- How Dishonored and Deathloop led to a mesmerising indie horror game about tending to a monstrous train - 11 February 2025
The clerks who work on the side of Mount Zugspitze enjoy free dental care. But it's less a perk and more an apology, for what the job will do to your teeth... Read more.
- QuakeCon sale gives you up to 85% off these essential FPS games - 2 August 2023
A QuakeCon sale gives you huge discounts on many top series from the legendary studios behind some of the best FPS games . Along with Doom and Quake creator id Software, Bethesda (now a part of Microsoft) also comprises Wolfenstein developers Machine Games, Dishonored and Deathloop maker Arkane Studios, and Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within and Hi-Fi Rush. Now, that huge catalogue gets some equally massive discounts to celebrate the upcoming QuakeCon. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Get Bethesda's best games for dirt cheap ahead of Starfield Dishonored meets Jurassic Park in this steampunk RPG Awesome Games Done Quick's complete January 2018 schedule has been released
- Get Bethesda's best games for dirt cheap ahead of Starfield - 16 June 2023
The Elder Scrolls , Doom, Fallout, Dishonored, Wolfenstein, Quake, The Evil Within - you name it, Bethesda has some of the best PC games in its catalog, and you can get most of them for next to nothing right now thanks to a sale with up to 85% off the likes of Skyrim , Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas, Wolfenstein 2, and Prey. With the Starfield release date swooping over the horizon, what better time than now to enjoy Bethesda's best? Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dishonored meets Jurassic Park in this steampunk RPG Awesome Games Done Quick's complete January 2018 schedule has been released Dishonored co-creative director "hopeful" for future of complex, PC-like multiplatform games
- The free game on Epic Games Store is a must-have, get it while you can - 6 February 2023
If you love great free games , you're in luck. For the next few days, one of the best in the stealth and immersive sim genre remains free on the Epic Games Store, with absolutely no strings attached. From publisher Bethesda and Redfall developer Arkane, this is undoubtedly one of the best spin-offs and standalone side-sequels ever released, as yes, Dishonored Death of the Outsider is free right now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dishonored 2 update adds new modes and removes Denuvo Dishonored: Death of the Outsider guide: Billie's powers, gadget, and gear detailed Dishonored: Death of the Outsider PC review
- The best Dishonored game goes free on the Epic Store next week - 27 January 2023
Is Death of the Outsider really the best Dishonored game? The answer to that question will be a firm "yes" next week, because next week it will be free on the Epic Games Store... Read more.
- Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider will be free to keep from Epic next week - 26 January 2023
Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider , Arkane's wonderful standalone expansion following on from Dishonored 2, will be free to keep from the Epic Games Store next week. It could be your chance to complete the series, given that the giveaway follows on from Dishonored 1 and its expansions being given away via Epic at the start of the year , and Dishonored 2 being given free to Amazon Prime subscribers at the same time. Read more
- You guessed it: Deathloop and Dishonored are set in the same universe after all - 9 October 2022
After some speculation from fans, Deathloop director Dinga Bakaba confirmed that the game is in fact set in the same world as Dishonored . Arkane's games all tend to have some similarities here and there, being one of the few big developers to actually make immersive simulators, but Deathloop and Dishonored obviously shared some DNA in more obvious ways. But according to Deathloop's director himself, the games are both in fact in the same world, something likely to please fans that have theorised as such. Bakaba confirmed the connection on the most recent episode of the Xbox Podcast (thanks PCGamer ), where he said that Deathloop is "one of the futures of the Dishonored world." Asked directly about the connection, Bakaba noted how due to the nature of the game not everyone will see the same thing, "so it was nice to see the community pick up the little clues that we did sprinkle everywh…
- Playground's Fable gets Control, Dishonored writer as new narrative lead - 10 July 2022
Playground's upcoming Fable has a new narrative lead, one that has a strong history including titles like Control . Anna Megill, award-winning writer and narrative designer, announced the news on her personal Twitter account that she is now narrative lead on the next Fable game. "Some exciting news to end the week," wrote Megill. "I'm now the narrative lead on Fable. Wooo!" Megill's work is incredibly broad, having worked on Dishonored: Death of the Outsider , Guild Wars 2 , and the upcoming Avatar game from Ubisoft . She's also the one responsible for those dolls that only belong in your nightmares from Control. Read more
- Arkane are giving away Arx Fatalis to celebrate their 20th anniversary - 28 May 2020
Break out the party poppers – Prey and Dishonored developers Arkane Studios turns 20 years old this year. Well, sort of. The studio may have been founded in ’99, but who am I to ruin a party? To celebrate two decades of sneaking, stabbing, and all-round immersive sim’ing, Arkane are dusting off the oldest book on their shelf by giving away free copies of the studio’s 2002 fantasy debut Arx Fatalis . (more…)
- Yer Dishonoreds and Wolfenstein reboot are now available DRM-free on GOG - 19 February 2020
I’m Alice0 and I’m here to say, some great Bethesda games are out in a DRM-free way. GOG this week added the Dishonored games and two of the new Wolfensteins. That’s some lovely gaming right there, so I’m just briefly highlighting it for people who prefer their games without DRM. They’ve got hefty discounts for one week to celebrate the launches too. (more…)
- Dishonored is getting a tabletop RPG adaptation this year - 27 January 2020
Rat-dodging monarch restoration sim Dishonored is getting a tabletop roleplaying adaptation this very year. Announcing the news last week, publishers Modiphius say they’re working “in close collaboration” with the games’ creative director Harvey Smith, also famed for his work on System Shock and the first two Deus Ex games. That’s some pedigree, alright. (more…)
- Dishonored is getting the tabletop RPG treatment later this year - 23 January 2020
Dishonored, developer Arkane Studios' sublime stealthy action-adventure series, is getting the tabletop RPG treatment later this year, courtesy of Modiphius Entertainment. The Dishonored Roleplaying Game, as it's known, will initially be released in the form of a 300-page hardback Corebook, containing everything players need to begin their steampunk-inspired adventures across the Empire of the Isles. According to Modiphius, the Corebook features an in-depth look at Dishonored's world, its history, and its people, plus a comprehensive storytelling guide. The latter includes rules for playing as various roles - which range from "grim assassins and rugged criminals, to intrepid explorers and stoic crown loyalists" - alongside antagonists and story hooks for inspiration. Read more
- How Viktor Antonov turned from building cities to planets - 20 February 2019
Viktor Antonov hasn't built a world like this before. The games you know him for are bounded and largely linear. Every tiny detail has been touched by a human hand in Half-Life 2's City 17 or Dishonored's Dunwall, striking virtual places which Antonov has helped colour with particular social histories and inscribed with visual techniques that quietly guide the player to the next checkpoint. That's also true of other games that he's been involved with over the past few years, such as Wolfenstein: The New Order, Prey and Doom, on which Antonov acted as visual design director. But Project C, as the game is currently codenamed, is very different. "It's one of the most ambitious projects I've worked on and, I have to admit, a fairly difficult one for me," he says. Read more
- The impossible architecture of video games - 12 February 2019
There is a saying in architecture that no building is unbuildable, only unbuilt. Structures may be impossible in the here and now, but have the potential to exist given enough time or technological development: a futuristic cityscape, a spacefaring megastructure, the ruins of an alien civilisation. However, there are also buildings that defy the physical laws of space. It is not an issue that they could not exist, but that they should not. Their forms bend and warp in unthinkable ways; dream-like structures that push spatial logic to its breaking point. The Tomb of Porsena is a legendary monument built to house the body of an Etruscan king. 400 years after its construction, the Roman scholar Varro gave a detailed description of the ancient structure. A giant stone base rose 50 feet high, beneath it lay an "inextricable labyrinth", and atop it sat five pyramids. Above this was a brass sp…
- Dishonored 2 and Death of The Outsider murder DRM, add free goodies - 14 December 2018
Excellent stealthy-stabby sequel Dishonored 2 and its also-excellent standalone expansion Death Of The Outsider have followed in the steps of other games late in their lives and removed Denuvo DRM. Arkane and Bethesda likely figure that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar – those who buy the game and provide a Bethesda store or launcher login will get a pair of new (if minor) perks . You get a Disho-noired black, white & red graphics mode and the option to replay any mission with your choice of powers, plus the pre-order bonus items for Dishonored 2. (more…)
- Free Content for Dishonored 2 & Death of the Outsider! - 13 December 2018
New modes and bonuses are available for Dishonored 2 and Death of the Outsider, and all you have to do to get them is log in with your Bethesda.net account from the games’ main menus. The new content includes: Mission+ Take a trip back in time to any previously completed mission from the campaign and experiment freely with all powers and weapons. Black and White Feeling moody? Black and White mode lets you experience the game in a new visual style. This filter does exactly what it says on the tin, but all blood will remain red. See? Moody. You can toggle between Black and White mode and the original color mode at any time. And an Imperial Assassin's Pack, which is now available in your cabin. Read more about this free new update here: https://beth.games/2zV5x3S
- An ode to video game doors - 11 December 2018
It's easy to underestimate the humble door. You open it, you go through. Sometimes, you must find the key first, and for many games, that's the whole extent of the player's interactions with doors. They're something to get past, something that cordons off one bit from the next bit. A simple structural element, of special interest to level designers, but not the ones who turn the knobs. And yet, the fundamental nature of doors that makes them seem so mundane also imbues them with a kind of magic. How do I open it? And what could be behind it? A good door is a locus of challenge and mystery; mystery that could give way to delight, wonder, or even a good scare. A good door is a teasing paradox that does everything in its power to entice and invite, but also puts up a decent effort to keep you out, at least long enough to intrigue and fire up your imagination. Some games highlight the versa…
- Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018: Best PC gaming deals - 26 November 2018
Is… is it over yet? Are the Black Friday and Cyber Monday PC gaming deals finally finished? Just a couple more hours to go now, you can do it deals herald, you can get through this. You’ve got a week and a half holiday coming up soon, just get through the afternoon and then you can go and lie in a dark room and not dream about Cyber Monday graphics card deals you might have missed for the seventh night running. Ahem. Sorry, I don’t know what came over me there. Probably the Cyber Monday PC gaming deals fatigue settling in, or the Black Friday fever dream I seem to have been living this past fortnight. But your deals herald is stronger than that. Nay, THE DEALER is stronger than that, and with a renewed sense of vigor that may in fact be frenzied despair, I thus present to you the final monolithic installment of our Black Friday and Cyber Monday PC deals bonanza. Gone a…
- Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018: Best PC gaming deals - 25 November 2018
I’m sure everyone’s feeling a bit of Black Friday fatigue by now (trust me, I want this all to be over just as much as you do), but in the interests of those after that one, last, final deal to end all deals, I present to you our newly refreshed Black Friday and Cyber Monday PC gaming deals hub. I’ve cleared away all the deals that have been swept into oblivion by the almighty wave of discount-grabbers, leaving you with the best of the best PC gaming deals that are still available. Whether you’re after a new graphics card, monitor, SSD, gaming headset or even a new CPU, mouse and keyboard, your deals herald will provide. Here are all the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday PC gaming deals you can grab right now. (more…)
- Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018: Best PC gaming deals - 23 November 2018
Black Friday is almost over here in the UK, but the deals train is still going strong for all you folk over in the US. It seems like forever ago that I boarded at Deals Station Central, but there’s still a fair old time before we all reach our final destination that is the culmination of November’s online deals frenzy, Cyber Monday. Thus, it falls to me, your ever faithful deals herald to continue striving away at the deals-based coal face to bring you the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals around. Now, I’m not saying you should just spend a load of money for the sake of it. Indeed, you should only really partake of Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals madness if you really need to upgrade to something. I ended up buying a laptop today, not because it was cheap (although that was certainly a factor), but because the battery on my current workhorse is practically bur…
