News has come out recently that Redfall will require an always online connection, even if playing solo. What a joke.
Hanzala from eXputer: "Redfall was a bland, repetitive game with no post-release support; it deserved to die, but why kill Arkane Austin over one mistake?"
What short memories everybody has. According to the internet they became “the worst studio” after redfall… the internet made redfall a bigger deal than redfall just being a shitty game becaus *gasp* Xbox bought them and” just wanted shitty gamepass games so quality wasn’t a priority”.
(The reality was it was just rushed to market to fill a release hole).
Everybody wants Xbox to fail but as soon as closures start happening suddenly that was never the hope at all and Xbox is just evil.
What has happened to humanity. Being so extreme with viewpoints paints everybody into a hypocritical corner where the side of the story your on depends on which side makes Xbox look worse. Read the internet. Your disagrees are lies.
Shame. Gamers never want to accept their role in all the shit.
My heart goes out to those laid off. Not sure why those studios had to close but I suspect they were costing more money to operate than they were brining in revenue. It does cost money to fix games. Cyberpunk’s road to redemption was prob approaching the price of the original game.
That sucks and I’m angry about it but that’s also business and I’m in the same boat myself at my job as we speak… so it’s not like I don’t have sympathy. But I’m tired of the short memories, the lack of true empathy and opinions being driven by branding. Disgusting.
People wanted Xbox to succeed, especially after THE biggest media acquisition in history and effectively owning the entire existing Western RPG genre; but we knew they would fail, and they’d drag down an entire genre with them.
Nobody wanted this, but it was foreseen.
The now abandoned Redfall had a roadmap of support that was being actively worked on before Microsoft scrapped all development and closed its developer, IGN can reveal.
Couldn't even let them finish the major update that was supposed to come out this month for a game that desperately needed an update? Spencer is such a douche.
Arkane Austin tweeted: "Today it was announced that Arkane Austin will close and development will not continue on Redfall.
To everyone that has supported the work from our Austin studio over the years, thank you. Thank you for spending time in our worlds and making them your own.
Arkane Lyon will continue their focus on immersive experiences where they are hard at work on their upcoming project.
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.
While there will be no further updates, Redfall's servers will remain online for players to enjoy."
They're offering credit instead of a cash refund. Yeesh.
More proof people need to stop pre-ordering games which end up releasing unfinished, need to stop supporting live service trash, and need to stop buying Battle Passes before the content is even made. If there ever was a time to learn these lessons, now would be the time.
I've already seen some diehard Xbox guys on Twitter say that they're gonna pass on Redfall now
It's almost like some of these gaming studios want to sabotage their releases
Unfortunately PC gamers are getting used to this. Several PC single-player games are using the Denuvo protection (including Redfall), and that protection always phones home if you want to play the game.
No internet... can't play.
If Denuvo servers go down... can't play.
Basically, you pay full price for the game, but you don't really own the game.
The practice itself isn't a great one. If I paid $70 for a game I want to play it whenever, wherever regardless of internet. Redfall is one I'd play on game pass anyways though and to do so I already have to get online to get it. If for whatever reason I find myself without internet I got plenty of other games on my Xbox, PS5, Switch and Deck. Not supporting the practice but not getting game pass just for that game either. It's already there and costs me no extra to try it out than I'm already spending.
If it’s a good game, I could care less it’s always online. I feel like this topic is wildly overblown nowadays, and really we are all just pilling on it because it’s an Xbox game.
Personally I still just need to see if the game is actually good
Killed it for me. The only reason you need that is to have a store and regulate mtx content. Not interested.