Dishonored golden

After three years of work, development on Arkane Studios' new stealth-action game Dishonored has come to a close. Publisher Bethesda announced today that the game has gone gold ahead of its worldwide release early next month.

Dishonored ships for the PlayStation 3, PC, and Xbox 360 in North America and France on October 9, with subsequent releases following in Australia and Spain on October 11, and across Europe October 12.

Dishonored is a first-person action game that puts players in the boots of Corvo, an assassin tasked with protecting the empress of a stylized steampunk city known as Dunwall.

The game features the voice work of a range of film celebrities, including Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking, Thelma & Louise), and Brad Dourif (Lord of the Rings, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).

For more on Dishonored, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.