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Remedy now own all of Control - including sequel and multiplayer spin-off - after buying rights from publisherThe studio previously acquired all of Alan Wake in 2019
The studio previously acquired all of Alan Wake in 2019
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Control turns five years old this year, having shifted over four million copies in that time - a number that2023’s Probably Best GameAlan Wake 2is closing in on quickly as the studio’s fastest-selling game to date,even if it’s still yet to turn a profit.
Even so, Alan Wake 2’s success - and possibly its increasingly knitted connection to Control, including Control’s AWE crossover expansion and Alan Wake 2’s upcomingapparent FBC-involving DLC The Lake House- has seemingly encouraged Remedy to gather the cash needed to take total control of the entire Control series, paying 505 Games €17 million for “all publishing, distribution, marketing and other rights”. That total is apparently equal to “the amount that 505 Games has paid for the development of codenameCondorandControl 2to date including a minor premium”, with Control’s sales said to have made a net revenue of around €100m for Remedy and 505.
The buyout covers the original Control, as well asconfirmed sequel Control 2and Condor, the codename fora four-player co-op spin-off revealed back in 2021.
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Whether Remedy will look for a new publisher for Control 2 and Condor - andany future Control titles- or put them out themselves remains to be seen.
“This transaction will enable us to negotiate better deals for current and future Control games,” the studio said. “We can now weigh up the options between self-publishing and a new publishing partner for Condor and Control 2. At the same time, we are in a better negotiating position than before as Control is an established brand and Alan Wake 2 has been successful. “
This isn’t the first time that Remedy has taken full control of one of their most successful games, havinggained the rights to Alan Wake from Microsoft back in 2019. That seems to have worked out pretty well for them since, so here’s hoping that Control and Alan Wake being entirely under the same roof only leads to more of both.
