Bethesda Softworks Archive

  • Dishonored Gets a Launch Date and Box Art

    Dishonored Gets a Launch Date and Box Art

    Arkane Studios’ slick-looking supernatural steampunk assassin game, Dishonored, has been penciled in for a launch date of October 9 in North America and October 12 in Europe. I say penciled in only because, as BioShock Infinite recently reminded us, no game’s release date should ever...

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  • The Elder Scrolls Online’s First Trailer Shows a Whole Lotta Nothing, But Hey, Here’s a Screenshot!

    The Elder Scrolls Online’s First Trailer Shows a Whole Lotta Nothing, But Hey, Here’s a Screenshot!

    The Elder Scrolls Online‘s first trailer is the very definition of a teaser. Actually, it barely even qualifies as a teaser. A narrator spouts off a meaningless introduction as three dragons wind around eating each others’ tails to form the game’s circular logo. I’m guessing...

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  • The Elder Scrolls MMORPG Goes Online Next Year

    The Elder Scrolls MMORPG Goes Online Next Year

    Rumors of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on The Elder Scrolls universe have been circulating for quite a while now. Today, those rumors become reality. Bethesda Softworks and ZeniMax Online Studios have announced the development of The Elder Scrolls Online, an MMORPG slated...

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  • Resident Evil Creator Developing “Pure Survival Horror” Game for Bethesda Softworks

    Resident Evil Creator Developing “Pure Survival Horror” Game for Bethesda Softworks

    Shinji Mikami, best known for creating the Resident Evil franchise, is now in charge of his own studio, Tango Gameworks, which is a division of Bethesda Softworks parent company ZeniMax Media. Does it surprise you to learn that the first game his studio is developing...

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  • Prey 2 Not Cancelled, Just Doesn’t Meet “Quality Standards” to Ship This Year

    Prey 2 Not Cancelled, Just Doesn’t Meet “Quality Standards” to Ship This Year

    Rumor radars have recently been detecting a possible cancellation of Bethesda Softworks and Human Head’s sci-fi open world first-person shooter sequel, Prey 2. Turns out, the game is still in development, it’s just not progressing well enough to ship in 2012 as expected. Here’s the...

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  • “Fus Ro” and 200 Other Voice Commands Will Soon Make Skyrim Better With Kinect

    “Fus Ro” and 200 Other Voice Commands Will Soon Make Skyrim Better With Kinect

    Microsoft’s “Better With Kinect” marketing tagline will soon apply to fantasy role-playing epic The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda Softworks today announcing plans to bring Kinect Voice Command integration to the Xbox 360 platform via a free title update later this month. The update will...

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  • A Video Tour of Skyrim’s PC Creation Kit

    A Video Tour of Skyrim’s PC Creation Kit

    Modders, the time to create your own adventures in Tamriel is nearly at hand, with Bethesda Softworks readying its official Creation Kit for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The mod kit will be available “soon” as a free update via Steam, and BethSoft also partnered...

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  • Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    For over sixteen years, the Elder Scrolls series of games have made their mark in the role playing landscape with expansive worlds and non-linear gameplay.  There were some spin-off games in the series that were more focused in their scope, but the main, numbered titles...

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  • Review: Rage

    Review: Rage

    When you first glance at Rage, you may be led to believe that it is id Software’s attempt at an open-world role-playing shooter, in the mold of such recent hits as Fallout 3 and Borderlands. Rage does show signs of inspiration from these games —...

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  • BethSoft Unveils World Eating Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector’s Edition

    BethSoft Unveils World Eating Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector’s Edition

    Bethesda today outed its luxurious The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector’s Edition, and at $149.99 (€149.99 in Europe, £129.99 in the UK, and A$199.99 in Australia) you are definitely going to have to break the bank to afford it. But if you have a fat...

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