The first Job, Hotfix, is now playable at Clearance Level 3 from the start. Gear and cosmetics have also been separated in Requisitions.
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Players matchmaking through "Select Job" should see some improvements. Cross-platform matchmaking has also improved overall.
Learn more about the events afflicting the Federal Bureau of Control in the new co-op shooter, out now on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC.
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Remedy's Thomas Puha also confirms support for 3D audio, haptic feedback and adaptive triggers on Sony's consoles at launch.
Players will receive two new Jobs and locations, additional gameplay systems, enemies, equipment, and more for free this year.
It also provides the first look at perks, which offer passive effects like additional grenades, bullets with status effects, and more.
Post-launch plans also include more end-game systems and Remedy even confirms an appearance by the Stapler from Control.
The co-op shooter launches on June 17th and requires 30 GB of installation space on a solid-state drive, regardless of other hardware.
FBC: Firebreak is a three-player co-op shooter set in the Control universe, where players battle supernatural threats within the ever-shifting Oldest House.
Remedy's co-op shooter will support both features when it launches on June 17th for PC (alongside Xbox Series X/S and PS5).
Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC players can sign up to help test the matchmaking and balancing, though access isn't guaranteed.
"If we create an excellent game and it happens to sell four million or five million units, then we are really happy," says Remedy's CEO.
Remedy Entertainment is taking a page out of Helldivers 2 with its Requisitions, offering cosmetics that are unlockable in nonlinear order.
Remedy's multiplayer title will be playable on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC while also launching on Game Pass and PS Plus Extra/Premium.
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.
