Treatment’s Control spin-off shooter, FBC: Firebreak, has topped a million gamers. Whereas the sport is free-to-play for Xbox Recreation Cross and PS Plus subscribers, the studio known as it a “important milestone,” regardless of acknowledging “there may be nonetheless a lot of work forward of us.”
“As of final evening, now we have surpassed 1 million gamers in FBC: Firebreak. That is a important milestone, so thanks for enjoying from all of us at Treatment,” the studio stated in a post on social media.
“We all know there may be nonetheless a lot of work forward of us, and we’re super-motivated about it. We’ve a lot of thrilling issues cooking for Firebreak gamers! Extra about that quickly.”
Final week, the crew recognized a drawback with “the primary hour expertise,” saying that FBC: Firebreak’s opening gameplay was not “a nice expertise on account of a mixture of issues,” together with points with onboarding, poorly defined techniques and instruments, and “a lack of readability as to what to do within the Jobs and do the work successfully.” The developer additionally stated: “the ability fantasy is not nice within the first hours of the sport as beginning weapons really feel weak, and unlocking higher-tier weapons requires a bit an excessive amount of grinding.”
“Proper now, regardless of how sparse the story can appear in moments, there’s a lot of enjoyable available wrangling erratic monsters in Treatment’s spectacularly absurd bureaucratic setting,” we wrote in IGN’s FBC: Firebreak overview in progress. “I’ll be enjoying extra this week and wrap up this overview as quickly as I’ve examined the boundaries of Treatment’s chaotic cooperative job simulator.”
Treatment additionally not too long ago confirmed its plans for ongoing help post-launch, together with two new Jobs (missions) coming in 2025. Extra updates will arrive in 2026, the developer stated. All playable content material launched submit launch, akin to Jobs, will likely be free to all gamers. Players have the choice to purchase cosmetics, however none of this stuff will have an effect on gameplay, and there will likely be no limited-time rotations or day by day log-ins, Treatment insisted.
It is a busy time for Alan Wake developer Treatment, which has a quantity of initiatives on the go. As nicely as FBC: Firebreak, it is engaged on Control 2 and the Max Payne and Max Payne 2 remake compilation.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years expertise working with some of the world’s greatest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.