Any future Control games will also be fully owned by the Finnish developers. It sounds like there might be at least a few of those, too, as Remedy’sannouncementnotes that “having acquired the full rights to Control, Condor and Control 2, Remedy is now in a position to make the right product and business decisions focusing on long-term franchise growth”. As someone who still believes that Control is Remedy’s best game to date - despite how much I adored Alan Wake 2 - that’s music (likely played by an eardrum-bleeding, teleporting/flesh-eating Object of Power stereo) to my ears.
Whether Remedy will look for a new publisher for Control 2 and Condor - andany future Control titles- or put them out themselves remains to be seen.
“This transaction will enable us to negotiate better deals for current and future Control games,” the studio said. “We can now weigh up the options between self-publishing and a new publishing partner for Condor and Control 2. At the same time, we are in a better negotiating position than before as Control is an established brand and Alan Wake 2 has been successful. “
Remedy CEO Tero Virtala reiterated that Control 2 and Condor are both expected to move to their next stages of development in the first half of this year, having “progressed well” in recent months - helped by the Alan Wake 2 team shifting over to the projects, alongside theMax Payneremakes.
