When last I wrote about Dishonored 2 I lamented how tough it is to play a game like this as a time-strapped parent, what with all the secrets buried in levels that feel designed to be played in one long sitting. I've now finished the game and am thrilled with a moment that made it great to play as a husband.

In my first year as a parent, I've shunned VR games, sat out Destiny 2 and surprised myself by playing through Nioh. Despite all that, no game has been as tough to play in my new parenting life as Dishonored 2. I did not expect this.

Last spring, Dishonored 2 ripped me right out of my gaming funk. I tore through the game in two days, scouring every square inch of its wonderful setting, Karnaca. Dishonored 2's brilliant self-assurance is compelling; I couldn't stay away. Now, after the release of Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, I found myself craving a return to Dishonored 2.

We've seen the art behind (and in) Dishonored 2, now let's look at some of the work that went into the game's new expansion, Death of the Outsider.

As a standalone DLC that picks up where Dishonored 2 left off, Death of the Outsider involves a lot of sneaking around and pawning old spools of copper wire for spare money. In the very first mission, it also asks you to cremate a dog.

The real joy of the Dishonored games isn't in sneaking around. It's in messing with the game's systems to do dumb shit like spending four hours lining up every body you could find in a level just...because you can.

Today on Highlight Reel we have Prey turrets, high fives, impressive Rainbow 6 beginnings, and much more!

We've seen all the E3 trailers, announcement and gameplay demos, but one question remains: Which game characters were the best dressed? Here's a few of my favourite looks from the games we saw.

Games tend to have trouble depicting black hair, but this year's E3 displayed refreshing palette of kinky, coily, textured hair. Here's a breakdown.

In Dishonored 2, people panic when Emily Kaldwin enters a room. When she's caught sneaking around the docks, NPCs yell out in terror. It's a special feeling to play a fear-inducing woman in a game, and yesterday at E3, Arkane Studios' co-creative director explained to Engadet that, if it wasn't for criticism of Dishonored 1's women, gamers may have never experienced Kaldwin's badarsery.

Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider is the next story in the Dishonored universe and it's coming September 15.

Nicolas Petrimaux is one of the artists who worked on Dishonored 2, on everything from loading screens to storyboards depicting how the character's special powers would play out.

This is Maul (who you'd know from his Witcher work) as Corvo and Maja Felicitas as Emily Kaldwin, doing Dishonored 2 proud with some top-tier cosplay.

Three very different games, all of which you can enjoy and all of which won't cost you a great deal of money.

If you're not really tempted by anything that's come out lately, or you missed out on the chances to pick up some good games from 2016, here's an opportunity.

Today, the PC version of Dishonored 2 got a beta update that adds new custom difficulty settings as well as options for mission restart and mission select. Those custom options are a welcome addition -- if you're still playing Dishonored 2, chances are you'd like to be able to fine-tune how much noise your footsteps make.

I finished Dishonored 2 last weekend and immediately jumped into a New Game Plus. Turns out it's a fantastic, downright essential addition to the game.

Dishonored 2 is a game about sneaking, stabbing, and teleporting around behind enemy lines. It's also occasionally a game about solving thorny LSAT-style logic puzzles.

I could get used to this whole "let's discount good AAA games that came out weeks ago" train.