The studio says its free-to-play co-op shooter's development is moving at a faster rate, but still remains in the proof-of-concept stage.
"Alan Wake 2 is on its way to becoming a great game and has everyone excited at Remedy," the developer says about its survival horror title.
"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.
"We expect the project to keep advancing well and with that, the team size will expand gradually towards year-end," the developer says.
According to XboxEra's Nick Baker, the survival horror title is "pretty far along," which is in line with Remedy stating it would launch in 2023.
The studio behind Max Payne, Alan Wake, Control, and more has updated its logo for the first time in over 20 years.
"It is being temporarily removed due to some licenses that expired that were in the process of being renewed," the developer says.
Microsoft says it's working behind the scenes to get Remedy Entertainment's sci-fi shooter back on the service as soon as possible.
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Remedy Entertainment reiterates that its long-awaited survival horror sequel is making good progress behind the scenes and will launch this year.
The third-person shooter released in August 2019 for Xbox One, PS4 and PC before coming to Xbox Series X/S and PS5 with the Ultimate Edition.
Starting with Alan Wake 2 in 2023, Remedy Entertainment plans to release a new game ever year, on top of "additional free and paid content."
Remedy says the game, which is due out sometime this year, will soon be content-complete, following which the developer will shift focus to polishing the experience.
However, those familiar with the Remedy Connected Universe will find plenty of "connections, pieces of lore, and familiar characters".
Along with no new content and servers closing down, access to Remedy Entertainment's single-player "Operations" is also being removed.
"Gameplay, narrative, atmosphere, music – it’s all singing from the same hymn sheet," says game director Kyle Rowley.
"I feel like I never left Alan Wake behind. There was always the full intention to return to him," says creative director Sam Lake.
Remedy Entertainment has confirmed that Codename Heron is a "full-blown" sequel to Control, and it's being co-developed and co-published with 505 Games.
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.
