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Shadow Over Dunwall by juhoham

Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition Fall Bound

Arkane Studios’ surprise 2012 hit, Dishonored – a game that felt like Bioshock and Thief got their drink on and then their freak on – is making a return this Fall with its own Game of the Year bundle.

Dropping from the rooftops onto your PC, PS3, or Xbox 360, the $39.99 package includes the original title and, but of course, every piece of downloadable content produced for the game, including:

• Dunwall City Trials
• The Knife of Dunwall
• The Brigmore Witches
• Void Walker’s Arsenal

Dishonored: GoTY hits retail October 8th (U.S.) and October 11th (Europe).

Interested to know what’s next in store for Arkane? A sequel to Dishonored is being scraped together by Arkane’s French division while, despite their own insistence against it, then followed by the revelation their insistence was bullshit, it seems Bethesda has tapped Arkane Austin to take over Human Head’s Prey 2, ditching the former studio’s turbulent progress on the game in favor of rebooting it from the ground up and poising it as a spiritual sister to System Shock 2.

Information on the sci-fi shooter ends there though as Raphael Colantonio, Arkane’s Creative Director and the man that first dismissed the Prey 2 rumor, has since instructed his team to deny inquires from “press sneak fucks.” Gotta love the industry, man.

By Jari Oksanen

10/28/12

As the only installed feature The Red Herb claims stake to, I’m obligated each and every week to feel really guilty for skipping out on writing one.  But since it’s almost Halloween, and given the inappropriateness of the above picture as a warm Christmas greeting, I have set loose another Roundup unto the world.  God help us all.

The Red Herb Roundup - May 13th Edition

Welcome to our first roundup here at The Herb!  The week is long, yet time short, and so much shit happens in the gaming world over the span of seven days, it’s difficult to be wry about everything all at once.  Compiled here are the things that may have slipped past your radar and…the hell with it; I was too damn lazy to write about these.  Enjoy!

• The original Deus Ex is coming to the PS3…as a PS2 Classic instead of the PC version. I didn’t ask for this.
• Minecraft 360 is profitable within its first hour.  Fez developer congratulates Notch by accusing the studio of playing teacher’s pet with Microsoft.
• The rumor mill claims a new Resident Evil 3DS game is happening (starring my beloved Claire).  I don’t think the murmurs are legitimate, but in case they are – I told you so.
• Lego Lord of the Rings has been outed by the toy line’s packaging.  I’m sure it’s a matter of time before Traveller’s Tales gets around to making Lego Pulp Fiction.
• Bethesda announced Dishonored will being seeing release on October 9th.  This was presumably done to fill the gaping, Bioshock shaped hole left in my heart.
• Speaking of dates, Hitman: Absolution targets a November 20th release.  Your preorder scores you an original PC shooter, Hitman: Sniper Challenge.  Games for buying games?  No, no, it’s all wrong.  They’re fucking with the greater scheme of things –they better bring back bullshitty character and weapon skins before I swallow my tongue in a fit.
• Hipsters and children rejoice, Adventure Time the video game is coming to the (3)DS.
• Capcom’s former godhand, Keiji Inafune, harnesses the PS Vita in his new game Soul Sacrifice.  In future news, the very little money I can call my own will be snatched away by Sony in exchange for their new handheld.  Looks like I can cross both owning a Vita and starving to death off my bucket list.