Laid-off Arkane staff returned to shuttered studio to ship Redfall's final update

Six or seven former Arkane Austin developers signed forms allowing them back into their closed studio after Microsoft's May 2024 layoffs to release Redfall's version 1.4 on May 30, 2024 — adding an offline mode and long-promised features nearly a month after the closure was announced. Former co-creative director Harvey Smith disclosed the arrangement in an interview with The Game Business.