Something to look forward to: This yr's E3 had plenty of updates on games nosotros know are coming. Bethesda gave us a new teaser for Starfield with a release appointment of Nov 11, 2022. Nosotros got our outset look at Avatar Frontiers of Pandora. And Nintendo updated u.s. on the next Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game. As exciting as some of those games are, it was refreshing to meet something unexpected sally.

Among the plethora of E3 game reveals and updates, Microsoft and Bethesda announced Redfall, a four-thespian co-op shooter in the vein of Left iv Dead. Even so, players face off against powerful vampires in Redfall rather than the shambling hordes of zombies in L4D.

Rumors of Redfall emerged back in 2022 when Bethesda practical for a trademark on the name. Initial speculation was that it was perhaps going to be the subtitle for The Elder Scrolls Vi. These assumptions were based mainly on a play on the word "Redguards," a race of humans from Hammerfell in TES lore, but also because information technology fell nicely into the TES one-give-and-take-subtitle naming scheme—Skyrim, Oblivion, Daggarfall, etc. As it turns out, Redfall is the name of an entirely new intellectual holding.

In the game, Redfall, Massachusetts is the setting for the action, hence the name. Redfall is a "quaint isle town," or at least information technology was until vampires took over. These are not your garden diverseness vampires, though. They were created past a genetic experiment gone wrong. They can evolve and develop new and unique powers.

Somehow the fiends figured out a way to block out the lord's day and close off the island to travel, isolating its residents creating a paradise where they could freely roam day or nighttime to feed. The only thing standing in their style are the vampire slayers.

Upwards to four players tin ring together, choosing a "hero from a diverse roster," says Bethesda. By "diverse roster," it means just four characters (above left to right)—ex-war machine sharpshooter gone rogue Jacob Boyer, Redfall resident with telekinetic powers Layal Ellison, Navy gainsay specialist Remi De La Rosa with her robot sidekick, and paranormal investigator and gadget master Devinder Crousley.

Information technology is an open up-world game, presumably with some RPG elements considering the various powers and weaponry the heroes possess (masthead video). However, Microsoft describes it primarily equally a offset-person shooter. Either way, information technology sounds fun.

Dishonored developer Arkane has been working on Redfall at its US-based studio in Austin, Texas. It doesn't have a definite release date nailed down, but Bethesda expects to evangelize the goods erstwhile in the summer of next twelvemonth on Xbox and PC. Sorry PlayStation fans. It does not wait like yous volition see some other Bethesda title for a while since being bought out by Microsoft.