Bethesda Announces New 2012 Game DISHONORED

By Matt Mann / July 8, 2011

Bethesda have announced a new first-person stealth/action adventure game they will be producing for a release in 2012 titled Dishonored. The game will be made by Arkane Studios, who previously worked on Arx Fatalis, Dark Messiah of Might & Magic. Bethesda will be the ones to produce the game, funding the entire project and advertising for it. In addition, the game will be worked on by the likes of Harvey Smith one of the top people behind Deus Ex and Viktor Antonov who helped design Half Life 2. Dishonored is described as a first person stealth game where killing is optional. Here is an excerpt from the Gameinformer article that has me extremely excited:

"Dishonored is the antithesis of a edge-of-your-seat roller-coaster ride. 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."

The quote that has peaked my interest the most is "game about assassination where you don't have to kill anyone." To me it will be very interesting to see what they mean by that quote, I mean can you beat the game without killing anyone? Bethesda already has one of the most surprising games from E3 being released next year with Prey 2. Now they have another intriguing game set to be released next year and I am excited to hear more information about Dishonored and Prey 2 for that matter. Gameinformer will have an exclusive cover feature report of Dishonored in their August E3 issue;