Management and Alan Wake developer Remedy Leisure has named Jean-Charles Gaudechon as its new CEO.
The corporate’s board of administrators introduced the information with a post on its website at this time. Co-founder Markus Mäki will proceed to function interim CEO till the management change takes impact March 1, 2026.
“I’m excited and honored to affix Remedy at a pivotal time,” Gaudechon stated in an announcement. “The studio has a novel artistic identification and a robust pipeline. My dedication is to guard what makes it particular, ship distinctive video games, and scale Remedy in a method that builds lasting worth.”
Mäki took over as interim CEO after former Remedy CEO, Tero Virtala, resigned from his place in October 2025. It was a sudden shakeup that arrived after the studio’s summer season multiplayer FPS and its first self-published recreation, FBC: Firebreak, didn’t impress on a industrial and significant degree (we gave it a 6/10). Virtala was with Remedy for simply over 9 years, leaving the Espoo, Finland-based recreation firm to seek for a long-term alternative.
We now know Gaudechon has been picked to fill the function. His expertise in the trade has seen him serve at EA as a studio head and government producer over titles like Battlefield Heroes, in addition to a normal supervisor and government producer for Eve On-line developer CCP Video games. Now, he’ll oversee an organization he says “has the voice and the ambition to be a pillar of the trade’s future.”
“We’ll keep near gamers, earn their time and belief, and strengthen our independence in how we construct and publish our video games, whereas persevering with to work carefully with the companions who’ve supported us alongside the best way,” the soon-to-be CEO added. “I will likely be transferring to Finland with my household and I’m extremely enthusiastic about attending to work immediately with the group on the studio.”
In the meantime, followers of Remedy’s work are wanting ahead to its mind-bending sequel, Management: Resonant. Introduced at the 2025 Recreation Awards, the follow-up is anticipated to launch someday this 12 months for PC and consoles. Max Payne 1 and a pair of remakes are additionally in improvement and anticipated to launch at an unspecified level in the long run.
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