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Arkane says Dishonored 2’s Emily was a response to gender criticism

Developer Arkane has explained the motivations that saw it offer a playable female lead in its recent release Dishonored 2. Speaking to Anita Sarkeesian in an interview for Engadget, co-creative director Harvey Smith responded to criticism of the first game’s handling of female stereotypes. Your comment, which I’ll always remember …

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Dishonored 2 falls short of original as Call of Duty falls sharply

Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare remains the UK No.1, despite suffering a steeper drop in sales than its genre rivals. Week two sales of the Infinity Ward game were down 55 per cent. That’s significantly more than the 39 per cent and 41 per cent drop off seen with …

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Bethesda will not send out early review copies for any of its games

Bethesda has announced that it will no longer send out review copies to members of the press early, with copies only being sent out a day before release. The announcement mentioned that the company tried this new system with Doom earlier in the year, and was very happy with the …

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Dishonored 2 misses spring release date, now hitting shelves in November

Bethesda’s sequel to 2012 stealth action title Dishonored is going to be released in November. The publisher has announced that the follow-up will be launching worldwide on November 11th, 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. This is – obviously – considerably later than the spring release initially outlined …

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BETHESDA: All the E3 news in one place

Tonight in LA, Bethesda just pulled one of the great E3 press conferences. You can read more about our thoughts on the show right here, but if it’s just the topline news you want. Here are the headlines: Bethesda reveals Doom, promises a Spring 2016 launch and introduces a modding …

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BETHESDA: Dishonored 2 confirmed

A sequel to the hit 2012 stealth game, Dishonored, has been officialy announced. The game was long expected, especially after a leak yesterday suggested the title was on its way. It was shown as part of Bethesda’s blockbuser pre-E3 press conference. The game was revealed with an extended cut scene …

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Bethesda E3 rehearsal leads to accidental Dishonored 2 reveal – report

A live microphone at Bethesda’s E3 news conference rehearsal yesterday apparently captured mention of a Dishonored sequel, with the publisher more or less acknowledging the gaff. Kotaku reports on Arkane president Raph Colantonio going over Dishonored co-director Harvey Smith’s presentation, with all indications pointing to a Dishonored 2 reveal. It’s …

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E3 2015: When is Bethesda’s press conference?

The first press conference of E3 belongs to Bethesda, and it will start at 3am UK time on Monday, June 15th. That’s 7pm in LA time on Sunday, June 14th. The conference will reveal more details around Fallout 4 and Doom, while rumours suggest there may be an appearance from …

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