ESO Update

As you enjoy your weekend, don’t forget to check out this week’s highlights from ElderScrollsOnline.com!

Longtime fans of TES will remember the Ogrim from Morrowind. These Daedra return in ESO, and the embed above give you a first look at their return. To learn more how ZeniMax Online Studios brought this memorable monster back to life, read the feature here.

Additional highlights this week include:

New Trailer – The Knife of Dunwall

You’ve played the role of the Empress’ protector, and now you will experience Dishonored from the other side of the coin. Watch our newly released trailer for Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall, which puts you in the role of Daud — the assassin responsible for Empress Jessamine’s death.

Big thanks to Mayank Tiwari (aka KryoSound) for helping with the trailer’s music!

The Knife of Dunwall releases this coming Tuesday, April 16th for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC for $9.99 (or 800 Microsoft Points). To learn more about the content, be sure to watch our first Twitch.TV Live Stream — planned for Monday at 1:30 pm est.

QuakeCon Pre-Registration Begins April 15th

Anxious for August? Select-a-seat pre-registration for QuakeCon 2013′s BYOC will begin on Monday, April 15th at 7 PM CST/8 PM EST.

As in year’s past, QuakeCon is free to attendees, but these premium packages tend to sell out quickly and are available on a first-come first-serve basis.

BYOC Select-a-Seat | Includes Guaranteed Reserved Seating: $30 (Limit of 1,250 packages available)

  • Select and Reserve a guaranteed seat of your choice in the BYOC area
  • An Official QuakeCon 2013 BYOC T-Shirt (see image above)

BYOC Select-a-Seat and Swag Pack | Full of Limited Edition Items and Guaranteed Reserved Seating: $90 (Limit of 500 packages available)

  • Select and Reserve a guaranteed seat of your choice in the BYOC area
  • An Official QuakeCon 2013 T-Shirt
  • An Official QuakeCon 2013 BYOC T-Shirt
  • A QuakeCon Branded Logitech G400 Mouse
  • A $10 Voucher for the on-site Bethesda Retail Store; we’ll have a selection of items from the online store store.bethsoft.com available at QuakeCon, as well as a number of show exclusives
  • Reserved Seating Until 7:00pm Friday

BYOC Select-a-Seat and QuakeCon done Quick | Includes Fast Passes for the Duration of the Event: $50 (Limit of 250 packages available)

  • Select and Reserve a guaranteed seat of your choice in the BYOC area
  • Express lane fast-pass registration for the BYOC
  • Express lane fast-pass to every speaker, panel, and public event at QuakeCon
  • Limited reserved access seating for all panels, presentations, and events
  • An Official QuakeCon 2013 BYOC T-Shirt
  • Reserved Seating Until 7:00pm Friday

Swag Pack | Full of Limited Edition Items: $60 (Limit of 250 packages available)

  • An Official QuakeCon 2013 T-Shirt
  • An Elder Scrolls Online Ouroboros T-Shirt
  • Another Special Limited Edition T-Shirt – stay tuned for details!
  • A QuakeCon Branded Logitech G400 Mouse
  • A $10 Voucher for the on-site Bethesda Retail Store; we’ll have a selection of items from the online store store.bethsoft.com available at QuakeCon, as well as a number of show exclusives.

Like last year, QuakeCon 2013 is at the glorious Hilton Anatole. To book a room with the QuakeCon rate, visit here.

Dishonored 1.3 Update

In preparation for the release of Dishonored’s upcoming add-on, The Knife of Dunwall, this week we’re rolling out our 1.3 title update for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.

So what’s in the update? Check the changelog below…

Dishonored Steam Update (v. 1.3) – Changes are for all platforms unless noted otherwise.

New Features

  • Adds support for Dishonored’s upcoming add-on, The Knife of Dunwall.

Bug Fixes (Dunwall City Trials)

  •  Fixes a bug in Back Alley Brawl challenge where live grenade remains in player’s hand when restarting match.
  • Fixes a rare bug in Back Alley Brawl challenge where restarting match while cooking grenade causes disabled left hand.
  • Fixes a rare bug in Back Alley Brawl challenge where you can fall down into The Void.
  • Fixes a rare bug in Back Alley Brawl challenge where being killed by player killed by Warfare Overseers will restart challenge with lowered health.
  • Fixes a bug in both the Back Alley Brawl and Bend Time Massacre challenges where a Headshot bonus is not awarded if an NPC dies after Bend Time II effects end.
  • Fixes a bug in Bend Time Massacre challenge where Explosive Pistol does not count as an explosive kill.
  • Fixes a bug in Bend Time Massacre challenge where achieving the Power Combo bonus using Blink is awarding 2 kills.
  • Fixes a rare bug in Bend Time Massacre challenge where you are unable to possess Nobles after firing gun through glass.
  • Fixes a rare bug in Bend Time Massacre challenge where restarting as the Bend Time effect ends causes the round to complete with zero score and a black screen.
  • Fixes a rare bug where you can inadvertently receive the Time Management achievement/trophy after failing to get the bonus.
  • Fixes a rare crash in Bend Time Massacre challenge during Waiting For Effects sequence.
  • Fixes a bug in Oil Drop challenge where aim assist does not work on PC.
  • Fixes a bug where file integrity check requires a game restart at Dunwall City Trials first boot on PC.
  • Fixes a bug in Thief (Expert) challenge where key inventory is not reset when restarting from completion.
  • Fixes a bug on PC where game displays keyboard and controller art together.
  • Fixes a rare bug in Kill Chain challenge where countdown timer will stop after killing some enemies.

Bug Fixes (Dishonored)

  • Fixes a bug on where you receive a kill in Player/Mission stats if sliding into Slackjaw after freeing him.
  • Fixes a bug where City Watch does not leave attack posture when rewiring an arc pylon.
  • Fixes a bug in Overseer Backyard where player could get stuck on chain.
  • Fixes a collision issue when Corvo drowns.
  • Fixes a bug where navigation in Piero’s shop was difficult when only one weapon upgrade remains.
  • Fixes a bug in Overseer mission where loading autosave created after actioning poison causes Campbell & Curnow to run.
  • Fixes Player/Mission Stats bugs.
  • Fixes a bug in Lighthouse where patrols are broken and there’s no sound after reloading a savegame in low chaos.
  • Fixes a bug where Specter Achievement does not activate upon completing requirements in Brothel.
  • Fixes a UI bug where turning off Health/Mana gauge show gauges when powers are used via hotkey.
  • Fixes a rare crash when signing out of your profile (Xbox 360)
  • Fixes a rare bug where installation in Czech doesn’t work if the previous language was Polish (Playstation 3)
  • Fixes a rare crash when rewiring a Watch Tower and taking a possessed rat into line of fire (PlayStation 3)

Skyrim 1.9 Update on Consoles

Beginning today Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 players will have access to Skyrim’s 1.9 title updates by way of an automatic title update. Just be sure to have your console connected online to receive the title update.

In addition to adding Legendary Skills and the new Legendary difficult setting, the update adds a number of bug fixes. Full details below…

Skyrim 1.9 

NEW FEATURES

  • Legendary difficulty setting
  • Legendary Skills – Skills of 100 can be made Legendary. This will reset the skill to 15, return its Perks and allow the skill to affect leveling again. This effectively removes the overall level cap.

Bug fixes after the break… Continue reading full article ›

Around the web

As you ready for the weekend, spend your last working hours checking out some favorite links across the web.

We start with YouTube creator timtimfed’s impressive live-action, side-scrolling tribute to Dishonored. Love the Possession references :p

If Corvo played video games, it would be: 1) odd and 2) most definitely with this Dishonored-themed controller from Devin Smith. See more at EndofLineDesigns.com.

Speaking of Dishonored, we’re just over a week away from the release of The Knife of Dunwall. To kill time (or non-lethally wait), read these articles…

  • Facebook – Today we’ve posted the achievement/trophy images for The Knife of Dunwall.
  • Shacknews - Knife of Dunwall Creative Director Ricardo Bare reveals how playing as a new character (Daud) means new gameplay elements for the player.
  • Polygon – Learn how Dishonored’s game’s Art Director, Sebastien Mitton, changed the game’s art style from its original concept — set in feudal Japan.

MMOving to The Elder Scrolls Online, new highlights on the game’s official site include:

And as a parting shot for this roundup, we share the greatest LEGO-made Pip-Boy 3000 ever — spotted at DVICE.com.

Lego Maniac!

Skyrim Soundtrack is ‘Classic’

Back in February, we let you know how you could help vote music from our games into Classic FM’s Hall of Fame. Sounds like you guys took action, as music for The Elder Scrolls Franchise skyrocketed to #5 on this year’s list — one spot ahead of some guy named Beethoven!

“Jeremy Soule made his Hall of Fame debut in 2012 with his music from the Skyrim games, and this time he’s gone top ten. The centrepiece of his work on Skyrim is undoubtedly the monumental ‘Dragonborn’, which not features a 30-strong choir, but also features said choir singing in a specially conceived dragon language particular to the games themselves.”

To view the full list, head here.