2024-02-29 05:45:43
Remedy Entertainment, the Finnish developer that won multiple awards at the 2023 TGA with “Alan Killer 2”, announced that it will spend approximately 17 million euros (approximately NT$583 million) to purchase “Control” from publisher 505 Games. All copyrights of the Control series. Remedy said that the long-term management of the “Control” IP can make better decisions.
Through this transaction, Remedy obtained the publishing, distribution, marketing and other rights of “Control”, the sequel in development “Control 2” and the “Control” spin-off multiplayer game “Project Condor” (codename), as well as all future series of games, 2025 Effective in 2024, the publisher of Control will remain 505 Games until December 31, 2024.
The third-person action adventure “Control” tells the story of the protagonist Jesse Faden as he breaks into the House of Eternity and searches for his brother’s whereabouts. The game uses 20th century communication technology, large concrete buildings and other giant scenes to create a mysterious atmosphere of Cold War military facilities. Won the 2019 TGA Best Art Director Award, it has sold 4 million copies so far and brought net income of approximately 100 million euros to Remedy and 505 Games.
In June 2021, Remedy and 505 Games jointly announced that they would cooperate to develop and publish “Project Condor”. In November 2022, the two companies will furtherAnnouncement of joint development and distributionThe sequel “Control 2”, “Control” as a mature IP, coupled with the success of “Alan Killer 2”, gives Remedy more capital to negotiate with publishers.
Remedy CEO Tero Virtala onin press releaseSaid, “We have taken back ownership of “Control” and “Condor” and “Control 2″ in development, thereby gaining the freedom to choose the best path forward.” He said that the “Control” series IP is very important to many partners. The company will be evaluating and negotiating with potential partners in the coming months.
Tero Virtala revealed that the development progress of “Condor” and “Control 2” has been quite smooth in recent months. The two works are expected to enter the next stage in the first half of 2024. “While we part ways amicably, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Through years of collaboration with the 505 Games team, they have helped establish Control as a game series with great potential.”
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