

The game’s co-directors, two veteran developers Harvey Smith and Ricardo Bare, were initially excited about the concept of making a multiplayer project where players would fight vampires together.At the time, the company also pushed its studios to make live service titles with microtransactions. Arkane started working on Redfall in 2018, when its owner ZeniMax was trying to sell itself.The lack of clear vision and creative direction Below are the key takeaways from the investigation. The game is available to preload now on Xbox Series X|S and PC, with the special Redfall Bite Back Edition also available (offering some extra cosmetic goodies).On June 1, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier published a piece about Redfall’s troubled production after talking to more than a dozen developers who worked on the game. There are four unique characters to choose from in the game, each with their own set of skills and abilities, such as the telekinetic-enhanced Layla Ellison or stealthy soldier man Jacob Boyer. Redfall launches tomorrow, on Tuesday, May 2, and is a four-player co-op shooter in which you and a sqaud of fellow vampire hunters must – shocker – hunt vampires in the titular town. Plus, it's going to be Xbox Game Pass at no extra cost for players on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC with crossplay enabled between all three (sadly, it's skipping Xbox One alongside PS4 and PS5).

Despite the game receiving some bad news on the leadup to release (such as a 30fps lock on Xbox Series X, and that a PlayStation version was in development, but cancelled following the buyout) plenty of us are keen to try out Arkane's latest considering the studios incredible track record with games like Deathloop and Prey under its belt. Redfall is launching tomorrow on Tuesday May 2, and players are keen to know exactly when they can jump in and bash up some vampires in Arkane Austin's latest open world title.īethesda's first Xbox exclusive – following Microsoft's purchase of Bethesda back in 2020 – is finally upon us, Arkane Austin's open world vampire hunting simulator Redfall.
