Dishonored 2 Release Date and Voice Acting Cast Revealed

The folks at Arkane Studios and Bethesda Softworks are finally ready to announce a release date for Dishonored 2, the sequel to the critical acclaimed first-person stealth/action game from 2012. The title was announced at E3 last year with a CGI trailer, but so far Bethesda has been very tight-lipped about it. The press release promises a full gameplay reveal on Bethesda’s E3 conference in June, however, and the fact that the title is this month’s cover story for GameInformer means we should get more info soon:

DISHONORED® 2 AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE NOVEMBER 11, 2016

World Gameplay Premiere on June 12th at Bethesda’s E3 Showcase

First Details on Arkane Studios’ Highly-Anticipated Sequel Unveiled in Game Informer’s June Cover Story

May 3, 2016 (Rockville, MD) Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced Dishonored 2 will release worldwide on Friday, November 11, 2016 for the Xbox One, PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system and PC. Dishonored 2 is the highly-anticipated first-person action game under development at Arkane Studios, and the follow-up to the 2012 ‘˜Game of the Year’, Dishonored.

New details about the game will be revealed in Game Informer’s upcoming exclusive cover story available on Saturday, May 7th, with the digital edition available today. The world premiere of Dishonored 2 gameplay will take place during Bethesda’s 2016 E3 Showcase being held in Los Angeles, California on June 12th beginning at 7pm PST, and streamed live around the world via Twitch and YouTube.

Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2 the next chapter in the award-winning Dishonored saga by Arkane Studios. Play your way in a world where mysticism and industry collide. Will you choose to play as Empress Emily Kaldwin or the royal protector, Corvo Attano? Will you make your way through the game unseen, make full use of its brutal combat system, or use a blend of both? How will you combine your character’s unique set of powers, weapons and gadgets to eliminate your enemies? The story responds to your choices, leading to intriguing outcomes, as you play through each of the game’s hand-crafted missions.

Dishonored 2 has not yet been rated by the ESRB. For more information on Dishonored 2 visit: www.dishonored.com.

About ZeniMax Media Inc.
ZeniMax Media is a privately owned media organization headquartered outside Washington DC with international publishing offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Eindhoven, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Sydney. Through its subsidiaries, ZeniMax Media creates and publishes original interactive entertainment content for consoles, the PC, and handheld/wireless devices. ZeniMax Media divisions include Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, Arkane Studios, Tango Gameworks, MachineGames, BattleCry Studios, ZeniMax Online Studios, ZeniMax Europe Ltd., ZeniMax Asia K.K., ZeniMax Asia Pacific Limited, and ZeniMax Australia Pty Ltd. For more information on ZeniMax Media, visit www.zenimax.com.

About Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, part of the ZeniMax Media Inc. family of companies, is a worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment software. Titles featured under the Bethesda label include such blockbuster franchises as The Elder Scrolls®, DOOM®, QUAKE®, Fallout®, Wolfenstein®, Dishonored®, The Evil WithinTM, Prey® and RAGE®. For more information on Bethesda Softworks’ products, visit www.bethsoft.com.

About Arkane Studios
Arkane Studios with offices in Lyon, France and Austin, Texas was founded in 1999 and has earned an enviable reputation for creating distinctive games with detailed, immersive worlds. Their most recent release of Dishonored, the innovative first-person action game, launched in 2012 to worldwide critical-acclaim receiving over 100 ‘˜Game of the Year’ awards from the industry’s most influential outlets.

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Speaking of more info, we now know the kind of talent Bethesda is tapping for the game’s VA cast, thanks to a GameInformer reveal. A lot of current TV actors seem to be involved, but I’d wager our readership is more excited at the idea of Stephen Russell (who voiced Garrett in all Thief titles minus the critically and commercially unsuccessful Thief from Eidos Montreal) voicing Corvo. A couple of particularly important characters most people who have played the original will already be aware of:

Robin Lord Taylor
Character: The Outsider
Best Known For: Gotham (Oswald Cobblepot), Accepted (Abernathy Darwin Dunlap), Another Earth (Robert Williams)

Stephen Russell
Character: Corvo Attano
Best Known For: Thief (Garrett), Fallout 4 (Nick Valentine/Codsworth), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Prince Clavicus Vile/Mercer Frey)

Erica Luttrell
Character: Emily Kaldwin
Best Known For: The Magic School Bus (Keesha Franklin), Fallout 4 (Darla)