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Final ‘Redfall’ Update Adds Offline Mode, New Gameplay Features
With the closure of Arkane Austin, the devs bid farewell to their co-op shooter Redfall. However, as a parting gift for fans, the developer has released one more update for the beleaguered FPS, giving Redfall an offline mode, but also some new gameplay goodies.
“We’re thankful for the millions of players who have joined us,” reads the message from the developers. “From everyone at Arkane Austin, thank you for playing our games and loving our worlds, it’s been an honor to deliver these experiences to you.”
Update 4 adds “Community Standing” to Redfall, which is a new reputation bar that fills up when you unlock a new Safehouse, completea Safehouse missions, rescue civilians, or kill an Underboss. Filling the bar allows you to use your Support currency to unlock new rewards from the Safehouse Skill Tree. There are six ranks of Community Standing and 39 unique rewards that serve as permanent buffs.
Meanwhile, Elder Nests are new Boss-focused Nests that will challenge you to destroy modified special vampires. Portals to the Elder Nest will appear around Redfall much like their Heart Nest siblings, distinguished by their purple glow. Once you’ve accepted the challenge and entered the Elder Nest, your objective is to find the Vampire boss and destroy them, freeing the Heart inside, grabbing your rewards, and escaping.
After successfully clearing the Elder Nest, you (and your teammates) will be granted a temporary buff called a Heart Shard. The duration of the Heart Shard scales to the campaign difficulty, with a longer buff at each higher difficulty.
Lastly, the update introduces the requested Offline Mode, which will also grant players the ability to continue playing if they’ve disconnected from the internet in the middle of a solo session. When playing cooperatively, the host will be dropped into a solo offline session. As well, the new update introduces Single-Player Pausing, allowing you time to adjust your kit, or pause the action, entirely.
Redfall is available on PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the Xbox Series.
Moon Studios dropped a new trailer during the Sony State of Play for their dark action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked, while also hinting at the long-awaited launch window for the full 1.0 release. The game, which has been in Early Access on Steam since April 2024, will be launching this October in full for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, while versions for the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 will arrive at a later date.
As a token of appreciation for supporters new and old, Moon Studios is offering an exclusive Early Access Founder’s Pack, a free limited edition bundle available for anyone who purchases the game on Steam prior to July 10, with rewards unlocking when 1.0 officially launches. PlayStation 5 users can receive the Early Access Founder’s Pack by pre-ordering the game once available, any time before launch day.
The Founder’s Pack includes:
- A New Secret Hideout: Spirit Cavern – The legacy of Moon Studios now lives inside No Rest for the Wicked, exclusively for Founders. A hand-crafted home that bridges both worlds.
- Sayer’s Vow: An all new Sword in the stone reserved just for the founders that only early adopters can extract in the game world.
- A Custom Founders Tag ensures players are clearly identified as early adopters.
- As a Founder member, players will get access to an exclusive Public Beta Test Realm reserved just for them, even after the 1.0 game launch.
As for the full 1.0 release, it will be a massive expansion of the core experience, introducing a staggering 60+ hours of new content, a new horde mode, powerful new weapons, bosses and enemies, new areas and a completely reimagined class system.
In No Rest for the Wicked, players take on the role of a “Cerim,” a member of a holy order imbued with mysterious powers, tasked with destroying the Pestilence, an ancient plague that has begun to consume the island Isola Sacra, itself already the site of great political upheaval and death.