Dishonored 2 UK release date, price, platforms, pre-orders and gameplay: Dishonored 2 gameplay trailer showcased at E3 2016

Here's all we know about Dishonored 2 and its official release date, plus the pre-order pricing, platforms, gameplay rumours and an official trailer and screenshots.

The long awaited sequel to Bethesda's hit 2012 game Dishonored is almost here. Announced at E3 2015, Dishonored 2 is expected this year. Here's what you need to know about the Dishonored 2 release date, price, platforms and more. Plus: new Dishonored 2 screenshots.

Bethesda announced various games at E3 2015, including Fallout Shelter, Elder Scrolls Legends and Battlecry but Dishonored 2 was undoubtedly one of the biggest announcements of the night. It represented the first time Bethesda had ever held a press conference at E3, and it went down a treat with gamers. Read on to find out more.

Dishonored 2 UK release date: When is Dishonored 2 coming out?

During the Bethesda E3 2015 press conference, the company announced that Dishonored 2 would arrive in 'Spring 2016' which matched the new Doom release window, too. However, Spring 2016 has come and gone and yet there is no sign of Dishonored 2 - that's because the game has suffered from the same fate as many other blockbuster games and has had its release date pushed back.

Luckily, Bethesda has confirmed that Dishonored 2 will be hitting shelves in the UK (and the rest of the world) on 11 November 2016. Dishonored 2 will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

Dishonored 2: Price and pre-order

Despite the lack of a release date, you can already pre-order Dishonored 2. The game will start at £34.85 (for PC) if you shop at Amazon with the usual pre-order price guarantee. See below for the full pricing. We would recommend holding off on pre-ordering the game, though, as pre-order bonuses and collectors editions are likely to be announced nearer it's release.

Dishonored 2: Gameplay

So, what can we expect in terms of gameplay in Dishonored 2? Arkane Studios and Bethesda are keeping pretty tight lipped on its gameplay, not showcasing anything other than the cinematic debut trailer (see below). However when Arkane Studios co-director Harvey Smithspoke to Mashable after the Dishonored 2 announcement, he revealed a few interesting details about the game.

Unlike in the first Dishonored game, there are two main characters to play as; Emily Kaldwin and Corvo Attano. Corvo Attano is the guard-turned-assassin we all remember, and Emily Kaldwin is the daughter of the late Empress Jessamine Kaldwin, who you may remember was assassinated at the beginning of the first Dishonored game (and Emily is Corvo’s daughter too, incidentally).

However there’s a twist – you choose who you want to play as early on, and that choice is set for the whole game. There’s no switching between missions with this game, and both characters will offer very different styles of gameplay. “Emily fights with a little more finesse than Corvo does” Smith said. “Whereas Corvo has the very classic Possession, Rat Swarm, Blink, Emily has Far Reach, Shadow Walk, Mesmerize – these powers that nobody has heard of.”

Emily’s Far Reach power works quite differently to Corvo’s Blink power that veteran Dishonored fans are used to from the first game. Instead of using Blink to instantly teleport to another location, Emily will shoot out a “magic tendril” that will pull the player towards its target. As you can imagine, this isn’t as stealthy as Corvo’s Blink power but comes with its own set of advantages:

“You can stick to walls, you can yank somebody toward you and assassinate them in mid-air, so you have these synced assassinations in mid-air,” Smith said. “It begins to feel different, and it adds momentum. You can run and jump and it has rope physics to it.”

Dishonored 2: Official trailers

Dishonored 2 comes from the award-winning Arkane Studios and takes your protagonist - choose between Corvo Attano and Emily Kaldwin - to the coastal city of Karnaca where the choices you make will have significant impact on the world.

Watch the full E3 2016 gameplay trailer here: