Games @lemmy.world Damage @feddit.it 9 mo. ago

Remedy acquires full rights to the Control franchise from 505

www.destructoid.com Remedy acquires full rights to the Control franchise from 505

Remedy will take full control over Control

Today, on February 28, nearly five years after Control’s initial launch, Remedy Entertainment, the team behind the Alan Wake, Quantum Break, and Control series, released an announcement regarding a deal between them and 505 Games, detailing a full transition to Remedy acquiring full rights to the franchise. While Remedy Entertainment previously developed the game with 505 Games having publishing, distribution, and marketing rights over Control, this latest transaction converts this authority to Remedy, giving them full rights over Control, Control 2, and their upcoming multiplayer game currently under the code Condor.

61 comments

So they have full Control now.
- ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL
  
  THIS HURTS YOU
Good for them. Now please release future games on steam.
- Seriously. I want to play Alan Wake 2, but not if it's on Epic's store.
  
  Epic funded that and allowed them to take the risk. In that case they're the good guys, so I don't see the point in being a hardliner about their store. Use Playnite if you are adamant about having all your games in one launcher!
  
  There are… other means available
  
  Asian Wake 2 will likely never come to another platform. It's published by epic games. Not a timed exclusive situation.
- I'd be happier if they release on GOG
  
  I will fully support this once they release GOG Galaxy for Linux. Which is never.
- Tim Sweeney has an infinite money hack called “Fortnite” and he uses it to get exclusive games
- God yes, fuck Epic
My only fear is that they only do Epic exclusives.
- Same here. That’s the reason I haven’t played Alan Wake 2.
  
  I didn't even realize it released since it was epic exclusive, lol. I'm sure it's good, but there is frighteningly little these days that would get me to download another launcher.
  
  it's so crazy to me that you guys are like this, it's a different exe, it's fine.
  
  i have a switch just to play games that aren't on my choice of platform, it's fine. wild. it would be so weird to actively avoid things I know I'll really enjoy just because i have to buy it via a different store than my favorite one
  
  I wouldn't have played it either if I hadn't decided that format shifting games/media is personally ethically acceptable.
Control was such a nice surprise. I hadn't heard anything about it and just grabbed it on a whim in some sale and I loved the game from start to end.
- That clock bug. Sigh.
The team behind the Alan Wake, Quantum Break, and Control series...

Proceeds to leave out Max Payne.
- Funny as hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of.
- For what it's worth they are working with Rockstar on remastering Max Payne 1 and 2
  
  I wonder what folks' reaction will be. Will they pull a GTA Definitive Edition and fuck it up with a bad AI uprez? Will gamers still feel entertained by a one-note gameplay mechanic? I love MP, but I recently replayed 1 + 2 and they feel quaint by today's standards. The bullet time thing would be a nifty little tech demo in 2024.
- “Look how they massacred my boy”
  
  As someone who loves the first two Max Paynes, and enjoys the third; the series should be left alone. With the way Max Payne 3 ended, there’s no good way to revive that franchise.
  
  Mona comes back alive again.
- Max Payne remake is still being developed by the same developer of the original titles before Max Payne 3.
"TAKE CONTROL" -Old Gods of Asgard
Fuck yeah. Remedy has just been killing it and having Control fully under their umbrella is great news.
Hope this means more releases on gog.
Hope they can get quantum break too
- Quantum Break was SO good. I’ll die on that hill. I want more of it.
  
  Great story and really cool atmosphere but dogshit gameplay lol.
  
  You can tell they're laying groundwork for the remedy verse with Alan Wake 2, including Quantum Break
  
  :::
  
  With Tim Breaker (played by Shawn Ashmore, aka Jack Joyce) in the dark place, dreaming he's living whole other lives. Plus Mr Door/Mr Hatch
  
  :::
Well this is concerning. If they're not getting any more funding from 505 to make Control 2 and Condor then, uh, who's funding Control 2 and Condor?
- Remedy is publicly traded on NASDAQ Nordic, they can issues shares or debt for the money. But they're probably going to buddy buddy with Epic Games again
  
  Well then, if that asshole Sweeney is involved, I won't be playing this game for a decade until it gets a sensible release. Which is a shame, because the first one is such a gem.
- The banks
Oh nice. I loved Control, so this is comforting to see!
This sounds nice
"Baby, baby, baby, orange peel."
505 not being a New Mexican business bothers me in my sleep
- 505 is one of the weirdest publishers to me, and probably the publisher I have played the most games from if I don’t include series with tons of games in them. Payday 2, Journey to the Savage Planet, Terraria, Backbreaker, Don’t Starve, Sniper Elite V2, How to Survive, Rocket league, Brothers. I can’t think of another publisher who has put out that many big games from different IPs.
  
  Proof that Indie and AA is some of the best gaming in the live service and micro transaction era.
Well this means they'll almost certainly make it EGS only
Good. Now get rid of Epic Fail Games.

You've viewed 61 comments.