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News RAGE Has An 8GB Install On PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 version of RAGE will come packed up on a single Blu-ray disc (unlike the XBOX 360's enormous three-disc solution) and will require an 8GB install, id Software's creative director Tim Willits told Eurogamer
"Sony was great," Willits praised. "Kudos to Sony for letting us do that. They don't allow every game to do...
News Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition Sneaks Its Way Into European Retailers This Week
Think you can fit in upwards of 100 hours of gaming before Skyrim launches later in the year? The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition might fit the bill
The special package — which includes the game, DLC packs, two world maps and a 'Making Of' documentary — is due out on PS3 this week in Europe. It'll run you a reasonable £19.99...
News Bethesda Releases Twenty Minutes Of Skyrim Gameplay Footage
It's fitting that a game that will take you about 100 hours to play through should get a trailer of similarly silly length
Bethesda's released a brand new gameplay blow-out for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and it's a mere 20-minutes in length. The footage is narrated by Todd Howard and is based on the same stretch of gameplay that the publisher...
News Microsoft Says, 'Nuh-Uh, PS3 Owners Can't Play Skyrim DLC For 30 Days'
An exclusive should stay an exclusive as far as we're concerned
Microsoft disagrees. In a move that's becoming all too familiar, the XBOX 360 platform holder has signed up for timed exclusivity on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's first two DLC packs. The content will be available "exclusively" on Microsoft's platform for a period of 30 days,...
News Microsoft Says, 'Nuh-Uh, PS3 Owners Can't Play Skyrim DLC For 30 Days'
An exclusive should stay an exclusive as far as we're concerned
Microsoft disagrees. In a move that's becoming all too familiar, the XBOX 360 platform holder has signed up for timed exclusivity on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's first two DLC packs. The content will be available "exclusively" on Microsoft's platform for a period of 30 days,...
News Fallout: New Vegas' Lonesome Road, Courier's Stash & Gun Runners' DLC Dated
Bethesda's announced that the fourth expansion of Fallout: New Vegas, the Lonesome Road, will be available from the PlayStation Network on September 20th
The single-player expansion will run you $9.99. The expansion won't mark the end of Fallout: New Vegas DLC however. It will be followed by two additional slices of content, Couriers Stash and Gun...
News Fallout: New Vegas' Lonesome Road, Courier's Stash & Gun Runners' DLC Dated
Bethesda's announced that the fourth expansion of Fallout: New Vegas, the Lonesome Road, will be available from the PlayStation Network on September 20th
The single-player expansion will run you $9.99. The expansion won't mark the end of Fallout: New Vegas DLC however. It will be followed by two additional slices of content, Couriers Stash and Gun...
News Check Out The Skyrim Collector's Edition
Bethesda has been launching Collector's Editions for some time now, so it comes as no surprise that Skyrim will be getting its own super special version
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector's Edition will come pre-packed with an official art book, a making of DVD, and a 12" model of the game's primary antagonist, Alduin, perched atop a dragon...
News Dishonored Updates Sites With Screens And More
Bethesda and Arkane's new intuitive stealth-action title Dishonored becomes a little less shrouded in mystery
The upcoming title's official site has been updated with an official plot and some spicy new screens featuring futuristic cars and, uh, mustachioed assailants. Dishonored is under development at Arkane studios under the watchful eye of...
News Dishonored Updates Sites With Screens And More
Bethesda and Arkane's new intuitive stealth-action title Dishonored becomes a little less shrouded in mystery
The upcoming title's official site has been updated with an official plot and some spicy new screens featuring futuristic cars and, uh, mustachioed assailants. Dishonored is under development at Arkane studios under the watchful eye of...
News Skyrim Ushers In Marriage Of All Sorts
Eurogamer has a useful tidbit regarding in-world relationships in Bethesda's upcoming open-world RPG, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Deriving information from Bethesda marketing exec Peter Hines, Bethesda has seemingly included the option to befriend and marry non-player characters of either gender, forming lasting benefits for the player to earn over the...
News RAGE Collector's Pack Exclusive To GAME
The collector's pack for id Software's upcoming RAGE will be exclusive to GAME and GameStation, Bethesda has announced
The package will include to Dark Horse comics that detail the events prior to the game, in addition to a 'Making Of' DVD and the downloadable content from the game's Anarchy Edition. The Anarchy Edition includes a Double Barrell...
News Fallout: New Vegas' Lonesome Road DLC Pushed Back
Bethesda's delayed the latest DLC pack for Fallout: New Vegas, citing problems "beyond the publisher's control"
The company announced a trio of content packs way back in May. Both "Honest Hearts" and the brilliant "Old World Blues" (which we reviewed last week) arrived on time, but "Lonesome Road" has clearly missed its...
News The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector's Edition Includes The Usual Stuff
Bethesda's announced the collector's edition for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The classy package includes a 200 page hard-back artbook, a making-of DVD and a statue of a dragon. You'll get the game too, obviously. It's classy, high-quality stuff for sure. The "extremely limited" package will retail for £129.99 / $149.99. We suppose if...
News Brink: Agents Of Change Releases For Free From Next Week
Brink's first dose of downloadable content, "Agents Of Change", will release on the PlayStation Network from next week
That's August 4th if you want to mark your calendars. Those who are prompt enough to download the content within its first two weeks on sale will get the upgrade free of charge. Agents Of Change includes two new environments, five...
News Bethesda Announces Dishonored, First-Person Stealth Action Adventure Game
Here's a mouthful for you to get your lips around: first-person stealth action adventure game
That's the pitch for Bethesda and Arkane Studios' latest project: Dishonored. The game's featured on the cover of this month's GameInformer magazine, with former Deus Ex designer Harvey Smith leading creative duties. At Arkane we have a passion for...
News Bethesda Announces Free Brink DLC, To Go Live In Early July
Bethesda's announced the first batch of Brink DLC: Agents Of Charge
It's set to go live in early July on PlayStation 3, and will be available for free for two weeks after launch. The content will include two new environments, five new player abilities, two new outfits and two new weapon attachments. Strangely, we can see ourselves jumping back into...
News Fallout: New Vegas 'Old World Blues' DLC Out On July 19th
Bethesda's confirmed that the third DLC pack for Fallout: New Vegas will launch on July 19th
The pack is entitled "Old World Blues". A new patch will launch prior to the content to bring bring improvements to performance and stability in major areas". They're still fixing Fallout: New Vegas then, eh? The content puts you in the...
News Advice: Watch The Hunted: The Demon's Forge Launch Trailer On Mute
Hunted: The Demon's Forge looks decent enough: a Gears Of War-esque co-operative adventure set in a fantasy world
We're just not sure the audio in the game's launch trailer necessarily does the product justice. Indeed, the horrible cover of The Turtles' "Happy Together" and questionable voice acting are not doing anything for us...
News RAGE Preorders Upgraded To The 'Anarchy Edition' In UK
Bethesda's just let us know that all preorders for id's upcoming first-person-shooter-meets-car-combat affair, RAGE, will be upgraded to the "Anarchy Edition" in the UK
The Anarchy Edition was announced during Bethesda's pre-E3 showcase last month and includes a bunch of in-game goodies. There's a double barrel shotgun, some elite armour, a pair of...
News UK Sales Charts: Brink Takes The Top-Spot, LEGO Pirates Saunters Into Second
Brink has knocked Zumba Fitness [urgh - Ed] off the top of the UK sales charts this week, scoring a domestic top-spot for developer Splash Damage
The brilliant LEGO Pirates Of The Caribbean made it a one-two for new releases, finishing up in second. Of course, Zumba Fitness was still around to keep Mums happy, finishing up in third just ahead of...
News Splash Damage: PlayStation Network Outage Frustrating But Sony Has Our Sympathies
If you thought Randy Pitchford was going to be the only developer to stand behind Sony over the PlayStation Network data breach then you were mistaken
Despite being adversely affected by the PSN outage, Brink developer Splash Damage has admitted feeling "sympathetic" towards Sony's predicament. "Of course for us it is frustrating to...
News Fallout: New Vegas 'Honest Hearts' DLC Coming To PlayStation Network ASAP
The most disheartening trend we've started to notice on press-releases this week is the blank nod of no-information pertaining to PSN release dates
The second set of Fallout: New Vegas DLC — entitled Honest Hearts — is due out on the XBOX 360 and PC on May 17th. On PS3? Well, "as soon as possible". You can almost feel the collective...
News Bethesda: PlayStation 3 Fans Can Still Enjoy Brink Without The PSN
Let's be honest, Brink is a game all about online multiplayer
Thus it's unfortunate that the game should be releasing at a time when the PlayStation Network is still down [though there is a chance the service could return this week, just believe - Ed]. However, in a statement to GiantBomb, a Bethesda spokesperson said there's still plenty for...
News Brink Launch Trailer Shoots Up The 'Net, Out This Week
Brink looks awesome, and it's out this week
Unfortunately the biggest kicker for the game's launch is that the PlayStation Network is still not online yet. That creates a big problem because Brink is very much supposed to be played online. Grrr. It's unfortunate timing for the team at Splash Damage. We can only hope that people choose to pick up the...
News There Are Like A Quadrillion Ways To Customise Your Character In Brink
Brink launches on PlayStation 3 next week, and Bethesda's been kind enough to send us some stats regarding the game
Aside from the dead boring stuff like there being 60 minutes of music and 26,000 lines of dialogue, Bethesda has also decided to let us know that there are a total of 102,247,681,536,000,000 unique character possibilities. We thought...
News A Nice British Lady Explains Brink's Battlefield
Given that Brink is an ambitious multiplayer-centric first-person shooter with a lot of quirky features, we think it was a shrewd decision for Bethesda to employ a nice-mannered British lady to discuss the game's unique perspective of the battlefield
She can talk about our "commarrrrnd post" all she likes. Right, guys?! Right?! You can...
News Bethesda's RAGE Is Looking Seriously Purrrrdy In New Gameplay Trailer
Bethesda's popped us over a new gameplay trailer for id's upcoming first-person shooter RAGE
We haven't been convinced by the title's combination of first-person shooting and vehicular combat in the past, but it's slowly starting to win us over. There are not enough car combat games. Our initial distaste for RAGE's vehicular combat stemmed from the...
News Splash Damage: It's Time To Put Colour Back Into The First-Person Shooter
Splash Damage understands
After years of moody, colourless shooters, we've become nostalgic for SEGA's famous Blue Skies. The team behind Brink feel exactly the same way, paving the way to one of the most colourful first-person shooters in years. It is time to put colours back in first person shooters, Splash Damage art boss Oliver Leonardi...
News More Fallout: New Vegas DLC On The Way, Dated By Bethesda
Bethesda's got juicy with details on three new sets of Fallout: New Vegas DLC due for release starting May 17th -- assuming the PSN is back online
The publisher's kicking things off with Honest Hearts, which takes place in the Zion National Park in Utah. Sent on an exhibition to the caravan resort, you'll quickly find yourself embroiled in a war...
News Well Of Course There's Going To Be A Fallout: New Vegas Game Of The Year Edition
Did any recognisable outlet give Fallout: New Vegas their game of the year award? Hmm
Whatever, Amazon UK is listing a Game Of The Year edition of the Obsidian developed RPG. Well, it was, until the listing got removed. Unfortunately, source VG247 forgot to take a screen capture. But we trust 'em. Naturally you can assume that the game of the year...
News Brink's Release Date Gets Pushed Forward A Week, Avoids L.A. Noire-Mageddon
Bethesda's finally realised that the release of Rockstar's L
A. Noire</a> might put a dent in the sales of their ambitious first-person shooter, Brink. The publisher's responded by moving the game's release date forward a week to May 10th and May 13th in North America and Europe respectively. Smart move Bethesda. Plus, it's nice to see release...
News Brink Continues To Look Fab-u-larse In Its Latest Gameplay Trailer
We're not entirely sure why Brink is flying under the radar so badly
It seems to have all the core elements people want: deep but accessible competitive multiplayer, tons of unlocks, vibrant and unique art-style, loads of weapons, great online integration. On paper it looks like the perfect video game. In fact, we're convinced Splash Damage is going...
News Latest Brink Trailer Is Hot On Subby Sound Effects
Any trailer -- be it for a movie or video game -- is more exciting when the sound engineers go crazy with their sub-woofers
Don't you just love those big, bassy, slow-motion muffles they do for practically every action trailer these days? Well even if you don't, Bethesda do. This Brink trailer is littered with low-frequency wobble. What's more, the...
News Bethesda Announces Prey 2 For 2012 Release, Developed By Human Head Studios
Bethesda has just announced that Prey 2 is in development at Human Head Studios, the developers of the original Prey game
It will utilise id Tech's game engine and will release in 2012. Bethesda revealed precious little other details about the game, other than the news that its in development for PlayStation 3. Apparently the US edition of Official...
News First Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Footage is Released By Bethesda, Is Exactly What We Expected
We're going to catch a lot of flak for offering an opinion on Bethesda's latest Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim trailer, but we're not all that bothered
As anticipated, the trailer does absolutely nothing to excite us. There are dragons. Woo-hoo, we can hardly contain ourselves. It's more or less what we expected, fantasy games are never likely to appeal to...
News We'll Get Our First In-Game Glimpse Of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Tomorrow
To be precise, we'll get our first in-game glimpse of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in approximately 19 hours, 54 minutes and 48 seconds
That's at the time of writing anyway. How do we know? Bethesda's whacked up a handy little countdown clock on their website to help you keep track. 19 hours, 53 minutes and 39 seconds now by the way. Gah. To be...
News We're Not Sure What To Make Of This Hunted: The Demon's Forge Trailer
On one hand, Hunted: The Demon's Forge is a presentable idea: a classic fantasy title designed with Gears Of War in mind
On the other hand, it's a terrible idea: a classic fantasy title designed with Gears Of War in mind. We like the cover-based shooters, but we're kinda bored of the Tolkien cliches. Could go either way this one. Check the trailer...
Listen to the games media and you'll hear one converging opinion: "People are done with playing actual games on the go and would rather fiddle about with birds on their iPhone
" It's an endorsement we're not sure we agree with. Clearly there are lots of people happy enough with their smartphone gaming applications, but they also belong to the...
News Fallout: New Vegas "Dead Money" DLC Coming To PlayStation 3 On February 22nd
Great little exclusive Microsoft
The first Fallout: New Vegas DLC, "Dead Money" (which hit the XBOX 360 before Christmas), is coming to the PlayStation 3 on February 22nd. Furthermore, Bethesda's confirmed that three more New Vegas DLC packs will release in the coming months, simultaneously on PS3, 360 and PC. What was the point Microsoft?
News Bethesda's Brink Dated For May 20th In Europe
May 20th will either be one of the best days for new video game releases, or worst depending on your wallet's flexibility
Bethesda's slapped a May 20th release date (May 17th in North America) on ambitious multiplayer shooter Brink. Unfortunately, that's the same day as Rockstar's L.A. Noire. Decisions, decisions. The publisher's also put a June 3rd...
News The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Has A Big Emphasis On Walls
Like all the best games, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has a big emphasis on walls
The memorable stone slab featured in the game's debut teaser trailer holds a number of secrets about the title's lore. There are several events depicted on the wall, all of which surround a dragon named Aludin. The dragon once terrorized the gameworld of Tamriel, and is...
News VGA 2010: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Announced For November 2011
Well that was a surprise
Bethesda's Todd Howard dropped by Spike TV's VGA awards show last night to announce Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The game will launch on November 11th, 2011. No platforms have been confirmed, but expect it to release on PlayStation 3. According to Howard, the game's been in development for two years. The game's debut trailer is...
News Blimey: Zenimax Snaps Up Tango Gameworks & Shinji Mikami
Zenimax -- the parent company of Bethesda Softworks -- has just confirmed that it's bought up Tango Gameworks, and with it Resident Evil mastermind Shinji Mikami
Its refreshing to find a publisher who understands, trusts, and supports the development of blockbuster games and works to make it a collaborative effort, said Mikami. The library...
News Fallout: New Vegas Gets PlayStation 3 Patch (Is Still Totally Zorked)
Fallout: New Vegas has been fixed
Hallelujah. A new patch for the game — the same as the one released for Steam over the weekend — has now been rolled out onto the PlayStation 3 version of the game. Apparently the update includes "over 200 fixes". We booted up our copy of the game to check and noticed an NPC half-stuck in the ground...
News First Fallout: New Vegas DLC XBOX 360 Exclusive (Presumably For A Couple O' Months)
Remember folks, when you read "exclusive DLC" what it really means is "DLC that we're holding back on other platforms due to contracts and stuff"
Still, those months can be concerning to some, so we hope you're not too excited about Fallout: New Vegas. Though you'll be familiar with Bethesda's timed-exclusive DLC practices, as this exact same thing...
News New Bethesda Title Is "Pretty Far Along", For PlayStation 3
Bethesda's finally revealed a few tiny details about their next project
It's been two years since we last heard anything from the team, but executive producer Todd Howard had some reassuring words for fans at QuakeCon. He told Eurogamer that the game's "pretty far along" and that 90 people are currently working on it. Howard reckons the...
News Brink's Pre-Order Bonuses Are Actually Worthwhile, Includes Doom Or Fallout Equipment
Bethesda's becoming quite the publishing power-house, as this story evidences
For those of you pre-ordering next year's "one-to-watch" new shooter IP Brink, you'll get access to an additional set of equipment from two big titles in the publisher's growing roster: Doom or Fallout. The Doom pack's exclusive to GameStop and includes armour,...
News id's Gorgeous RAGE Confirmed For September 2011
RAGE may look like a bland reskin of Gearbox's Borderlands, but boy does it look like a pretty one
During QuakeCon last night, id committed to a September release date for the post-apocalyptic shooter. The game will hit North America on September 13th, 2011. Europe will have an extra two day wait, as it'll hit store shelves September 15th there...
News Bethesda Adds Arkane Studios To Its Roster
Bethesda's Pete Hines has confirmed at QuakeCon that its parent company, Zenimax, has acquired Bioshock 2 level designers Arkane Studios
The French-based studio was said to be experiencing some "financial challenges" recently, which have presumably disappeared now thanks to this acquisition. Apparently the studio's currently working on an...
