Remedy Entertainment (Alan Wake 2) announces news about Control 2, which will take a new direction and promises free content for the first game soon.
As part of its Capital Markets Day presentation, Remedy Entertainment once again communicated about Alan Wake 2, after recently announcing that the game was finally profitable. More than a year after its release on PS5 and Xbox Series Although there isn’t much information, the studio wanted to make some interesting revelations about the future Control 2.
Control 2 is already based on an action-RPG orientation
This year Remedy Entertainment negotiated with 505 Games to acquire the rights to the very good Control and thereby gain full power to develop this universe. As you probably know, there is already a sequel in the works alongside an FBC Firebreak multiplayer game. A second episode that will do it “A new leap into the unknown” at Remedy. “It will be an unexpected journey. It will take some time, but at least I can say that it is the most exciting project I have ever worked on. explained director Mikael Kasurinen.
The development of Control 2 is progressing well, as in 2023 the studio announced that it had decided on the visual identity of this sequel and that it had had time to study the world building as well as the mechanics. During a new meeting with investors, Remedy Entertainment made more revelations, including a big announcement about the nature of the Control 2, an action RPG.
To what extent we don’t know, but we seem to be an evolution of the previous game and its expansions AWE & The Foundation. Additionally, when releasing this second paid DLC, the team had overhauled the way skill trees worked to allow for point reallocation. In Control there was already the option to purchase skills, weapons and mods for them with rarity ranks. Remedy also said it aims to sell 3 million to 4 million units of this suite over its life cycle.
A first work that will soon be available on Mac, since the studio has announced that Control Ultimate Edition will be available on the Apple platform on February 12, 2025. After all, that’s what Remedy promised “Control will receive a free update in early 2025, allowing you to unlock previously released content.”. Free content… like the paid extensions currently? It will be a surprise…
Source: Remedy Entertainment.
