Redfall was set to get its long-promised offline mode this month earlier than Microsoft determined to shut its studio down, in keeping with a brand new report.
IGN’s sources say developer Arkane Austin was nonetheless engaged on DLC and updates for the sport, working beneath the idea they’d be launched quickly, till it was introduced on Tuesday that the studio can be shutting down and all improvement would cease.
In line with the report, an replace was deliberate this month which was going so as to add an offline mode to the sport, one thing followers had been requesting since earlier than Redfall had even been launched.
In February 2023, three months earlier than the sport was launched, it was confirmed that Redfall required “a persistent on-line connection”, even for single-player gameplay. The studio subsequently mentioned it was wanting into eradicating the always-online requirement for solo gamers.
This was lastly set to occur this month, in keeping with IGN’s report, however now that every one improvement has ceased on the sport it seems the offline mode won’t ever make it to gamers.
As such, there’s an actual risk that ought to Microsoft ever resolve to show off the web servers for Redfall, the sport will develop into unplayable, even for these wishing to play by means of it in single-player mode.
In September 2023, Bethesda‘s head of publishing Pete Hines mentioned the corporate would make Redfall “a very good recreation”, regardless of an underwhelming reception at launch.
“Okay, we didn’t get the beginning we wished, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a enjoyable recreation, and we’re going to maintain engaged on it,” he mentioned.
“We’re going to do 60 frames per second. We’re going to get it to be a very good recreation as a result of we all know, as a first-party studio, Recreation Cross lives without end. There shall be folks ten years from now who’re going to hitch Recreation Cross, and Redfall shall be there.”
On Tuesday, information broke that Microsoft had knowledgeable workers of plans to shut Arkane Austin, together with Hello-Fi Rush maker Tango Gameworks and fellow Bethesda studios Alpha Canine and Roundhouse.
