Remedy has released its 2023 annual report, and with it comes new details regarding Codename Condor, a spin-off game of Control that is currently in development for PC and consoles, described by the company as being its “first step towards service-based games,” with a development budget of €25 million ($27.1 million). The report also touches upon Remedy’s other projects, including Control 2, complemented by what appears to be early concept art from the upcoming sequel.
Remedy on live-service games, and how Condor will be one of them:
- “Service-based fixed price games with additional payable downloadable content can become an increasingly important commercial model for Remedy in the future.”
- “These are premium games that may have a lower initial price point but a long tail of revenue through updates, game expansions and potentially microtransactions.”
- “For these games, a key differentiator is the post-launch live operations phase meant to keep players engaged for years. This model will be used for example in codename Condor, a multiplayer spin-off game of Control.”
Remedy’s upcoming projects include:
Remedy on Condor:
Codename Condor, a co-operative multiplayer spin-off game of Control, is our first step towards service-based games. During the year, we learned a great deal about developing such games, and the game team envisioned and successfully proved a strong game concept. The project moved into the production readiness stage, and we are looking forward to moving on with full production in 2024.
Discussion (6 replies)
Join Discussion →It's a shame these all are so far out.
I'm really looking forward to the Max Payne remake. I'm curious how much of the story they are going to rework to fit it into the Alan Wake Universe?
Who the heck thinks live service games are desirable?
I never made it through the first one even though I really thought I would. Just too much back tracking combined with the visual style just bored me to death. Given Remedy's involvement with Epic its no big surprise for the push for live service since they've got to find a new cash cow somewhere. I'm glad that Alan Wake 2 came with my laptop so at some point I'll put more time into checking it out but I doubt Control 2 will be on my list but I do hope the best for them. They created successfully created a new IP and that's not an easy thing.
I loved control and thought it was fun backtracking and all. But I'm old school. Not sure about Alan Wake though. Never got into the first one.
A love service spinoff is a big ? For me. The only love service takes I've really bought into are tru MMORPG. not looter shooters. So depends on the style I guess.
I think I'm just not into games with a lot of back tracking. I've tried more than a few, and completed some, but by the time I'm done I'm pretty burnt out with them so these days as soon as I notice I'm caught in that rut I usually stop.
Remedy's quality is trending down. Max Payne was great, Max Payne 2 maybe even better, but then Alan Wake while still good nowhere near the level of Max Payne. Then Control was a mixed bag it had good bits but the constant backtracking and the useless map combined with maze like levels drove me crazy. I haven't played Alan Wake 2, but from what I've heard it fits the downward trend.