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Remedy announces Control 2 for PS5, Xbox, and PC

Remedy renews its partnership with 505 Games for Control 2, while still working on other projects, including Alan Wake 2

Remedy Entertainment announced Control 2 is in the works for PC, Xbox, and PS5, a sequel to the multi-award-winning Control that first launched in 2019. The news isn’t entirely a surprise, as Remedy previously announced several projects were in development, including new titles set in the Control universe. 

One of those, a multiplayer game developed in partnership with Tencent that may or may not be Control related, still remains under wraps, but the other, previously called Project Heron, is the newly-announced sequel.

The team signed an agreement to co-develop and co-publish Control 2 with 505 Games, who previously published the original Control and are known for their diverse portfolio, including games such as Death Stranding, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, and the indie battle royale Gunfire Reborn.

“Since its launch in 2019, Control has sold over 3 million copies,” Rami and Raffi Galante, co-CEOs of 505 Games, said in the announcement. “Control is the biggest investment 505 Games has ever made, so it has a special place in our hearts. We are grateful to the whole player community that has made Control such a long-lasting and loved game, and are even more excited to bring out Control 2.”

Remedy didn’t provide an estimated Control 2 release date, nor did the studio share much information about what to expect from it.

Meanwhile, Remedy is also still working on Alan Wake 2, first announced at The Game Awards 2021 and kept under wraps since.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

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New Control games going well at Remedy, due 2023-2025

Short version: things are going pretty good and they’ll keep going great when the games come out over the next three years. Alan Wake 2, Max Payne remastered, a Control spin-off, and a “bigger Control game” are all proceeding apace.

Just when you think the financial reports are done, another rolls around. Remedy, developers of Max Payne, Alan Wake, and Control, have put their results and plans forward for another year. Short version: things are going pretty good and they’ll keep going great when the games come out over the next three years. Alan Wake 2, Max Payne remastered, a Control spin-off, and a “bigger Control game” are all proceeding apace.

So speaks CEO Tero Virtala in the earnings report. Development costs were actually down versus the final quarter of last year, as were royalties as the drop-off from Control continues. However, Virtala reports that they have multiple years of development contracts on the go with various partners, securing their future. He hopes that royalties will bring a surprise boost to that.

Very little mention is made of the release of Crossfire HD and Crossfire X, for which Remedy developed the single-player. Originally exciting as a western port of one of the most-played FPS games in Asia, it was absolutely slaughtered in reviews and by players. Much of this came for the pay-to-win multiplayer, but the single-player didn’t set anyone’s heart alight either.

In better news, all their development projects are going well, including Alan Wake 2 and two Control games. While neither is specifically called out as a sequel, there is a larger one as well as a spin-off. Virtala mentions multiple times that they expect to release games between 2023 and 2025, so we’ll be waiting until then for these.

Written by Ben Barrett on behalf of GLHF.