
Redfall was in development for PS5 at one point, before Microsoft bought out Bethesda and forced developer Arkane Austin to release the vampiric FPS as an Xbox exclusive. It’s since shut down the PREY maker and cancelled any future content, meaning those who purchased premium editions of the game based on the promise of additional DLC will now need to be recompensed.
IGN reports that, prior to this week’s closure, the team was working on updates and extra content for the title, which has now been scrapped. Considering Xbox’s recent strategy of porting titles like Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves to PS5, it doesn’t appear entirely impossible that a PS5 version could have also followed. Any hope of that now appears dead, of course.
Even more concerning from a game preservation perspective is that, when Redfall launched, it did so with an always online requirement. According to the aforementioned IGN article, Arkane Austin was working on an update which would remove that restriction, but now the studio has been shuttered it’ll never get deployed, presumably rendering the release unplayable once its servers are eventually switched off.
[source ign.com]
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We don't want that trash. Microsoft gets to keep it.
I'm don't like to be mean but um... I think the Playstation fanbase will live without this one.
Still I would have liked to see what Arkane Austin would have tried to bounce back after Redfall. Won't get the chance now though.
We already get too much shovelware to find the GOOD games. Shoulda greenlit Prey 2!
Ohh noooo not Redfall......
Not missing much as the game was ass.
Although I feel bad for Arkane Austin after the news earlier today, I can definitely live without this game.
“Any threat of vampire FPS Redfall biting PS5 appears dead.”
Stellar Blade, FF7 Rebirth, Redfall cancelation, Playstation really does get all the best exclusives
Sammy is going to be losing lots of sleep over this one has he was looking forward to taking a bite out of this one 😂
Kind of funny that if we do get Starfield, this will be the only Bethesda title we would miss post acquisition, presuming that going forward a lot of their titles maybe multiplat
Not that PlayStation gamers missed out on this, but wasn't Redfall originally slated to be released on the PS4 and/or PS5 and then it was cancelled when Microsoft acquired Bethesda?
Phew, dodged a bullet there.
In all seriousness though, Arkane Austin's downfall and closure are sad to see. They weren't the same studio anymore but maybe they could've regrouped and create something good after Redfall. No chance of that now.
I'm sad and angered by what's happened to the studio but I can't say I'm too broken up about this game not coming to PlayStation
Good riddance
Didn't it turn out to be a disappointing load of sh*te anyway? No skin off my teeth/ fangs...
I liked Redfall and played it all the way though thought it was a good 7/10 game i would have actually bought in if it came to PS5.
Loved the idea and style of redfall, but it was just not great. 5/10 game, very average and buggy.
I’ve literally just started to play days gone and it is infinitely better. Sony really does have the better exclusive games. Hands down.
So instead of taking the L quietly, Microsoft opted for the nuclear option and just closed everything. Now Microsoft is biting its thumb, huddled in a dark corner. You can almost hear it whispering “PS5…PS5…”
I'm sure we'll manage.
its hard to admit but we need more games like redfall. I know those type of games are full of live service content but we have just a few multiplayer campaing games and thats sucks. Multiplayer campaing is the new couch coop and a lot of peaple like to play coop games that arent pvp. Games like monster hunter or remnant that you can enjoy with friends, i miss that and i know a lot of peaple miss too. So maybe surf the hate vibe can seens like be cool but its simple be dumb.
No loss there, tried the game on Game Pass and thought it was awful. Played badly and looked worse.
Luckily the game really sucked so none of this matters.
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