Remedy Entertainmentis known for making some unique story-driven games that often focus on a blend of eerie sci-fi elements set behind a mystery.Control,for instance, follows the player as they seek to find their missing brother in a facility that has been taken over by an extra-dimensional entity.Alan Wakehas the titular novelist following the trail of his missing wife. Essentially,Remedyis a studio that gamers are often interested in, leading to a lot of intrigue when in a recent earnings report it provided updates on five upcoming titles that it had in the works.
Remedy’s CEO Tero Virtala made some comments following the publishing of its financial earnings report. First, Virtala tackled the upcoming and highly anticipated sequel toAlan Wake.Alan Wake 2was given its announcement trailer at the Game Awards 2021, but since then there haven’t been too many details unveiled about how the game besides the fact it will be a survival horror title. This led some to think thatAlan Wake 2could be years off, but Virtala is hoping that the game will be available in 2023, as he states “Alan Wake 2is in the full production stage.”
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Alan Wake 2will not be the action-adventure experience of the first game, and will have survival horror elements. However, it’s currently unknown what those will look like as the game has only recently revealed concept art alongside the release ofAlan Wake’sanniversary update. The next game Remedy spoke about wasCodename Vanguard, which will be co-published with Tencent. Not much is known aboutCodename Vanguard, but it will be a live-service title with cooperative elements. According to Virtala,Codename Vanguardhas made good progress recently.
The next couple of games are also givenCodenametitles, and are both spin-offs ofControl.Codename Condoris currently in the proof-of-concept stage, whileCodename Heronis in the concept stage as prototyping continues.Codename Heronis reportedly the bigger game of the two, with speculation and reports mostly leaning towards the fact that it will bea sequel toControl. According to Remedy, both of these titles are currently focused on having the right technology and tools to serve future games in its lineup.
Making up the last of the five games are the remasters ofMax Payne. While Remedy is working on remaking bothMax Payne 1and2, the games will be released as one as per the company’s agreement with Rockstar. Even with the first twoMax Paynegames getting the remaster treatment, some fans would’ve liked to see thetrilogy ofMax Paynegames be remasteredto complete the collection.
