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Bethesda Drops Dates For Brink, Hunted: The Demon's Forge

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2011 will be a big year for Bethesda; the studio is publishing a total of four high-profile titles, two of which have just received their first firm release dates. According to a press release, Brink will hit on May 17 in North America, while Hunted: The Demon’s Forge will hit on June 1. The European releases of both will follow two days after the NA dates and both will see releases on the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.

Of course, these two titles will be joined by id Software’s RAGE which will see a release in September and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on November 11, as previously reported.

If you haven’t been keeping up, Brink is Splash Damage’s class-based first-person shooter. One of the coolest aspects of the game is its purported seamless integration of campaign and multiplayer, which will share the same objective-based foundation. We’ve got a pretty beefy wiki page for the game if you’re interesting in learning a bit more or browsing some videos of the game in action. Note the Mirror’s Edge-ish movement, too, because that’ll be neat to experiment with later this Spring.  

     
 
== TEASER ==Hunted: The Demon’s Forge couldn’t be much more different than Brink. It’s a third-person, dark fantasy cover-based shooter with an emphasis on dungeon crawling and co-op play between the two protagonists, a barbarian named Caddoc and a range-based elf-type of chick named E’lara. Other Brad interviewed inXile's Matthew Findley about the game a while back, so check this video out for some more details:   
    
 
That’s a lot of Bethesda in one year, right? Any of these a day-one purch for you or will you be hanging around for reviews? 

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2011 will be a big year for Bethesda; the studio is publishing a total of four high-profile titles, two of which have just received their first firm release dates. According to a press release, Brink will hit on May 17 in North America, while Hunted: The Demon’s Forge will hit on June 1. The European releases of both will follow two days after the NA dates and both will see releases on the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.

Of course, these two titles will be joined by id Software’s RAGE which will see a release in September and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on November 11, as previously reported.

If you haven’t been keeping up, Brink is Splash Damage’s class-based first-person shooter. One of the coolest aspects of the game is its purported seamless integration of campaign and multiplayer, which will share the same objective-based foundation. We’ve got a pretty beefy wiki page for the game if you’re interesting in learning a bit more or browsing some videos of the game in action. Note the Mirror’s Edge-ish movement, too, because that’ll be neat to experiment with later this Spring.  

     
 
== TEASER ==Hunted: The Demon’s Forge couldn’t be much more different than Brink. It’s a third-person, dark fantasy cover-based shooter with an emphasis on dungeon crawling and co-op play between the two protagonists, a barbarian named Caddoc and a range-based elf-type of chick named E’lara. Other Brad interviewed inXile's Matthew Findley about the game a while back, so check this video out for some more details:   
    
 
That’s a lot of Bethesda in one year, right? Any of these a day-one purch for you or will you be hanging around for reviews? 

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I'm excited for Brink, but not really Demons Forge.

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nice

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I'm kinda excited for Brink.

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Honestly, Brink doesn't interest me at all. The other one could be cool, maybe.

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Demon's Forge interests me more than Brink does. But Skyrim for sure is day one for me.

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I find all of those games interesting.

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Brink is on the same day as L.A. Noire. 
Shit just got real, yo.

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I am really looking forward to Brink ... I realized I lost almost any interes in FPS games unless they have something unique ... and I really dig the art-style of Brink.

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I'm psyched to get my hands on both of these games :)

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Really stoked about Brink and Elder Scrolls V.  Not entirely sure about Rage yet, but it looks pretty damn cool so far.

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TOO MANY GOOD GAMES COMING OUT THIS YEAR! ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!

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Time to update the list! Also unlike most people way more interested in hunted than brink.  Hunted is basically Lara Croft's last game but closer to gears than diablo which is freaking awesome.
 
Brink, eh nifty traversal and art style but more or less just another competitive multiplayer shooter, my least favorite kind of shooter.

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RAGE, and Elder Scrolls are day one. Brink and Demon's Forge are very wait and see.

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demons forge speaks more to me than brimk but ive never been one to dismiss something without a good reason so lets wait and see.

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I'm interested in all those games, except Demon's Forge, but Skyrim's the only pre order worthy game on that list for me. Brink and Rage, i'll have to check on reviews and if all is well i'll buy them soon after word gets out that they're good enough.

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*holds head in hands while sweating profusely*
 
TOO MANY GAMES

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Sorry Brink but my May goes to LA Noire.

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BRINK! 
Comes out on the last day of class. Yayifications! 

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I wanna try Brink more than Hunted: Demon's Forge. Yes console shooters are getting really played out, but the one thing Brink promises to fix is something that has plagued first person action games since Wolfenstein 3D: getting stuck on polygon edges. Why has it taken sooo long to address? Now export that idea to other games that I actually wanna play.
 
But I'm still curious about Hunted: Demon's Forge.

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Brink and their giraffe necks doesn't look good at all, but Hunted seems pretty fun.

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I was looking forward to see what Brink brought to the table but same release date as L.A. Noire means it will have to wait. This is gonna be a great year though. 

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So, Brink will be close to inFamous 2 and Rage will be close to Uncharted 3... 

Don't want to miss any of them, but this sounds like an expensive year to me.

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Brink looks fun from what I've seen. Judging purely by title and nothing else Hunted: The Demon's Forge sounds generic as all hell. We'll see though come June I guess. 

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LOL @ Brink releasing like, what, a week or two before/after Duke Nukem Forever? I was totally going to buy Brink, but not anymore!

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Definitely buying Brink they day it launches.  Been looking forward to it since CoD is getting kind of stale for me.

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I'm really interested in seeing what the hell Brink actually is. How does the blend of single player and multiplayer work. I am loving the customization stuff.  

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Collectors Edition of Skyrim is a Must!

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Man, May 17 is a packed day. Brink, The Witcher 2 and LA Noire

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Anyone else find it odd that Skyrim is supposedly out in less than a year and yet we've seen practically nothing at all about the game.. no videos, game-play screenshots.. seems a bit odd. Especially when Rage comes out around the same time and I feel like I've been hearing about that game forever...

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bout fuking time!!!! cant wait for brink!!!

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I have Brink marked down for launch day release. The month May belongs to Brink and LA Noire.

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Hunted was one of the more promising titles I played at E3 - 2012 is too long to wait!

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Brink and LA Noire on the same day!!!

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@soupbones said:
" Hunted was one of the more promising titles I played at E3 - 2012 is too long to wait! "
Well, its a good thing that its coming out this year then.
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Love the look of Brink. That's a day one purchase for me. I've been mesmerized since I saw the first series of videos.  
 
But the art style that I keep seeing referred to as "giraffe necks" seems to be a uniquely British aesthetic.  
 
I remember seeing it first in "Spittin' Image":
 
  

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@PJ Wut?? I thought he said next year/q1 in the vid? That's awesome news!
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finally a release date for Brink.

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Brink, Skyrim and Rage are all day one for me. Brink and L.A. Noire releasing on the same day is a lot of gaming goodness.

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@soupbones: Its an old video so if he said next year then he means this year. 
But yeah, it looks really interesting and I'm looking forward to more info on the game in the coming months.
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That's the most pointless trailer I have ever watched.

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Brad N, you don't get to call Brad S "other Brad"!
 
But yeah, not sold on Brink at all. Hunted seems like it could be cool, and it's coming out on my birthday, so here's hoping!

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Brink is right in time for my birthday!!!  AWESOME!!!

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I'll probably be picking up Hunted along with LA Noire towards the end of the year, assuming I won't be too busy with Skyrim and Mass Effect 3. Expensive year...

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I got some real interest in Brink becuase it's being made by Splash Damage but I will wait for reviews or demo.

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It appears the entire industry simultaneously realized mid-year is typically empty and CoD-free, so now it isn't. Brink, L.A. Noire and The WItcher 2 are all out on May 20th (Europe). Duke Nukem Forever and Red Faction: Armageddon are other May releases.
 
This year this year is the new Q4.

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L.A. noire and brink both out on my birthday! great gifts.

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Hunted looks cool.  Glad its pushed out to 2012 to allow room for Skyrim.  And, more importantly, Skyrim to not steal too much thunder.

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May 17th. Same date as L.A Noir... not exactly a tough choice between the two, mind you.

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Fear 3, Duke Nukem Forever, Brink, L.A. Noire, and Hunted right at the buttcrack of it all means it'll be a busy May.