Game Overview:
FBC: Firebreak is a multiplayer first-person shooter developed and published by Remedy Entertainment.
It is a spinoff to Control.
Exploding Exogenic Masses, a Furnace overtaking an entire sector, and more await Firebreakers who venture into the Oldest House.
Remedy's Thomas Puha notes that the budget, team size, amount of content and day-one features are all "intricately linked."
Cross-progression could arrive later, as Remedy's Julian Fondum says the backend allows for "a bunch of things down the line."
Despite lower hardware requirements than Remedy's Alan Wake 2, the co-op shooter facilitates many contemporary PC features.
Remedy wants to "ensure you never feel like you're forced to play" and "make it as fast as possible" to get into missions.
From the Piggy Bank and Garden Gnome to the Teapot, each Altered Augment adds a powerful yet unstable new spin to each Tool.
Remedy Entertainment outlines some of the tasks and special tools to utilize when dealing with The Oldest House's biggest threats.
The first responders battle through the Executive Sector teeming with hostiles and attempt to curtail rogue sticky notes from propagating.
Set after the events of Control, the co-op first-person shooter will launch later this year for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC.
Remedy Entertainment wants as many people to play its co-op shooter as possible, so lower PC requirements are a priority.
Remedy wants FBC: Firebreak's features to help tell emergent stories that are only possible in multiplayer thanks to the players.
Remedy Entertainment is expecting 3-4 million units sold for Control 2 to be the mark where it doubles its investment, and 3 million for FBC: Firebreak.
The co-op first-person shooter features the same location as Remedy's Control, where players embody first responders to various threats.
The developer also outlined Crisis Kits, which offer different weapons, grenades, support tools, and "paranatural augments."
The first-person shooter isn't a games-as-a-service title but will receive content post-launch. It's also coming to Game Pass and PS Plus Extra/Premium on day one.
Meanwhile, Control 2 is in the final leg of the proof-of-concept stage, while Max Payne 1 and 2 Remake is also gearing up to enter full production.
"I'd like to think we have realistic expectations," says Thomas Puha, "but also be realistic that you never can plan and prepare for everything."
Control's The Oldest House will act as the primary setting for the multiplayer game currently codenamed Condor.
The three projects will have an "increased development pace" thanks to personnel freed up from the launch of Alan Wake 2.
Remedy Entertainment announced back in 2021 that it was working on a co-op multiplayer spinoff set in the Control universe, codenamed Condor.
On Condor, Remedy says it is "now in a better position to create a game players can engage with for years."
"Codename Condor, together with Control 2, will expand the Control brand, which will be one of Remedy’s cornerstones for years to come," the studio says.
Codename Condor is a spin-off of the Control series, while Heron is a "bigger budget" Control title. Vanguard is a F2P title developed with Tencent.
While Condor presently remains in the proof-of-concept stage, the bigger budget Control title is currently in the concept stage.
Remedy Entertainment has signed an agreement with 505 Games for the title and will also develop a "bigger-budget" Control game
