Redfall’s previous update will be its last, with premium edition buyers offered credit for the two characters they’ll never get

“While there will be no further updates, Redfall’s servers will remain online for players to enjoy”

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The studio behind vampire FPSRedfallhas announced that no further updates are coming, with refunds offered to purchasers of premium content that will never enter the game as a result ofArkane Austin’s closure.

“Arkane Austin will close and development will not continue on Redfall,” reads an official statement onTwitter. “Redfall players who purchased the Hero Pass as part of the premium Bite Back edition or the premium Bite Back upgrade will be eligible to receive the value of the upgrade.” The premium content in question amounted to the addition of two new playable DLC characters and various cosmetic weapons skins and outfits. While the studio has ceased work on all future updates, Arkane Austin has assured that “Redfall’s servers will remain online for players to enjoy”.

Arkane Austin is one of many ZeniMax-Bethesda developers affected byMicrosoft’s latest spate of studio shutdowns, along with with Hi-Fi Rush and Evil Within developer Tango Gameworks, asMicrosoftenters a period of “reprioritization of titles and resources” (viaIGN). In the same email, Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty says that “some members of the [Arkane Austin] team [are] joining other studios to work on projects across Bethesda,” and “make-good offers” will be made to players who have already purchased Redfall’s unfinished premium content.

While Redfall’s lukewarm reception at launch in May 2023 was disappointing, as noted in our ownRedfall review, subsequent updates had put the game in much better standing, improving its stability across the board to prove Redfall asolid FPS experience now in 2024.

Redfall will remain available to play on Xbox via Xbox Game Pass, and Arkane Austin has directed premium content buyers toapply for refundsthrough Bethesda directly.

Arkane Lyon head reacts to Arkane Austin’s closureby Microsoft: a “f***ing gut stab”

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