Remedy Leisure has acquired full rights to the Control collection from 505 Games. The developer stated it’s now in the place to make higher long-term selections of Control’s franchise development.
“We’ll contemplate our choices fastidiously, figuring out that Control is taken into account a beautiful franchise by many companions,” stated Remedy CEO Tero Virtala in a press release. “Condor and Control 2 have each progressed effectively in latest months and we count on these tasks to achieve their subsequent improvement phases throughout the first half of 2024.”
In the deal, Remedy paid 17 million euros, and now owns all of the rights to Control, Control 2, codename Condor, and all future video games in the collection. Nonetheless, 505 Games will stay the writer of the first Control recreation till the finish of 2024 by means of a transition interval.
The 17 million euros determine represents the quantity that 505 Games has paid for the improvement of Condor and Control 2 to this point, together with a minor premium. With the success of Control and Alan Wake 2, Remedy defined that it now can determine whether or not to self-publish Control 2 and Condor, or negotiate for higher offers with a unique writer.
Control 2 and Codename Condor had been introduced again in 2022, the latter of which is a multiplayer recreation set in the Control universe. Neither has a launch date but, however Control 2 has been confirmed to launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
Remedy Leisure can be at present engaged on remakes of Max Payne and Max Payne 2, but it surely’ll be some time till we hear about any extra updates for these.
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