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UNCOVERED: Arkane austin - The Untold Story

Revisiting Redfall after its final update reveals the ghost of the game it wanted to be

Arkane Austin's final game is still disappointing, but I'm now convinced that it could have been great.

PC Gamer

Arkane Austin’s closure still casts a long shadow, with Dishonored’s director lamenting the projects and potential left on the cutting‑room floor — "We were making something very cool."

Arkane Austin director Harvey Smith reflects on Microsoft and Xbox's closure of the studio after Redfall's failure at launch.

Windows Central

Dishonored co-creator says it was 'a shock' when Microsoft closed Arkane Austin after Redfall's release: 'We were working on something really cool'

"It was not a decision I agreed with."

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Former Bethesda exec Pete Hines says Game Pass is 'nothing' without the people making the games

Will Game Pass ever not be the one to blame, or will we continue down this road of blame game forever?

Windows Central

ESO devs at ZeniMax reel from Microsoft's 'hollow' layoff emails, with some wondering how a 'carcass of workers' is 'supposed to keep shipping award-winning games'

"I don't care how many times they do it to try and make it seem normal—it's not."

PC Gamer

Dishonored and Prey's director says 'I could see myself working on Dishonored 3 right now' but the chances of that happening is in the realms of 'science fiction'

"I had a document about Dishonored 3."

PC Gamer

Dishonored 2 cost more to make than Skyrim and sold worse, but ex-dev says it was so good that it gave Arkane "seal-of-quality protection" within Bethesda

Hard to argue with that

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I played Xbox's greatest failure to see if it's really as bad as everyone says it is

I finally played Redfall from Xbox and Arkane to see if it's really as bad as everyone says it is... And I wasn't surprised to find that no, it isn't.

Windows Central

The Developer Behind 2023's Most Exciting Game Is Getting a Second Chance

The company behind PUBG, Krafton, has stepped in to purchase Xbox's defunct Tango Gameworks, and even has plans to continue the Hi-Fi Rush series.

Inverse

Arkane founder was saddened by the closure of Arkane Austin, but says immersive sims aren't going anywhere: The studio is gone, but 'the people survive'

Raphael Colantonio left Arkane in 2017, and is now working on something new at WolfEye Studios.

PC Gamer

Dishonored, Deus Ex, and Redfall dev Harvey Smith "often" waits 5-10 years to play his games after they release

"Usually I play our games nonstop as we are finishing them. But then I am *done* for a long while"

GamesRadar

After Microsoft closed Arkane Austin, Redfall dev says the response to "the cleaned-up, final version" of the doomed FPS gave him "a burst of energy"

"I'm looking forward to talking about what I'll be doing next"

GamesRadar

Wizard with a Gun developer Galvanic Games is closing: 'Sales are not strong enough to sustain our studio'

Wizard with a Gun launched just eight months ago.

PC Gamer

Obsidian CEO responds to worries Xbox could shut them down, too: 'I'm not worried about tomorrow'

The beloved RPG maker isn't watching its back after the sudden closures of Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin.

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Phil Spencer continues to dance around Hi Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks' closure, says he has 'to make hard decisions that frankly are not decisions I love'

The line must continue to go up.

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Viral $10,000+ Summer Game Fest billboard paying respects to fallen Hi-Fi Rush and Redfall studios nearly put Xbox boss Phil Spencer on blast, but "it's about the people, our friends who got laid off"

The tribute is "way cooler than just throwing up an ad for one of our games," says the CEO of the publisher behind it

PC Gamer

'We love you. We miss you. We hate money': Ultrakill and Gloomwood publisher New Blood Interactive turns a billboard into a grave marker for fallen studios including Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin

"Gone but not forgotten."

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Xbox Reportedly Okays 'Hellblade 2' Follow-Up But Big Questions Remain

Some good news out of Xbox's camp.

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Redfall is getting one final update before Arkane Austin is gone forever, and it will include an offline mode

The Hero Pass content may be off the table, but developers are doing what they can to ensure Redfall remains.

Windows Central

Arkane Austin's vampire shooter Redfall will get offline mode update despite Microsoft shuttering the Xbox studio

Redfall is getting one last update adding an offline mode and some other changes to the game, despite Microsoft's shuttering of Arkane Austin.

Windows Central

Microsoft News Roundup: Bethesda closing studios, Microsoft burning gamers, and Apple trying to undercut Snapdragon X Elite

This week Microsoft announced the end of multiple gaming studios, Apple unveiled a chip that will compete with the Snapdragon X Elite, and Windows blocked people from using a VPN.

GamesRadar

Xbox founders reportedly mourn the loss of its identity: "It's not Xbox anymore, it's Microsoft gaming"

They also point to stagnant Game Pass growth as a factor behind Microsoft's cuts

Windows Central

"There's no one size fits all to it for us." Xbox President Sarah Bond quizzed on why Hi-Fi Rush developer was closed

Xbox President Sarah Bond was interviewed on the future of Xbox, and had to answer some tough questions on the closure of Hi-Fi Rush studio, Tango Gameworks.

GamesRadar

Fallout 76 player who nuked Phil Spencer says it was nothing personal: "He was the final boss in my eyes - In an RPG I prefer to be the bad guy"

It wasn't a protest after all

TechRadar

Xbox Game Studios head says Microsoft needs 'smaller games that give us prestige and awards' one day after shutting down Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks

Microsoft reportedly said it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush one day after shutting down Tango Gameworks.

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