Bethesda Reveals New Game 'Dishonored' From Arkane Studios

A year after acquiring Arkane Studios-who are responsible for such games as Dark Messiah of Might & Magic and Arx Fatalis-Bethesda has finally announced the first game that the studio will be creating under Bethesda's banner.

Game Informer revealed the new game, Dishonored, as it's August cover story. Dishonored will be a first-person action stealth game, and the guys over at Game Informer do a good job describing it.

"Dishonored is the antithesis of a edge-of-your-seat roller-coaster ride," Says GI. "It's a game about assassination where you don't have to kill anyone. It's a game about infiltration where you can set up traps and slaughter the entire garrison of an aristocrat's mansion rather than sneak in. It's a game about brutal violence where you can slip in and out of a fortified barracks with nobody ever knowing you were there. It's a game about morality and player choice where the world you create is based on your actions, not navigating conversation trees."

Even more exciting than that description is the big name talent attached to the game. Harvey Smith, one of the main creative forces behind the original Deus Ex and System Shock has joined as co-creative director alongside studio-head Raf Colantonio. Also Viktor Antonov, the man who designed Half-Life 2's City 17, will be giving the game his own artistic talent.

We can expect to hear more in Game Informer's forthcoming August issue.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's First Gameplay Trailer

At the Spike TV 2010 Video Game Awards, Todd Howard of Bethesda Softworks, stepped on to the stage revealed the first teaser for the upcoming Elder's Scrolls game, subtitled "Skyrim". Obviously because it was a teaser, we didn't see much, but today, completely out of nowhere, Bethesda has released a brand new trailer, made up of gameplay. And to say the least, they weren't lying when they said that they were going to use a different engine.

Looks awesome don't it? Kinda surprised that the gameplay video was also captured on the Xbox 360.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is set to release November 11, 2011

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to Use New Game Engine

The two best bits of news surrounding Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are that it's coming out next year, and that it's being built on a whole new gaming engine. Bethesda confirmed via tweet that the games engine is "brand new... and spectacular!"

Now while the average gamer may not find this news all that interesting, the gamers who follow stuff like this closely know that this means we won't be stuck with the decrepit "Gamebryo" engine, which has been known for being horrendously glitchy, and has been the structure for Fallout 3 and previous Elder Scroll games, as well as a few others such as Epic Mickey. Bethesda's community man Nick Breckon also stated in a tweet that the engine is being built in company.

I for one am overjoyed to hear this news, both Elder Scrolls IV, and Fallout 3 floored me, but the constant glitching more than once took me out of the experience. Look forward to Skyrim hitting store shelves on November 11, 2011 for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

Elder Scrolls V To Be Direct Sequel To Oblivion?

"Would You Like To See Some Of My Wares?" This line is from the addicting RPG Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. Ever since it came out gamers were losing themselves in the game world and the game was a smash success. This was during the time when Bethesda only had the internal studio and wasn't the growing powerhouse they are right now with their numerous aquisitions. When Bethesda released Fallout 3 two years ago the main thread on Bethsoft boards were "Where's ESV?!?!?" the answer would always be "It's too early wait a couple years." Well now the waiting is over. No ESV isn't out yet but details are slowly starting to slip. According to Eurogamer the game is going to be a direct sequel to Oblivion and is in the voice acting stages (Yahoo!!!!!!!). Unfortunately the game isn't going to be utilizing the Id Tech 5 that is blowing people away daily.