All my dreams for Control 2 just went up in smoke
this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2026
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Control 2026. Control 2027. Control 2028
i hate capitalism. so very, very much.
Remedy is fucked. Not that I mind, I never liked their newer games. The only game I ever liked from Remedy is Max Payne
TBF Control was pretty awesome. Couldn't care less about Firebreak, which is sad because I expected it to be a much better game...
RIP Remedy 😭
And another studio dead and gone.
"build lasting value".
Oh no, he's already using investor lingo
Into the ground, you say?
With AI and microtransactions you say!
Are their offices rent controlled?
Microtransactions are for pussies, macrotransactions are where it's at
Micro transaction is such a stupid pr spin of a term that just means regular transaction and I hate how well it’s caught on.
Remember when Konami was charging money for save slots? 😂 I can't with this industry…
What the fuck, when was that?
Omg wtf, Konami used to be great back in the day. What a way to burn up all good will with your fans. I refuse to buy any of their new games after they burned the bridges back when they claimed to be getting out of gaming for good.
Nnooooo
They were already building lasting value.
By just making good artistically meaningful games.
"Art is something that we think is a little outdated in the modern business landscape" - this guy probably.
"Art isn't about artistic expression. Billions of people make paintings and most of them go unseen. Museums, on the other hand... They don't make paintings, they make experiences. For a nominal entry fee, consumers have access to an evolving and ever-changing catalog of content.
This is the future we envision here at Remedy. High quality games that build upon themselves, creating an experience that grows with the player. For that reason, we're announcing that the Alan Wake series will no longer be individual games, but instead a live-service experience with episodic content."
- also that guy probably
They were already building lasting value.
Not... Really. Alan Wake 2 under-performed and reportedly broke even 2 years after release. FBC Firebreak was a huge failure. It's not surprising to me that they're gonna pursue money harder. I hope Control 2 is good, at least.
I imagine locking Alan Wake 2 to the EGS on pc probably did not help their sales there. FBC I feel like had no excuse though
Epic must've given them a really good publishing deal to make it an exclusive though. If it were also on Steam it definitely would've moved more copies but I doubt they would end up with more money than what Epic paid.
I predict a Control gacha game.
A 50/50 soft pity at 100 pulls, with hard pity at 200. Pull your favorite Control character on the limited banner! Note the limited banner character won't transfer to standard once the banner ends. Pity also will not carry over.
"We are absolutely cooked, chat." - Alan Wake (writer)
Poor Sam Lake.
Well they're done.
RIP Remedy.
Well shit. I hope the supposedly in development Control 2 manages to come out somewhat unscathed before things go fully downhill.
Welp any hopes I had for more of the control universe after resonant just got trashed
Oh, I won't worry about that, even if things go bad, it's an already established universe with lots of fans, perfect for their next live service game setting.
RIP remedy
Yup. It's dead.
Of course, they announce a DMC-like Control sequel and go apeshit right after… I swear this genre is cursed.
Just make sam lake the ceo bruh
Remedy's cooked, though I like their games enough that I'll gladly pay up to 25€ for a single-player experience (after it's patched for a year) if there's no need for an online connection and no added live service "value", and it doesn't come with denuvo or kernel-level anticheats.
Shit floats upward...
Hopefully it won't be like Nokia and Stephen Elop.
At the time I was sure Elop is some kind of undercover agent from Microsoft.
Yeah, I was of the same mind right from the start and people just looked at me funny when I mentioned it. All I could do was just watch in horror from the sidelines. In Finland.
Fuuuuuuck 😭
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