Arkane Austin goes out with a tribute to its roots as Redfall's final update references the 30-year-old imm sim genre it championed with Prey and Dishonored
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Bowing out withRedfall’s final update,Arkane Austinis flexing its immersive sim heritage one last time.
Arkane Austin was sadly closed as part ofXbox’s brutal studio closuresearlier this month, with Redfall’s final update marking a bittersweet end to the team behind genre-defining immersive sims like Dishonored and Prey. And rather fittingly, the update itself pays tribute to Arkane’s own history as a modern champion of the immersive sim genre as well as Looking Glass Studios' System Shock, the 1994 first-person action game that pioneered the genre.
Anyway, Redfall’s 451 update is a banger. The big highlights include the long-awaited offline mode, “ReVamped” Neighborhood and Nest systems, and a pausing feature for single-player missions. Redfall’s servers are staying online for the foreseeable future, but since the game never quite managed to find a very active player base, it seems inevitable that the offline mode will eventually become the only way to play.
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