The closure of Arkane Austin closes the door on Redfall’s future

The day before yesterday sudden closureArkane’s studio in Austin was preparing to support its game in 2023, Redfall. But with Development Now those plans are over and have been abandoned.

Per a new one IGN The team reportedly had a roadmap for its problematic shooter. DLCs ​​and updates are said to be in development, such as two heroes that have already been promised and an offline mode.

Manufacturers of current live service games like this and Suicide Squad said offline would be implemented after launch. Without it, Redfall will simply die at some point if the servers fail, and it’s unclear when that will be.

As IGN As we know, Arkane Austin has been working on this roadmap until “recently.” The DLC characters were apparently set to release this Halloween, more than 18 months after the game’s initial release on May 3, 2023.

worry about Redfall’s The future was addressed shortly before Arkane Austin’s closure was announced. Last week, Kotaku reported on the unrest surrounding the aforementioned DLC heroes, which were promised to be released in the deluxe edition of the game.

Xbox announced that support for the game has now ended Redfall Players will receive value for the upgrade, but details are currently unknown.

Redfall’s troubled development was well known and one of the clearer signs in recent years something rotten on Xbox. Not every live service game has the chance to change its fortunes, but it’s equally troubling when that chance is suddenly taken away from the creators.