Microsoft shut down Arkane Austin back in May, but despite the sad news, former studio head Harvey Smith has been hit with a "burst of energy" after Redfall's final update.
]]>Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has commented on the closure of studios like Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks: "sometimes I have to make hard decisions."
]]>Redfall studio Arkane Austin has announced it will release one final update for the vampire game with some some highly requested features.
]]>Following last week’s big news that Microsoft was shutting down several studios under its umbrella and all of the interesting things its executives have said since that point, folks have dusted off old documentary clips that they reckon illustrate some of the issues with how Xbox handles the studios it buys.
]]>One year since its release, Arkand has yet to release the extra content included with the Bite Back Edition of its vampire killing game, Redfall.
]]>Blade, a blockbuster Marvel game from a Microsoft-owned studio, was announced at The Game Awards last night, but without any mentions of Xbox - or any confirmation as to whether it’ll be an Xbox exclusive.
]]>Arkane has released a third update for Redfall, and it introduces a new weapon, increases Siphon’s resistance to fire, and more.
]]>Some of Xbox’s top executives have received shiny new titles to put on their office doors thanks to a bout of reorganisation. Why should you care? Well, the changes could potentially help prevent another game ending up like Redfall.
]]>Bethesda and Arkane Studios have released a substantial update for the latter's open-world, co-op FPS, Redfall.
]]>In a pretty big leak of documents that have come from the FTC's court case with Microsoft, it's been revealed that Dishonored 3 is in the works.
]]>Arkane Austin's Redfall has obviously been a bit of a critical failure, but Xbox Game Studios chief Matt Booty says we don't need to worry about the studio shutting down.
]]>A recent report shed some light on what led to Redfall launching in the state it did, and it certainly didn't sound like it was smooth sailing.
]]>If Looking Glass Studios had survived until this day, its premises would be the least secure in the US games industry. The legendary developer secreted the door code to its office into the first level of System Shock – and ever since, the numbers 0451 have become a calling card for those who share Looking Glass’s immersive sim values; studios that tap into System Shock’s deep worldbuilding, dense level design, and reactive simulation.
]]>Layla’s blood is type O negative, which is how you know her goth phase is never going to end. And given that knowledge, it’s no surprise her telekinetic powers should manifest the way they do. Her personal shield is an umbrella of the kind Jenna Ortega carries in posters for Addams Family reboot Wednesday. And her traversal skill is a spooky, spectral elevator – the type you might take to visit David S Pumpkins, or Leo’s dead wife in Inception. Then there’s the vampire ex-boyfriend: both Layla’s ultimate ability and the ultimate tribute to Twilight.
]]>Microsoft's head of gaming, Phil Spencer, has weighed in on the critical and player response to Redfall.
]]>Three years into a console generation that launched at the height of a crippling pandemic, a number of astonishing and unprecedented things are happening. Firstly Sony, the platform holder with the most acute supply issues during COVID-19 and the related chip shortage, is winning. This is not up for debate. It's selling a lot more machines and, according to the best metrics we have, it's releasing better games. It certainly has the biggest exclusives.
]]>Microsoft has announced the next batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass, otherwise known as just Game Pass.
]]>The sun is gone. Blotted out by a pantheon of vampiric gods who, in lieu of gleaming palaces and gothic castles, have laid claim to an unassuming island town off the coast of mainland Massachusetts. Low light is provided by the UV lamps and muzzle flare of private military contractors and cultists; a little warmth by the body heat of locals huddled together in resistance. If the internet worked, your weather app would tell you to expect lukewarm temperatures at best. Perhaps that explains why Redfall is slightly underbaked.
]]>Arkane Austin has provided a breakdown of the PC specs, accessibility settings, and options for Redfall.
]]>A new Redfall trailer has just dropped, giving us one final look at the game before it launches on May 2. It shows off a lot of combat, a lot of dark and mysterious areas where we'll be fighting off vampires, and a cover of Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun.
]]>It has been revealed that first-person vampire shooter, Redfall, will launch with Quality Mode only on Xbox consoles. This means that those jumping into the Bethesda-published title via Xbox will have their game capped at 30FPS.
]]>After recent comments from Redfall game designer Harvey Smith about Microsoft not wanting Redfall on PS5, the company has stated it hasn't "pulled any games from PlayStation."
]]>Arkane is working to eliminate the always online requirement to play Redfall in single-player.
]]>One of my favourite ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ moments in games comes in Final Fantasy 10, just after you defeat a big machine on a lake of ice near one of the title’s multiple temples. Your party jumps onto snowmobiles – two people per vehicle – and heads towards Macalania Temple to continue its journey. You follow main character Tidus for this part of the game, but who accompanies him on the sled can vary. It can be more or less any of the characters in the game, and who joins you depends entirely on some in-game criteria.
]]>Arkane has a problem. Its games, by all accounts, are great. The Dishonored series, Prey, Deathloop – they all review well. Arkane, for generations now, has been a favourite of critics and developer peers. But that acclaim and clout does not translate into sales (or player count, if you’re taking services like Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus into account). Deathloop’s sales were the lowest of any Arkane game at the time it launched on PS5, at least in the physical market. Prey fared only slightly better – and that was a multiplatform release.
]]>Bethesda and Arkane Austin have released a story trailer for Redfall that tells the tale of how vampires came to rule over the sleepy Massachusetts island town.
]]>Bethesda has released a new trailer for Redfall, the vampire game from Arkane Austin.
]]>If you’re looking forward to taking on the role of the vampire hunter in Arkane Austin’s upcoming shooter, Redfall, we’ve some bad news. Or news to be indifferent about, depending on your internet connection.
]]>During the Xbox and Bethesda Developer Direct today, a release date for Redfall was announced and new gameplay was shown off.
]]>Starfeild may be getting its own showcase, but Xbox and Bethesda aren't leaving other titles out of the spotlight.
]]>Rumours of yet another Xbox Showcase have been ruminating for a little while now, and finally, Windows Central has reported that it has some concrete information on the show.
]]>Immediate comparisons between Redfall and Left 4 Dead are understandable, but Arkane says it's actually its take on Far Cry.
]]>Starfield. Redfall. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. Minecraft Legends. Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, Monster Hunter Rise, Lies of P, Routine, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Atomic Heart, Warhammer 40K: Darktide, Ark 2, Flintlock, Guilty Gear Strive, Valheim on console, GoldenEye 007. And many, many more.
]]>Xbox didn't really make much of a splash at The Game Awards, so the company's marketing boss has addressed the concerns of some fans to assuage their feelings.
]]>Redfall is set to be Arkane's biggest game yet, with one particular area bigger than the entirety of the setting for one of the studio's older games, Prey.
]]>Arkane's next vampire-ridden title Redfall is getting a 30 minute slot at the upcoming QuakeCon, as confirmed by Bethesda.
]]>Before last week's Xbox and Bethesda Showcase, the structure of Redfall wasn't very clear. We knew it was a co-op, open-world vampire hunting game. Now that we've seen actual gameplay, however, everything is clicking into place.
]]>Arkane Austin is preparing a game with scientifically-mutated vampire killers that have taken a whole town hostage – and though marketing so far suggests that Redfall take a team of hunters to properly liberate the besieged town, Bethesda marketing SVP Pete Hines has said that there's still interest in the game for anyone that wants to try it on solo.
]]>Arkane has given us a first taste of the co-op gameplay in Redfall, with a new trailer that debuted during the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase.
]]>The Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase is airing later this week, and now a second presentation has been confirmed for June 14.
]]>Sink your teeth into this: a town that was, once upon a time, known for its quaint streets, breezy boardwalks and charming neighborhoods has been taken over. A new sect has moved in. The vampires. They ruined everything. They have eclipsed the sun. They are using the town’s population like their own personal feedbags. And they’re keen on taking more.
]]>Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer understands the frustration fans must feel over the delay of both Redfall and Starfield, and took to Twitter to comment on the postponements.
]]>A quiet end to 2022 just got even quieter: Bethesda has announced that it will be delaying both Starfield and Redfall into 2023.
]]>E3 or no E3, video game news season is on the way, as Microsoft has announced the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase for this June.
]]>Xbox ended 2021 on a real high. In fact, the entire second half of the year was strong – with Flight Simulator, Psychonauts 2, Forza Horizon 5, and Halo Infinite, all of course coming to Game Pass on day one alongside a number of excellent "gets" for the service (Back 4 Blood being a highlight). Forza and Halo were lauded as two of the best games of the year, putting Xbox in a superb position as we rolled into 2022. Then, nothing.
]]>It seems someone has either gotten their hands on Redfall or found some images of it and posted the lot online.
]]>Do you like immersive sims filled with vampires? Do you like Arkane games like Dishonored and Prey? Then you're going to love Redfall when it lands on Xbox next year.
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