Xbox’s Phil Spencer previously said that Arkane Studios will continue to work on Redfall and add new content to the game. “Several people who played the game in 2021 were shocked to see how little ultimately changed,” according to Schreier.

Many critics also pointed out the emptiness of the game’s open world, the terrible enemy AI, and the repetitive gameplay. Unfortunately, the game that launched last month was a buggy mess, and the Xbox Series X|S version didn’t support 60FPS at launch despite all marketing videos showing the game running at a smooth 60FPS. However, it was eventually delayed to early 2023, and then to May 2, 2023. Microsoft officially announced Redfall during its Xbox and Bethesda game showcase in June 2021, and the game was later announced as coming in the summer of 2022. Instead, Microsoft maintained a hands-off approach,” explained Schreier. “The acquisition gave some staff at Arkane hope that Microsoft might cancel Redfall or, better yet, let them reboot it as a single-player game, according to sources familiar with the production. “Staff members said that, over time, they grew frustrated with management’s frequently shifting references to other games, such as Far Cry and Borderlands, that left each department with varying ideas of what exactly they were making,” Schreier wrote.Īs morale within the studio started to tank, many employees left and among those who remained, some were secretly hoping that Microsoft acquiring Bethesda would mark a new beginning. The studio previously received praise for its immersive solo games such as Dishonored, Prey, and Deathloop.Īccording to the report, the development of Redfall started back in 2018, but over time, developers working on the game became confused with what management really wanted from the game.

It’s a co-op shooter designed as a live service game, a genre that developer Arkane Studios didn’t much have experience with. Redfall is the first Xbox-exclusive game from Bethesda after Microsoft completed its acquisition of the company in 2021.

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