Remedy has officially revealed FBC: Firebreak, a three-player co-op FPS set in the world of Control. It's due to land on PC and consoles sometime next year.
We've known about FBC: Firebreak for some time, although not under that name. Remedy first announced a multiplayer Control spinoff all the way back in 2021; at that point, it was known as Project Condor.
The game began as a collaboration between Remedy and 505 Games, but since Remedy acquired the rights to the Control franchise from 505 earlier this year, it will instead serve as the studio's first self-published project.
A trademark for FBC: Firebreak was first filed by Remedy back in January, fueling speculation (which has now proved correct) that this would be the final name for Project Condor.
According to Remedy, FBC: Firebreak will be a "mid-priced" co-op shooter in which you and your buddies play as members of Firebreak, an "adaptable response unit" sent by the Federal Bureau of Control to break a "deadly and prolonged siege by otherworldly forces".
The game will be split into different missions, and before each mission, you'll build a loadout from "specialized tools, grenades, support items, and paranatural...