{
  "id": 2119425,
  "title": "Redfall developers begged Microsoft to come back and finish its last patch: 'I know we don't work here anymore, but can we please release this?'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/redfall-developers-begged-microsoft-to-come-back-and-finish-its-last",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:38:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/game-development/redfall-developers-begged-microsoft-to-come-back-and-finish-its-last-patch-i-know-we-dont-work-here-anymore-but-can-we-please-release-this/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Redfall, a critically panned game developed by Arkane Austin, has been revealed to be a victim of poor development practices. The studio's founder, Harvey Smith, expressed regret over Arkane's decision to transition to a live-service model, saying the company was \"swept up in the games-as-a-service thing.\" This change came shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic and the great resignation, which led to a chaotic development cycle filled with bizarre events like fires, alien sightings, and natural disasters.\n\nDespite the game's poor reception, Arkane's director Smith pleaded with Microsoft to allow his team to release a patch that addressed thousands of bugs. Microsoft agreed, allowing six or seven former employees to return to the office and release patch 1.4. Though the patch couldn't save Redfall from its perceived obscurity, it showed that with proper post-launch support, the game could have been redeemed. PC Contributor Rick Lane noted that while Redfall still falls short of its potential, the update demonstrates that Arkane could have made the game better with continued development.",
  "summary": "\"We then got laid off, but we had in the pipe version 1.4.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}