Bethesda Softworks Archive

  • October is Day 1 Digital Month on PSN

    October is Day 1 Digital Month on PSN

    Digital downloads of full retail PS3 games are becoming more and more common on the PlayStation Network, but it’s still very rare to see games simultaneously distributed on Blu-ray and the PlayStation Store on the first day of release. Mass Effect 3 and Borderlands 2 […]

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  • What Would You do With a Drunken Whaler? Listen to it on Your MP3 Player, Early in the Morning!

    What Would You do With a Drunken Whaler? Listen to it on Your MP3 Player, Early in the Morning!

    Remember that killer E3 trailer for Dishonored? You know, the one featuring the remixed ‘The Drunken Sailor’ sea shanty that I gave the made-up award of Best Music in an E3 2012 Trailer? Well, that trailer theme song, ‘The Drunken Whaler’, has been released for […]

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  • Experience the Lost Missions of Doom 3 BFG Edition

    Experience the Lost Missions of Doom 3 BFG Edition

    Not content to simply update Doom 3 and its Resurrection of Evil expansion in HD (and 3D) and pack in classic versions of Doom and Doom II, id Software has also cooked up a brand new “The Lost Mission” campaign for the forthcoming BFG Edition […]

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  • This Dragonborn Vinyl Toy is Menacingly Adorable

    This Dragonborn Vinyl Toy is Menacingly Adorable

    Bethesda Softworks has partnered up with collectible statue and figurine manufacturer Symbiote Studios to begin production of a new line of vinyl toys based on BethSoft’s powerhouse franchise stable. That means you will soon be able to adorn your desk, shelf or game room display […]

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  • Choose Your Daring Escape in This Dishonored Gameplay Video

    Choose Your Daring Escape in This Dishonored Gameplay Video

    Choice rules in Dishonored, the first-person stealth-action assassination game not so quietly sneaking onto PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this October with mounting hype and expectations. Developer Arkane Studios gives players the chance to experience a small slice of this choice-based gameplay in this new […]

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  • 22 Minutes of Dishonored Gameplay

    22 Minutes of Dishonored Gameplay

    Bethesda Softworks has released the two-part Dishonored gameplay walkthrough presented behind closed doors to select press during E3 earlier this month. The demo shows two playthroughs of The Golden Cat mission–one stealthy, one messy–totaling 22 minutes of live, uncut game footage. Watch to get a […]

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  • Best E3 Trailer Music Award Goes to Dishonored

    Best E3 Trailer Music Award Goes to Dishonored

    Appropriate choice of music sets the tone in any good video game trailer, and while I know the show has yet to officially begin and a TON of trailers are still to come, my early vote for Best Music in an E3 2012 Trailer — […]

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  • Now Presenting Dawnguard, Skyrim’s First DLC Expansion

    Now Presenting Dawnguard, Skyrim’s First DLC Expansion

    Bethesda Game Studios today presents the debut trailer for Dawnguard, the first full downloadable content add-on adventure for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. 30-day timed exclusivity will see Dawnguard releasing first on Xbox Live over the summer for 1600 Microsoft Points. After that, PC and […]

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  • Doom 3 Returns to Hell This Fall With New Levels and a Big F**king Gun

    Doom 3 Returns to Hell This Fall With New Levels and a Big F**king Gun

    id Software’s terrifying FPS, Doom 3, is on the comeback trail for a remastered-in-HD release on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this fall. The new BFG Edition will contain updated versions of the full original game (single and multiplayer) and the Resurrection of Evil expansion, […]

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  • 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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