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Dishonored 'The Knife of Dunwall' DLC revealed, coming April 17

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 13, 2013 7:30am PDT

Having avenged the Empress's death in Dishonored's main story, players will now get to slip on the coat of the chap who killed her. After a little tease yesterday, publisher Bethesda Softworks this morning announced 'The Knife of Dunwall', a DLC mini-campaign coming on April...

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Dishonored teases Daud assassin DLC

By Steve Watts, Mar 12, 2013 12:00pm PDT

A new screenshot teasing an impending announcement of Dishonored DLC shows a familiar scene from a new perspective.

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Skyrim 1.9 beta update adds 'Legendary' difficulty, skill reset

By Steve Watts, Mar 04, 2013 10:30am PST

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is starting the beta test for its 1.9 update, which adds a new "Legendary" difficulty and effectively removes the level cap by letting you reset "Legendary" skills upon hitting 100.

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"the only practical benefit i can see from resetting skills is to respec your skill points, so ..."

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Skyrim 1.8 update preps PlayStation 3 for Dragonborn

By Steve Watts, Feb 11, 2013 10:15am PST

Skyrim is getting a 1.8 update on PlayStation 3, to prepare the game for the first DLC pack set to hit tomorrow.

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Rage tool kit available today

By Steve Watts, Feb 08, 2013 9:00am PST

The Rage tool kit will be available later today on Steam. The 35 GB download includes the idStudio, tutorials, game maps and assets.

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"Aaaand there it is! Time to clear the shite out of one my HDs - hope I can install it to a ..."

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Elder Scrolls Online beta sign-ups open

By Steve Watts, Jan 22, 2013 8:45am PST

The Elder Scrolls Online beta sign-ups have opened, and the form features a status bar that grants you better odds for selection the more information you fill out.

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"I can't think of any open world game or MMO that doesn't still make use of loading screens at ..."

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Elder Scrolls Online trailer: the lead loremaster

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 21, 2013 6:00am PST

Why are three factions at war in The Elder Scrolls Online? Because MMORPG's often use large-scale conflict to add a sense of importance to their repetitive quests. Oh no, but that's too simple. No, it's the sort of issue only a 'loremaster' can explain, and ZeniMax has deplo...

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"We will be seeing a Rise of the Triads in games soon I'll wager."

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Field Report: Skyrim 'Dragonborn' - an expansion in every sense

By Steve Watts, Dec 10, 2012 10:35am PST

Hands-on impressions of the "Dragonborn" expansion to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which just hit Xbox 360 and is set for PC and PlayStation 3 next year.

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"Was probably impossible to expand the world due to consoles, they had huge problems with the PS3 ..."

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Skyrim's 'Dragonborn' taking precedence over previous DLC on PS3

By Steve Watts, Dec 06, 2012 9:35am PST

Bethesda has put its PlayStation 3 Dawnguard and Hearthfire efforts on the shelf for now, instead refocusing its efforts on releasing the new Dragonborn expansion for Skyrim.

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"I have Skyrim on the PS3... it took 3 patches to make it playable for extended periods... and ..."

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Skyrim DLC still in the works for PS3

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 28, 2012 7:30am PST

Poor PlayStation 3-packing Dragonborn. Though the third piece of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim DLC is approaching next week, technical problems have kept all add-ons off PS3 so far. Sony and Bethesda have joined forces to solve the issues and while we still have no solid word ...

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"i was under the impression that PS3 players got the first DLC just fine, is that not the case? ..."

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Dishonored sales 'far exceeding' predictions

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 28, 2012 6:45am PST

A few years ago, the idea that the sandbox-y first-person stealth-ish shooter could ever find a second wind would be met with sorry sighs. Delightfully, after Deus Ex: Human Revolution last year and now Dishonored, the future's looking grand for the genre time almost forgot....

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"same. instant purchase. gotta get going on it this weekend hopefully "

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Doom Classic Complete coming to PSN today

By Steve Watts, Nov 20, 2012 10:30am PST

A "Doom Classic Complete" set is set to hit PlayStation Network today, which includes Doom, Doom 2, and Final Doom. In other words: lots of Doom.

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"I'd even say $5. I (re-)bought that exact same collection on PC years ago for $9.99. No ..."

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Skyrim's Dragonborn has you hunt the very first one

By Steve Watts, Nov 15, 2012 8:00am PST

Bethesda has shared new screenshots and details about the story and new powers available in the upcoming "Dragonborn" DLC for Skyrim.

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"Typically big DLC packs that get churned out early are either already content-complete at launch ..."

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Bethesda promises new Skyrim content for PC, PS3

By Steve Watts, Nov 08, 2012 8:15am PST

Bethesda has promised that it is "close" on new Skyrim content for PS3 and PC, possibly implying that the PS3 might finally get its Dawnguard expansion, and that the upcoming Dragonborn pack could hit PC close to its 360 date.

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The Elder Scrolls Online trailer reveals first gameplay

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 08, 2012 7:50am PST

"Elder Scrolls Online... everything you need about it is right in the name: it's Elder Scrolls but it's online," creative director Paul Sage says in a 9-minute video showing off the first gameplay snippets from ZeniMax's MMORPG. And indeed it certainly does seem to be so. Ou...

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"Combat looks great there is too few mmos with actual involved combat. Just hoping they give us ..."

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