Whoever bought Redfall for 100 € is still waiting a year later for what they paid for

The vampire shooter Redfall (Steam, Xbox) was supposed to be one of those games that lasts for ten years, as we always hear. But Redfall flopped at its release in May 2023. Reviews were low, and player numbers plummeted. A bad aftertaste: a promise was not kept. The “Bite Back Edition” for €100 promised 2 heroes, who are still missing today.

What was the promise?

• Redfall sold a Deluxe Edition for over €100. To this day, the “Bite Back Edition” is available for €110 in the Xbox Store. On Steam, the edition costs €100.
• Part of the edition was the promise of two heroes who would be released as DLCs after launch.
• But even a year after the release, there is no sign of the two DLC heroes. On the contrary, it seems that the studio Arkane has stopped working on the shooter.

Edition for €100 promises 2 DLC heroes, but the game flops

What heroes are supposed to come? No one knows. The edition included the “Redfall Hero Pass” which promised “Two future heroes” – who exactly they would be is unknown.

Currently, this “Redfall Hero Pass” is completely empty of content.

Studio is silent

What is the status? Arkane wrote in November 2023 that they are working on the Hero Pass and look forward to introducing new heroes and updates in 2024.

However, nothing has happened with Redfall in the last 6 months. The anniversary of the game, on May 2, passed completely without any signs of life. The Twitter account has been silent for 30 days.

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When games intended to last 10 years barely last 10 days

What’s behind it: Redfall was planned as a “service game” that was supposed to be supported with content for years – but the release was so weak and the interest in the game was so low that the further development of the game apparently wasn’t worth it.

Currently, Redfall has only 35 players on Steam. The sad thing is: even at release, there were hardly more. Those who played Redfall apparently did so through the Game Pass.

As it was later revealed, even the developers themselves didn’t believe in the success of the game.

Now it will be interesting to see if Arkane is really still working on the total flop to fulfill their promise to the buyers.

Redfall was part of a whole series of games that wanted to benefit from the live service game hype but apparently released at exactly the wrong time: 3 new games from famous studios that were supposed to be like Destiny but flopped and died in 2023