Arkane Austin’s ill-fated vampiric shooter Redfall is just about still alive, it seems, as the devs have announced the game is to receive one final update before being laid to rest for good.
In a post on Redfall‘s official X (formerly Twitter) account, Arkane Austin says that one last update, titled Game Update 4, is in the works for Redfall, so it looks like the studio will get to finish what it was working on before that shutdown after all.
The first major feature the update will bring is the long-called-for Offline Mode, which will allow you to play Redfall without being connected to a server. With online games being shut down left, right, and center, this is a pretty important move for preservation.
In addition to being able to play offline, the last Redfall update will also bring “revamped Neighborhood and Nest systems”, and Arkane doesn’t seem to have intended that pun.
The update will also bring the ability to pause the game if you’re in single-player mode, so no more getting ganked by nasty vampires while you’re making a cup of coffee in the kitchen.
Arkane says additional details for the update will be revealed “soon”, and there’s no release date for the update yet, so it might be a little while before it arrives.
Still, it’s nice to know that although Redfall was much maligned by critics and players alike, there will still be a way to revisit it in future, even if it is just to figure out what went wrong.
If you’re unfamiliar with Redfall, it’s a shooter developed by Prey studio Arkane Austin.
Redfall has a multiplayer focus (although it can technically be played single-player), with each character taking the role of one of the game’s survivors, each of whom has special abilities that complement the rest of the group.
On release, Redfall was met with ambivalence by critics and players, with many pointing to its lack of Arkane’s signature immersive sim-style gameplay features, as well as the shallowness of its gameplay loops and story.
Last week, Microsoft made the call to shut down Arkane Austin, as well as Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks and two other studios. Redfall will, however, seemingly survive the death of its studio. Stay tuned for more.
