Redfall Anniversary Comes and Goes as Those Who Bought $100 Edition Still Await Promised DLC

Redfall's one year anniversary came and went on May 2, 2024 with no word from publisher Bethesda despite the widely panned game receiving no updates in six months and owners of the $100 edition still awaiting additional content.

As reported by Kotaku, fans who bought the $100 Bite Back Edition of Redfall, despite the base game being available day one at no additional cost to Xbox Game Pass subscribers, were hoping for an announcement regarding their missing downloadable content as an anniversary celebration.

No mention came from developer Arkane, Bethesda, or larger owner Xbox, however, leaving November 2023's patch notes as the last communication on this missing content. "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," Arkane said at the time. IGN has asked Bethesda for comment.

The Bite Back Edition, which is still available to purchase at full price, comes with a weapon skin, attachment, and alternative outfits for the four main characters alongside the Hero Pass, which promises two additional playable characters sometime after launch.

"Happy Redfall 1st anniversary," wrote Greaterdivinity on Reddit. "This is half a s**tpost because it doesn't seem Bethesda or Arkane or Microsoft have made mention of this milestone anywhere."

The comments were littered with players longing for any sort of update on Redfall. "Was really hoping they would have released something by now," said ThomasorTom. "A tweet or blog post or anything." Sawt0othgGrin added: "That's crazy the Bite Back Edition still hasn't been honored after a year."

Redfall's handful of post-launch updates didn't come particularly fast either, but this six month wait sets a new record. It took over a month for Arkane to release its first big patch for Redfall despite the launch being criticised for having bland missions, unengaging combat, poor AI enemies, struggling performance, myriad bugs, an always online requirement, and more.

It took five months for the Xbox Series X version to get 60 frames per second support, and Arkane upset fans again the following month when its third patch was headlined by a new sniper rifle instead of highly requested features like an offline mode. And this was the last fans heard.

In our 4/10 review, IGN said: "Redfall is a bafflingly bad time across the board. Plagued with bland missions, boneheaded enemies, and repeated technical problems, Redfall simply wasn't ready for daylight in this state."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.