problems. The patch is offered on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the PC and the team asks all players to apply...

4 December 2012
17:44 GMT

Dishonored Is Now Officially a Bethesda Franchise, Sells Better Than Expected

Pete Hines, who leads the Public Relations department at publisher Bethesda, says that the success of the recently launched Dishonored means that his company is aiming to turn it into a full-fledged franchise, although it is not clear how it plans to achieve this goal. The executive tells Destructoid that, “I ...

28 November 2012
20:21 GMT

Top 3 Windows Games Launched in 2012 That Run Well on Linux

Even if a lot of games have been launched for Linux this year and more are expected to arrive in 2013, the Windows platform is still home for the best titles. Until this status quo changes, there will always be Wine. Wine is a framework that can be used to run Windows applications in a Linux environment. Some titles...

28 November 2012
15:08 GMT

Dishonored Gets Dunwall City Trials DLC on December 11

Bethesda and Arkane Studios have confirmed that their recent Dishonored game will get the special Dunwall City Trials DLC on December 11. Dishonored delivered an intense stealth experience back in October and managed to draw in lots of people, especially since it was a completely new intellectual property. Now, Ark...

28 November 2012
05:10 GMT

Day Five Steam Sale Includes Dishonored, Civ V, Batman, Torchlight 2

The all-encompassing Autumn Steam Sale is entering its fifth day and gamers looking for deals on their favorite titles can now buy: Sid Meier's Civilization V, Dishonored, Orcs Must Die! 2, Batman: Arkham City – Game of the Year Edition, Torchlight II and Sonic Generations. Yesterday’s deals are also all ...

25 November 2012
14:07 GMT

Dishonored Was Influenced by Melville, Gaiman, Dickens, Lovecraft

Dishonored, the action and stealth game from Arkane Studios and publisher Bethesda, delivers a game world that mixes Victorian era and steampunk elements very well and much of the quality is linked to the inspiration sources that the development team has used. A report from PC Gamer states that the main sources for ...

16 November 2012
07:30 GMT

Original Dishonored Had Talking Corvo

Raphael Colantonio, one of the co-leaders on the development of Dishonored, says that the first version of the game was supposed to have a main character who spoke, but the design was changed before the game went into full development. The developer tells The Official PlayStation Magazine that, “To this day, w...

5 November 2012
05:28 GMT

Weekend Reading: The Games That Scare Me

Halloween has just passed us by, which meant that I had to deal with friends who seemed entranced about buying costumes just because of the date in the calendar and with a number of video games that tried to sell themselves by pitching themselves as scary in various ways. I am not a horror aficionado, but I sometime...

3 November 2012
14:21 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: October 28

Our review for this week is for the recently launched BFG edition of Doom 3, which aims to resurrect the classic first-person shooter while upgrading its graphics and adding a few new gameplay elements, including the ability to use a weapon and the flashlight at the same time. The site also hosts Quick Looks for Fal...

28 October 2012
03:31 GMT

Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials DLC Coming Out in December

Bethesda has just confirmed the first add-on content for Dishonored will be launched in December on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Dubbed Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials, the expansion pack will arrive on all three platforms simultaneously and will be priced at 4.99 EUR/ 4.99 USD, or 400 Microsoft Points. The new ...

25 October 2012
14:00 GMT

Dishonored Diary – Using Your Supernatural Powers

Dishonored, much like its protagonist, Corvo, has a lot of surprises up its sleeve, from the top-notch stealth gameplay, to the intriguing steampunk aesthetic of Dunwall, where the action takes place. But what really sets the game apart from other types of stealth experiences are the supernatural powers that can be ...

24 October 2012
14:31 GMT

Skylanders Fails to Dislodge FIFA 13 from Top of UK Chart

The launch of the new Skylanders Giants line from Activision has failed to topple FIFA 13 from the top of the United Kingdom chart for the week that ended on October 20, according to the numbers compiled by the UKIE. FIFA 13, the football simulation from EA Sports, has spent one more week at the top and it seems tha...

23 October 2012
03:14 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: October 21

This week we deliver two of our own Softpedia reviews: one for Dishonored, the stealth and action mix from developer Arkane Studios and publisher Bethesda, and another for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the strategy and tactical title from Firaxis and 2K Games. We also have one Quick Look that deals with the new BFG edition r...

21 October 2012
05:01 GMT

EndWeekGame: October 19

Andrei Dumitrescu: My love affair with XCOM: Enemy Unknown will continue all throughout this week as I continue two parallel campaigns: one on Normal with Ironman activated, which means I can only save on exit, and another on the Classic difficulty level, where I am fighting just to survive. XCOM is a very deep game...

19 October 2012
16:31 GMT

Dishonored Diary – Exploring Dunwall

Dishonored stands out in a variety of ways, from the impressive stealth mechanics, to the A.I., which seems to be a bit too smart sometimes and a bit too dumb in other situations. Another one of the defining aspects of the game is the actual city of Dunwall, where the action takes place, as its design, which combine...

19 October 2012
11:11 GMT

Dishonored Creator Loves Stealth and Trickery Focused Games

Harvey Smith, the co-creator of Dishonored and leader of Arkane Studios, reveals that he loves the stealth genre and appreciates all game experiences that allow him to use something other than brute force to achieve his objectives.The developer tells Rock, Paper, Shotgun that, “I still, to this day, love games ...

18 October 2012
16:41 GMT

Dishonored Diary – The Hit-and-Miss A.I.

Dishonored, the recently released stealth game from Arkane Studios, does quite a few things right. From the gritty steampunk-inspired city of Dunwall to the impressive level design that emphasizes choice and exploration. Sadly, one of the main drawbacks is the A.I. system, which can sometimes be too observant of you...

16 October 2012
09:19 GMT

XCOM and Dishonored Fail to Unseat FIFA 13 in UK

Neither XCOM: Enemy Unknown nor Dishonored has failed to dislodge FIFA 13 from the top of the United Kingdom for the week that ended on October 14, showing the strength of the football simulation from EA Sports. FIFA 13 managed to break the sales record of the series during its first week worldwide and has also beco...

16 October 2012
04:28 GMT

Dishonored Review (PC)

Stealth is hard for a game to pull off, as developers sometimes make it too easy to get past non-playable characters or too hard. Throw in the other challenges faced by a regular game, like creating an engaging story filled with unique heroes and villains, and it's no wonder that stealth-heavy titles have become...

15 October 2012
10:11 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: October 14

We have delivered two full Softpedia reviews this week: one for Their Finest Hour expansion for the grand strategy title Hearts of Iron III, from Paradox Interactive, and another for the recently launched Worms Revolution, which brings classic team-based worm combat to a new generation of gamers. We also have a choi...

14 October 2012
03:41 GMT

Weekend Reading: Getting Stealth Right

Stealth is a tricky thing to get right for most video games and this has led to a disappearance of high profile stealth-based franchises, like Thief or Hitman, while a lot of other titles decided to employ the mechanic in a limited manner, like the recent Spec Ops: The Line.Fortunately, things are slowly turning arou...

13 October 2012
15:11 GMT

Dishonored Dev Unsure About Sequel

Barely had Dishonored been released this week in North America and Europe when one of its co-creators, Harvey Smith, was assaulted with questions about a sequel and he revealed that, at least for the moment, he had mixed feelings about a new game in the same world. Dishonored was released earlier this week all aroun...

13 October 2012
07:21 GMT

EndWeekGame: October 12

Andrei Dumitrescu: Bad rain is predicted for this weekend, the Premier League is on pause for international matches and the cycling season is over, so I have nothing left to do with my weekends but play video games, which seems like a good idea considering the high-profile titles that are arriving week after week. M...

12 October 2012
16:31 GMT

Dishonored Writer Says Gordon Freeman Is Creepy, Awkward

Austin Grossman, who is a writer working on Dishonored at Arkane Studios, has criticized beloved Valve character Gordon Freeman, mainly for his silent nature. Speaking to Kotaku, the writer stated, “I hate what Valve does with the silent protagonist. I find it incredibly awkward and really creepy. I find Gordo...

10 October 2012
09:16 GMT

Two New Dishonored Videos Show Off Supernatural Powers

Arkane Studios has revealed two new videos with its recently released Dishonored stealth game, this time showing off some of the special abilities wielded by the protagonist, Corvo, in the form of the Devouring Swarm and the Wind Blast. Dishonored is available starting today in North America and will appear this Fri...

9 October 2012
03:21 GMT

Dishonored Preload Now Live on Steam

Although Bethesda's first-person action title Dishonored is set to unlock on October 12, it appears that preload is now available for those who pre-purchased the game. Obviously, North Americans will be able to start playing the game 3 days earlier than Europeans.Pre-purchasing the game will also get you a free ...

5 October 2012
14:06 GMT

New Interactive Dishonored Trailer Shows the Path to Revenge

Bethesda and Arkane Studios are close to releasing their long-awaited Dishonored stealth game and, in order to further promote it, they’ve just released a special interactive video called Path to Revenge. Dishonored is out next week and promises to deliver an intense stealth-based experience, with players taki...

4 October 2012
11:31 GMT

Dishonored Takes over 20 Hours to Complete

Dishonored is a massive game and, according to one of the developers from Arkane Studios, it will take a lot of hours to complete, depending on the player’s style and his disposition towards side quests. Arkane and Bethesda are getting ready to release Dishonored all around the world next week and, after confi...

2 October 2012
17:21 GMT

Dishonored Ditches Thief Stealth Mechanics for Realism

Christophe Carrier, who is the lead level designer working on the upcoming Dishonored, has revealed how the title’s stealth mechanics work and why the team decided to use a system that might disappoint some fans of the Thief series. Speaking to Eurogamer, the developer stated, “In Thief the light is very...

2 October 2012
08:52 GMT

Dishonored Is Now Gold, Ready for Release Next Week

Bethesda and Arkane Studios have confirmed that their upcoming Dishonored title has gone gold and that it’s ready to be released next week across a variety of platforms. Dishonored was revealed to the world last year but work on it began a long time ago and now, after more than three years in development accor...

1 October 2012
19:11 GMT


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