Remedy's new CEO is a former sports betting guy and EA executive who aims to 'scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value'

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• grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Into the ground, you say?

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  • jasoman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    With AI and microtransactions you say!

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    • justastranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Microtransactions are for pussies, macrotransactions are where it’s at

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    • Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Are their offices rent controlled?

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  • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Image

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• 5oap10116@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Nnooooo

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  • Paradachshund@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “Art is something that we think is a little outdated in the modern business landscape” - this guy probably.

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    • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      "Art isn’t about artistic expression. Billions of people make paintings and most of them go unseen. Museums, on the other hand… They don’t make paintings, they make experiences. For a nominal entry fee, consumers have access to an evolving and ever-changing catalog of content.

      This is the future we envision here at Remedy. High quality games that build upon themselves, creating an experience that grows with the player. For that reason, we’re announcing that the Alan Wake series will no longer be individual games, but instead a live-service experience with episodic content."

      • also that guy probably

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  • popcar2@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They were already building lasting value.

    Not… Really. Alan Wake 2 under-performed and reportedly broke even 2 years after release. FBC Firebreak was a huge failure. It’s not surprising to me that they’re gonna pursue money harder. I hope Control 2 is good, at least.

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    • Comrade_Spood@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I imagine locking Alan Wake 2 to the EGS on pc probably did not help their sales there. FBC I feel like had no excuse though

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    • AgentRocket@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      IMO Alan Wake 2 could have performed much better if it wasn’t an Epic exclusive, but from what I heard, because of that deal, Remedy got their development cost back before the game officially broke even.

      Don’t know what to think of Firebreak, because it’s a genre i don’t like (coop) and that doesn’t go well with Remedys biggest strength, the storytelling. Until recently i didn’t even know the game existed.

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• FirmDistribution@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  "build lasting value.

  Oh no, he’s already using investor lingo

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• ieatpwns@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Welp any hopes I had for more of the control universe after resonant just got trashed

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  • aksdb@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you hold Control that high, then no worries: everything will be under Control.

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    • ieatpwns@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      😎👉👉

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  • slimerancher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Oh, I won’t worry about that, even if things go bad, it’s an already established universe with lots of fans, perfect for their next live service game setting.

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  • criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You’ll get control legends with loot boxes and micro transactions.

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    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Every artifact is a lootbox instead

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• itkovian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  RIP Remedy.

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• BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  RIP Remedy 😭

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• SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And another studio dead and gone.

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• catalyst@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Well shit. I hope the supposedly in development Control 2 manages to come out somewhat unscathed before things go fully downhill.

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  • Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There is already a trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhQm-ExRz60

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• omarfw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  RIP remedy

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  • Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yup. It’s dead.

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• _Nico198X_@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  i hate capitalism. so very, very much.

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• CreamyJalapenoSauce@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  All my dreams for Control 2 just went up in smoke

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  • carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Control 2 should hopefully be fine as the CEO is new and it is scheduled for the first half of the year (They told investors 2026H2 and no one would lie to investors /s). Not so sure about anything else.

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    • slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Barel enough time left to add some microtransaction

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  • Tronn4@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Control 2026. Control 2027. Control 2028

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    • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nah. It’ll be an online hero shooter.

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• Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Smells cooked to me.

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• I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just don’t overextend, Remedy. Stay in your niche you dumbasses. Stay unique. No one cares about Firebreak exactly because it is just some lame copycat bullshit.

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  • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I didn’t know Firebreak existed (or forgot it). Doesn’t look like anything that makes me want to buy and play. I am not against the idea of the game, its just not exiting (unless you have friends or family who are exited for this). Looks like a forced multiplayer live service game on a developer who are known for interesting single player games… where did we saw that before? (Anthem, Suicide Squad, Marvel’s Avengers)

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well that’s an ominous headline if ever I saw one.

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• thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Remedy is cooked.

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• THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Well they’re done.

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• mohab@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Of course, they announce a DMC-like Control sequel and go apeshit right after… I swear this genre is cursed.

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• Pazintach@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There goes another good studio. RIP.

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• devolution@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Poor Sam Lake.

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• noobdoomguy8658@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  RIP, thanks for the fun.

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• 73ms@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Hopefully it won’t be like Nokia and Stephen Elop.

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  • slimerancher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    At the time I was sure Elop is some kind of undercover agent from Microsoft.

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    • rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah, I was of the same mind right from the start and people just looked at me funny when I mentioned it. All I could do was just watch in horror from the sidelines. In Finland.

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• biotin7@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Remedy is fucked. Not that I mind, I never liked their newer games. The only game I ever liked from Remedy is Max Payne

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• SabinStargem@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is the TRUE American Nightmare. Rest in peace, Mr. Wake.

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• Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well hopefully at least we’ll get one more good game out of them with Control 2. Maybe also the Max Payne remake. Hopefully they’re too far along for Mr. Shareholder Speak is able to fuck it up. But I guess we’ll see.

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• SystemL@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just make sam lake the ceo bruh

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• bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fuck that shit

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• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  ‘scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value’

  Checks corpo-speak to English dictionary:

  Lasting value is cash: Scale plan: First down, drastically, then bisect as many times as possible, then sell off the chunks to the highest bidders.

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• zecg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Remedy’s cooked, though I like their games enough that I’ll gladly pay up to 25€ a year after it’s out for a single-player experience with no need for an online connection and no added live service “value”, also provided it doesn’t come with denuvo.

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• rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  “We are absolutely cooked, chat.” - Alan Wake (writer)

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