Rather than Redfall demanding quiet, surgical strikes against unaware targets, stealth is a tool to aid in the exploration of Arkane’s first urban open world. “Stealth is important to this game, but this is not a stealth game,” says Smith. But, like Deathloop, that doesn’t mean the beloved stealth vs action choice that characterises so many of Arkane’s games isn’t part of Redfall’s DNA. That understanding perhaps informed Arkane Austin’s decision to lean towards the action ambitions of Deathloop (created by sister studio Arkane Lyon), rather than Dishonored’s sneaky sensibilities. It's even more likely that things are going off the rails.” It's more likely that it becomes something new. “As soon as you have a second person, if that person is another idealised Arkane fan, there are times when the game still feels like with another person,” he says. That said, Smith recognises that the experience is transformed when other players join the party. “We set out to do the most ambitious thing we possibly could,” Smith assures me. Those fears weren’t baseless either with Arkane’s history of critical success but commercial struggles, it was easy to believe a co-op shooter was the studio’s attempt to make something more mainstream. It had also argued that Mojang’s short-lived card-game Scrolls infringed on Bethesda’s fantasy RPG trademark.Fans of the studio’s previous work will no doubt be relieved that all those elements are accounted for and that Redfall isn’t, as some feared, a Left 4 Dead replica. The company hasn’t been shy in flexing its legal muscles on smaller developers, forcing Praey for the Gods to change its name to avoid confusion with Arkane’s Prey. It’s hard to feel sympathy for Zenimax over the dispute. “My lawyers made attempts to contact gaming company to work out a simple licensing deal for them to use my Redfall name,” said Falconer, in a response on Twitter to the GamesRadar article. If this is for the fantasy RPG franchise, it might even be for on-going MMO The Elder Scrolls Online.Īccording to Falconer, lawyers representing him and his publisher attempted to discuss a licensing deal with Zenimax but were met with silence. While the delay may disappoint some, it’s not like the next Elder Scrolls was due out anytime soon anyway.Īll this being said, there's no sign that this relates to The Elder Scroll IP, let alone the forthcoming sixth numbered entry. It’s very possible the next in Bethesda’s long-running series would be titled The Elder Scrolls: Redfall and ZeniMax was looking to secure the trademark as soon as possible. It is still pending with the respective US and Canadian IP bodies, USPTO and CIPO. ZeniMax applied for the Redfall trademark in September 2018 and so far it has seemingly only been successfully registered with World Intellectual Property Office. This was first reported by YouTuber SkullziTV - as spotted by GamesRadar - who suggests that The Elder Scrolls 6 could be delayed until 2021 while the case is fought. That comes from author Jay Falconer, who believes ZeniMax is infringing on the title of his Redfall series of science fiction novels. ZeniMax has been hit with a dispute after applying to trademark the word “Redfall.”
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