While Zenimax "strongly" urged its studios to create these types of games, according to Bloomberg, it stopped short of forcing it. The company was essentially asking its studios to make what we now call "games as a service" games or live-service games, a type of game popularized by Bungie's Destiny series. It says behind the scenes, Zenimax was encouraging studios to develop games that could be monetized beyond launch. "I'm upset with myself," he told the Xcast.ĭespite hopes for a new approach to the game following that 2020 acquisition, Microsoft remained hands-off and allowed development on the title to continue as normal, save for canceling a PlayStation 5 version of Redfall.īloomberg reports that Arkane began development on Redfall in 2018, a time when ZeniMax, Bethesda's parent company, was still private and not owned by Microsoft. Xbox head Phil Spencer said on Kinda Funny Games' Xcastthat he was disappointed with the Redfall launch. Game Informer gave it a 5 out of 10 in our review. That didn't happen, however, and Redfall launched on May 2 to poor reception from critics and players.
Some employees at Bethesda's Arkane Studios reportedly hoped that Microsoft, after acquiring Bethesda in 2020, might cancel Redfall or reboot it as a single-player game, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
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