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Even with updates, Arkane Austin’s Redfall remains an underwhelming release. However, after celebrating its first anniversary on May 2nd, it’s worth noting that fans still haven’t received the characters promised as part of the Hero Pass.

Arkane Austin will release one final update for Redfall which will add offline play.

Soon to be closed Xbox studio Tango Gameworks has confirmed that a physical edition of Hi-Fi Rush is still being worked on.

Last December, Ubisoft announced it was delisting its MMO racing game The Crew from all digital storefronts but shutting down the servers on March 31, 2024. Weeks after the servers were slated to shut down, Ubisoft began notifying players who owned a copy of The Crew that it was removing it from their Ubisoft accounts.

Addressing Microsoft's recent call to close down four of its first-party studios, including Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, Xbox President Sarah Bond talked about the motive behind it. Other companies that Xbox recently dissolved are Redfall developer Arkane Austin, Alpha Dog Games, and Roundhouse Studios.

Xbox president Sarah Bond has spoken more about the company’s decision to close four Bethesda studios earlier this week.

It seems Redfall was gearing up to release a big update for May 2024 before Arkane Austin was suddenly shuttered by Xbox. Redfall got off to a very rough start when it first launched last year. The game released to overwhelmingly negative reviews and was quickly abandoned. Despite this, there were still plans to release Redfall DLC characters and updates to improve the experience.

Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks were reportedly in the process of pitching sequels to Dishonored and Hi-Fi Rush before Xbox’s sudden closure of their studios on Tuesday. This news comes after learning more details surrounding the shutdown of three ZeniMax Media subsidiary studios, Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks prominently among them.

Like us, you’re probably still reeling from Tuesday’s news that Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango and Prey’s Arkane Austin are getting shuttered by Microsoft. According to Bloomberg, these closures were just a part of a “widespread cost-cutting initiative” that’s still underway. All signs point towards more cuts to come, basically. ZeniMax studios seem to be the main target.

One day after closing Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, Xbox studios boss Matt Booty reportedly told staff the company needs “smaller games that give us prestige and awards”.

Arkane Austin was reportedly pitching an immersive sim title before its closure, it’s claimed.

Xbox‘s upcoming Perfect Dark reboot is reportedly facing challenges, and is in “a very rough state.”

Ken Levine, founder of Ghost Story Games and creator of the game Judas, said he's interested in recruiting developers from Arkane Austin, one of the developers recently shut down by Microsoft. Arkane Austin, not to be confused with Arkane Lyon, produced games like Prey and Redfall, while the latter was responsible for Deathloop and the upcoming Marvel's Blade. Now, some developers from Arkane Austin may join the Judas team.

Redfall was set to get its long-promised offline mode this month before Microsoft decided to close its studio down, according to a new report.

Over seven years after the release of Arkane Austin’s sci-fi reboot Prey, one eager fan has finally given up hope for a sequel. The shocking announcement that Xbox is closing the Dishonored and Redfall developer has made a return to the Prey universe an even more distant prospect than ever.

Former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra has claimed that Xbox head Phil Spencer will be hurting “as much as anyone else” following the closure of four first-party studios.

Director of Deathloop at Arkane Lyon, Dinga Bakaba, expressed his feelings and disapproval of Xbox's decision to sunset four of its internal studios. Microsoft and Xbox caught the industry by surprise today when they announced the closure of Arkane Austin, known for Deathloop and Prey, Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, and Bethesda's mobile game team, Alpha Dog Games. Additionally, Xbox has folded Roundhouse Studios into the Elder Scrolls Online team, ZeniMax Online Studios. The Xbox community, affected developers, and the industry at large are left baffled at these unfortunate and puzzling studio cuts.

In an announcement made on May 7, Xbox stated that it is ending all development on Redfall. In the same memo, Xbox also announced the closure of Arkane Austin, the developer of the game. Redfall’s developer wasn’t the only studio shut down, as several others are also shutting their doors.

Xbox has reportedly shut down Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Studios, and Roundhouse Games, with members of the latter team being folded into ZeniMax Online Studios. Layoffs have been a harsh reality of the video game industry these past couple of years, with companies of all sizes laying off significant portions of their staff or shutting down studios entirely. Xbox itself has engaged in multiple waves of layoffs this past year.

Redfall will receive no further updates, as Microsoft “ends all development” on the game.

Xbox is closing down four Bethesda studios, including Redfall developer Arkane Austin and Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks.

Arkane Lyon boss Dinga Bakaba has publicly criticised Microsoft executives for their decision to close several studios, including its Austin studio, calling the news “a fucking gut stab”.

Bethesda Softworks will close Redfall developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi RUSH and The Evil Within developer Tango Gameworks, as well as Alpha Dog Games and Roundhouse Studios, according to a companywide email sent out by Microsoft Gaming president of game content and studios Matt Booty this morning.

Redfall, Arkane Studios’ co-op, squad -based vampire shooter, was released a year ago, and quickly panned as broken and undercooked. Despite vowing to work on the issues, and owing players who bought their $100 deluxe edition two promised post-launch heroes, some are still waiting for what they were promised for their purchase.

Many players are still waiting for the Redfall DLC they spent $100 on. Redfall was positioned to be the next big release from popular developer Arkane Studios. Arkane became well known for games such as Dishonored as well as their more recent release Deathloop, which have both received praise for their unique combat and traversal mechanics.

Arkane Studios co-founder Raphaël Colantonio has teased his next game at Wolfeye Studios.

Arkane founder Raphaël Colantonio has begun teasing his next game, which is described as a first-person “retro sci-fi RPG”.

Redfall has received a small hotfix which seeks to bring improvements to world difficulty and the co-op experience. A first for Bethesda's beloved Arkane studio, which was previously responsible for games like Dishonored and Prey, Redfall is an open world co-op enabled looter shooter which launched in mid-2023 to poor reception. The title was plagued with a myriad of bugs, performance issues, and even underwhelming design elements, and was a blow to Xbox's otherwise solid first-party lineup for the year.

A senior official at Arkane Lyon, the developer of the Dishonored franchise, has defended Palworld against its vocal critics, all the while offering an extremely insightful breakdown of the game. His detailed thoughts on PocketPair's latest title stand in stark contrast to the accusations that Palworld is a shameless ripoff of Pokemon.

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Marvel’s Blade from Arkane Lyon is probably one of the more anticipated Marvel titles in the coming years, given the studio’s pedigree with Deathloop and Dishonored 2. While platforms and a release window haven’t been announced, fans might have to wait a while to get their hands on it.

The announcement of Marvel’s Blade at The Game Awards has been received with widespread excitement, not only because the property itself is such a beloved one, but also because the game is being developed by Arkane Lyon, the studio behind Dishonored 2 and Deathloop. And to add a little bit more spark to that aforementioned excitement, one of Marvel’s Blade’s developers has shared new concept art for the game.

Marvel’s Blade was among the best and biggest surprises at The Game Awards, but though there’s plenty of excitement surrounding the game, just how long is it going to be before we actually get to play it? Bethesda says it has “just begun development” at Dishonored and Deathloop studio Arkane Lyon, but it may actually have been in the works earlier than that.

Dishonored 2 and Deathloop studio Arkane Lyon took the stage at The Game Awards last week with what turned out to be one of the biggest and most surprising announcements of the event in the shape of Marvel’s Blade, but it seems like it’ll be a while before we see more of the game.

One of the major surprises at The Game Awards recently was Arkane Lyon’s next big title. While many of us expected Dishonored 3 or Deathloop 2, it revealed Marvel’s Blade. The single-player action-adventure title is set in Paris and will be in third-person, a major shift for the studio.

After the disastrous launch of Redfall, you'd have thought that immersive sim experts Arkane would have wanted to bust open the curtains and stay as far away from vampire games as physically possible. And yet here we are, with tonight's Game Awards reveal that they're making a Marvel Blade game. What are the chances? Will this second bite at making a (hopefully good this time) vampire game be the one? It's still early on in development, from the sounds of things, but here's the reveal trailer.

As the leaks suggested, the next game by Arkane Studios was announced at The Game Awards. But though many had expected that it would be Dishonored 3 we’d be seeing, what the developer actually brought turned out to be a massive surprise.

The Game Awards is almost here, and with it comes the announcement of many future video games that gamers will be intrigued about. Or, we hope they’ll be good enough announcements to be intrigued about. With this show, it’s hard to tell what will happen. Anyway, there are already tons of rumors about what will be at the show, and several studios have been cited to be showing up for one reason or another, possibly. One such developer is Arkane Studios. They’re a team behind some of Bethesda’s best titles, and a rumor says that the Marvel hero Blade could be next on their list of titles!

Redfall may have left behind a major dent in Arkane Studios’ track record and reputation as a whole, but this is still the studio that brought us games like Dishonored, Prey, and Deathloop, so there’s naturally going to be plenty of excitement around what it will develop next. Interestingly enough, we’ll actually be getting some information on that pretty soon, as per a fresh leak.

Arkane Austin released Title Update 3 for Redfall recently, with the only new content being the Basilisk, a new Unrivaled Sniper Rifle. However, it offers plenty of much-needed changes and fixes. Enemies like the Siphon and Soulless are deadlier, and general pathing for foes is improved. However, what does the future hold, especially with a “redemption arc” reportedly desired by Bethesda?

After adding 60 FPS Performance Mode and stealth takedowns to Redfall last month, Arkane Austin is back with the third Title Update. It introduces a new Unrivaled Sniper Rifle, Basilisk, which charges the first bullet in a magazine with UV power and petrifies enemies hit. However, it won’t work on foes immune to the status or recently affected by it.

In a year with Microsoft launching Forza Motorsport, Hi-Fi Rush andStarfield, it’s crazy that Redfall also exists. Released in May 2023 to an overwhelmingly negative response, its player base is almost non-existent, even with the recent Title Update, which adds the long-awaited 60 FPS Performance Mode.

Redfall launched with a bevy of issues earlier this year, and though Bethesda has said that persistent post-launch support for the open world vampire shooter will turn it around in the long-term, since its release, the game hasn’t really seen too many updates- just one, in fact.

There’s been a bad trend in video games over the last several years that gamers are truly tired of. We’re speaking of developers launching titles that aren’t ready for release and then expecting gamers to play them, buy them, or stay with them despite their “buggy states.” An excellent example of this is Redfall. The game by Arkane Studios, who had an excellent track record before this title, was an unmitigated disaster due to how buggy and boring the game was at launch. The title was dead on arrival, and it’s stayed that way ever since.