Remedy drew back the curtain on its multiplayer title, formerly codenamed Condor, at today’s Xbox Partner Preview event. FBC Firebreak is a first-person shooter, set in the same location as Remedy’s single-player hit Control, but is not, the studio insists, a sequel. Firebreak is Remedy’s first venture into the world of multiplayer, and the studio plans to launch it on PC and Xbox Series X/S sometime in 2025.
The trailer shows some of FBC Firebreak’s gameplay: It’s a horde mode shooter with co-op for up to three players. The player characters are first responders at the Federal Bureau of Control, who are called upon to handle the supernatural threats that crop up within The Old House, the FBC’s eldritch office space. FBC Firebreak loses some of Control’s visceral horror elements, opting instead for brighter colors and more action-style gameplay.
FBC Firebreak does integrate some elements of the Old House shown in Control into its own gameplay — for example, players can obtain Altered Items, Control’s mysterious objects of power, in order to clear out the hordes. Game director Mike Kayatta told Xbox Wire, “(You) will see more of Control’s world. More of the Federal Bureau of Control. Meet more of the people who work there. Explore more of the Oldest House. Run into more weird stuff. And importantly, experience this world, old and new, from a completely different perspective.”
Remedy teased a multiplayer spin-off for Control in 2021, with 505 Games publishing at the time. Remedy has since acquired the rights to Control and its sequels and spin-offs from 505 Games earlier this year for $18 million. The company told investors at the time that it was seeking potential partners for Control 2 and Condor — the former of which is still in development. In addition to Firebreak, Remedy also showed a gameplay trailer for its upcoming expansion of Alan Wake 2, called The Lake House.
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