Bethesda veteran Harvey Smith has reflected on the closure of Arkane Austin and the struggles of the studio’s final game, Redfall. For anyone just catching up, Arkane Austin made the vampire game Redfall under Smith’s leadership. After the live-service game failed to find an audience after launch in May 2023, Microsoft closed the studio a year later and ended most support for the game.

Smith appeared on the My Perfect Console podcast recently and said (via Eurogamer), “Every company makes the decisions they make for the reasons they make them.”

For Arkane Austin’s closure, Smith said the “shock” was that Arkane–as a wider group that also comprised Dishonored studio Arkane Lyon–made well-received and commercially successful games.

Continue Reading at GameSpot Bethesda veteran Harvey Smith has reflected on the closure of Arkane Austin and the struggles of the studio’s final game, Redfall. For anyone just catching up, Arkane Austin made the vampire game Redfall under Smith’s leadership. After the live-service game failed to find an audience after launch in May 2023, Microsoft closed the studio a year later and ended most support for the game.Smith appeared on the My Perfect Console podcast recently and said (via Eurogamer), “Every company makes the decisions they make for the reasons they make them.”For Arkane Austin’s closure, Smith said the “shock” was that Arkane–as a wider group that also comprised Dishonored studio Arkane Lyon–made well-received and commercially successful games.Continue Reading at GameSpot  Read MoreGameSpot – All Content