It is a good day for followers of the Alan Wake and Control universes. Remedy Leisure introduced at this time it is partnering with Annapurna Interactive to work on movie, TV, and “different audiovisual codecs” primarily based on these franchises…in addition to assist fund the upcoming Control 2.
In a press launch, Remedy and Annapurna revealed that Annapurna would function a co-production and co-financing associate on Control 2. Remedy will stay targeted on creating that and different video games, whereas Annapurna takes the lead on multimedia diversifications.
“This take care of Remedy is not nearly adapting nice video games—-it’s about breaking new floor in how corporations can collaborate,” stated Hector Sanchez, former head of Unreal Engine video games enterprise at Epic and recently-named president of interactive and new media at Annapurna.
“By backing Remedy’s transfer towards self-publishing, we’re placing our religion of their imaginative and prescient. We all know from expertise that Remedy is a first-class video games growth associate, and we’re excited to share their work with a good wider viewers by bringing the Control and Alan Wake universes to movie, tv and past.”
We gave Alan Wake 2 a 9/10 when it got here out final 12 months, calling it a “excellent survival horror sequel that makes the cult-classic unique seem to be little greater than a tough first draft by comparability.” Remedy not too long ago launched Alan Wake 2’s first DLC, Night time Springs, with a second DLC deliberate for October. In the meantime, Control 2 was not too long ago introduced to be in a “manufacturing readiness stage” at Remedy, whereas Max Payne 1 & 2 remake has entered full manufacturing. Control 2 remains to be anticipated to be a number of years away.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Received a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.