Dishonored is a 2012 stealth action-adventure video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was released worldwide in October 2012 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Set in the plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall, Dishonored follows the story of Corvo Attano, who is framed for murder and forced to become an assassin, seeking revenge on those who conspired against him. Susan Sarandon, Brad Dourif, Carrie Fisher, Michael Madsen, Lena Headey, and Chloë Grace Moretz did some of the voice work. The game is played from a first-person perspective and emphasizes player choice, including the choice of stealth or combat to accomplish missions. Dishonored received generally positive reviews, focusing on the missions' individual narratives and the wide range of mission choices. Criticism fell on the predictability of the overarching narrative and on problems in controlling the player's character. The game won several awards, including the 2012 Spike Video Game award for Best Action- Adventure Game and the 2013 BAFTA Games award for Best Game.
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1055:
Theodora, the daughter of Constantine VIII and Helena, daughter of Alypius, became Byzantine Empress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_(11th_century)
1693:
An intensity XI earthquake, the most powerful in Italian history, struck the island of Sicily. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1693_Sicily_earthquake
1787:
German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered two Uranian moons, later named, by his son, Oberon and Titania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titania_(moon)
1879:
British forces under Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand without authorisation from the British Government, beginning the Anglo-Zulu War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zulu_War
1946:
Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania, declared the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enver_Hoxha
1986:
The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at the time the longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge in the world, opened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges
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adder: 1. (obsolete) A snake. 2. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling the viper; a viper. 3. (chiefly Britain) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of the genus Oecobius. 4. (US, Canada) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake. 5. The sea-stickleback or adder-fish. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adder
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