FBC: Firebreak

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FBC: Firebreak
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Developer(s) Remedy Entertainment
Publisher(s) Remedy Entertainment
Director(s) Mike Kayatta
Engine Northlight
Platform(s)
Release2025
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Multiplayer

FBC: Firebreak is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed and published by Remedy Entertainment. Set sometime after the events of Control , it follows a special unit of soldiers named Firebreak. It will be Remedy's first multiplayer game, and it is set to release for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows in 2025.

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Gameplay

FBC: Firebreak is a team-based player versus environment first-person shooter, in which a group of three players must venture into the Oldest House to defeat enemies infected by the Hiss. The game is set after the events of Control . [1]

Development and promotion

The project was first announced in June 2021 under the codename of "Condor" in a press release by Remedy Entertainment. It was intended to be co-published and developed by 505 Games, the publisher on the first Control game. [2] In February 2024, Remedy Entertainment announced it had bought the rights to the Control franchise, including the publishing rights for the game, from 505 Games for €17 million. [3] In April, 2024, it was confirmed by Remedy that the initial budget for the game was stated to be €25 million. It was also confirmed to be pay to play, as opposed to many other multiplayer games. [4] Commenting on the nature of the game, game director Mike Kayatta said that FBC was "not designed to be some kind of lesser, bite-sized Control. FBC: Firebreak is its own, fully formed thing". [5]

FBC: Firebreak was officially revealed during the Xbox Partner preview on October 17, 2024. The game scheduled to be released sometime in 2025 for Windows PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S. It will be released at launch for PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass subscribers. It will also be Remedy's first multiplayer game and its first self-published game. [6]

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