After nearly three months RedfallA massively disappointing launch, Arkane Studios may be looking to get back up their game for their next game. Arkane Studios, the Bethesda studio that’s now also part of the first-party Xbox family, has become known for its high-quality immersive sims. Like the games he praised insulting And victim She helped gain notoriety over the years. Its sister studio, Arkane Lyon, has also wowed critics Dithlob In 2021, more eyes have returned to vampire slaying Arkan Austin Redfall as the studio’s first title as part of the Xbox.
After being delayed to Summer 2022, Arkane Studios has released an open-world shooter Redfall It finally launched earlier this year but missed the mark in both rampant technical issues and poor design choices. Arkane takes away from the unique single player immersive sim brilliance and try BorderlandsA co-op-style looter shooter set in the studio’s first-ever open-world is something that’s since been reported to be a call made by parent company ZeniMax several years before Bethesda bought the Xbox. Looking at Bethesda’s other multiplayer games from that time Fallout 76 And Wolfenstein: Youngblood, He adds that ZeniMax was at a financial bottom, thus tasking the acclaimed single-player studios with producing more profitable multiplayer titles.
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Now, with Arkane Austin picking up the pieces and moving forward, it looks like he might be getting back to what made the studio great. On Twitter, Idle Sloth highlighted a post on the ZeniMax job board for a lead technical engineer to join Arkane Austin. The post specifically refers to the need for experience in single-player RPGs and immersive sims, two terms that perfectly describe Arkane’s previous work.
This shift to the studio powerhouse in immersive single-player sims makes sense given that ZeniMax is presumably more financially stable now that it has taken permanent shelter under the Microsoft umbrella. With the financial security of the Xbox, ZeniMax no longer needed its studios to experiment with long-tailed multiplayer projects in order to secure continued profits; It could allow its studios to focus on their strengths again. With Arkane Austin looking to the future, it will be interesting to see if the studio will be able to rehire some of the talent left due to Redfall Now that the studio seems to be getting back to what it does best.
Whether Arkane Austin’s next match is 3- Not being honoredAnd Prey 2Or the new IP address is completely unknown, and it will likely be several years before fans of the studio can expect to know more. Meanwhile, as Arkane begins work on her next game, the promise RedfallThe console’s 60fps patch is still incomplete. August is probably three months since the game was launched Redfall Console gamers don’t have long to wait for the much-needed performance upgrade.
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