It is worth noting that while Arkane has already released one game since Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda, the first-person shooter Deathloop, the release of Redfall on Xbox Game Pass on the same day as its official launch is a new and potentially daunting experience for the studio.

It is unclear at this time what, if any, impact this may have on the scope or quality of the game. Smith also described Redfall as Arkane’s “pandemic game,” as it was primarily developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with GamesRadar, Arkane Studios director Harvey Smith referred to the release of Redfall on Xbox Game Pass as “kind of shocking” and “scary in a way,” due to the sheer number of players that could potentially access the game at launch, resulting in a larger volume of feedback than the team had anticipated. However, it is still anticipated that Starfield will be released in the first half of 2023, so it is possible that the delay of Redfall will not affect the release of the other game. This has caused some concern about the potential impact on the release date of Bethesda’s open-world sci-fi RPG, Starfield, which was previously expected to launch after Redfall. However, recent leaks have suggested that there has been another internal delay for the game, potentially pushing its release date back even further, potentially to May 2023. Redfall, which is being developed for PC and Xbox Series X, was originally slated for a 2022 release, but the date was pushed back to the first half of 2023. This marks the first time that an Arkane Studios game will have a day-one release on Xbox Game Pass, and it is likely that all future games from the studio will follow suit.

Arkane Studios, the developer behind the highly anticipated game Redfall, has expressed some shock and fear at the prospect of the game being released on Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription service on the day of its launch.

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