Last month, at the year-end presentation of The Game Awards, Remedy revealed that the inevitable and previously leaked Control 2 was indeed real.
Titled Control Resonant, the sequel, which has been given a 2026 release window, will let players take control of Dylan Faden, "as he fights for his humanity and survival against a reality-bending cosmic threat."
Flash forward a month, and Remedy, which has been relatively quiet since the real outside a post on the PlayStation Blog, has taken to social media to share a bit more about its next game following the failure of FBC Firebreak.
Specifically, Control Resonant won't be a "safe sequel."
Right now, it isn't entirely clear what Remedy means by a "safe sequel." In the wake of the failure of FBC Firebreak, Remedy's co-founder and interim CEO Markus Mäki stated that for the company to get back to profitability it would need to deliver "great" and "distinctive" games that are commercially successful.
Show me the champion of light.
Even then, Alan Wake 2, which by no means was "safe," needed over an entire year on store shelves for it to be profitable, having spent an entire year of only recouping development...
