Just over a year ago, developer Arkane Austin and publishers Bethesda Softworks and Microsoft released the heavily promoted vampire-themed shooter Redfall for the Xbox Series X|S and the PC. However, the reviews were mixed and players were not enthusiastic about the game after launch.
Indeed, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer later said "there is nothing more difficult for me than disappointing the Xbox community" and pledged that the company would "revisit our process" when it came to evaluating and testing a game before its launch.
Before its release, Microsoft promoted a special $99.99 Redfall Bite Back edition. Among other things, it was supposed to give its buyers access to a Hero Pass, which would deliver additional DLC content after the launch of the game. The DLC is supposed to offer "two future heroes" at some point.
However, Redfall has received little in terms of new content updates to the game since its original release in May 2023. Specifically, Arkane Austin has rolled out three updates. One was released in June 2023 with a number of bug fixes and improvements. The second patch was launched in October which added the Performance Mode for the Xbox version along with a long list of fixes and improvements.
The last patch was released in November, which added a new weapon among the bug fixes. At that time the patch notes stated:
We"re continuing development of The Hero Pass and we"re excited to share more about Redfall"s new heroes and other updates later next year.
Six months after that patch, there"s been no word from Arkane Austin, Bethesda Softworks, or Microsoft about when or even if Redfall will get those promised new heroes. As Kotaku points out, even the game"s official X account has not seen a new post in a month. Perhaps we will learn more about Redfall during the Xbox Games Showcase on June 9.