The only thing we really know about Redfall’s release date is that it will launch sometime in the first six months of 2023 for PC and Xbox Series S/X, with rumors saying it will be towards the end of this time period. Fortunately, it seems that Arkane Austin is now ready to talk more about the adventure, which is generally a good sign that things are going pretty well with the development.
In an interview with GamesRadar co-creative director Ricardo Bare and studio director Harvey Smith share some insights into their sources of creative ideas for the co-op aspect. Bare explains that both Borderlands and Diablo are something they looked at for inspiration for Redfall:
“I can remember, as far back as working on Deus Ex – us as a group playing Diablo together, and then through the years then playing Diablo 2 together and then playing, you know, Borderlands and there’s just all these games that are super fun to play co-op, that when we’re not working on our kind of game we’re like playing these kinds of games together as friends. And we were like, ‘How can we have our peanut butter and chocolate together? Like, can we make the kind of games that we like, but somehow play them together?”
Smith, on the other hand, mentions classic Dungeons & Dragons instead, saying that role-playing is something the team behind Redfall often enjoys:
“I live in constant fear that people are going to figure out that we’re just D&D players who think video games could be cooler and deeper. D&D is the best co-op game of all time, and I think people would be shocked if they knew how much we have all played D&D together as a group, from Origin Systems to ION Storm to Arkane. I am currently in three different D&D campaigns, and I still play with Ricardo on Monday nights.”
Surely we all agree that there are far worse places to get inspiration for co-op from than just Borderlands, Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons? Our hype meter officially shot up, how do you feel?
