Tero Virtala, CEO of Control developer Remedy Entertainment, is stepping down from his position immediately. The news comes in the aftermath of a disappointing launch for FBC: Firebreak, the Finnish studio’s first foray into multiplayer gaming. Virtala will be replaced on an interim basis by Markus Mäki, Remedy’s chief product officer and one of the studio’s co-founders. The studios says …
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Developer Remedy believes the release of its first self-published game and Control spin-off, FBC: Firebreak, “succeeded technically,” but acknowledged it “underperformed” on Steam, admitting that “commercially, we were unsatisfied.” In a statement to investors, the studio reiterated Firebreak topped 1 million players. However, the majority of those players were on console — via PS Plus and Xbox Game Pass subscription …
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Remedy is “unsatisfied” with the sales of its live-service shooter FBC: Firebreak, as the game underperformed on Steam. As part of the company’s half year financial report, CEO Tero Virtala stated Remedy’s revenue increased by 63.5 percent, with game sales increasing due to the release of FBC: Firebreak. The launch succeeded technically and had over a million players in its …
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