Developer Tencent and Remedy Control and Alan WakeThey completely canceled the joint game project codenamed Kestrel, which they had been working on since 2021. The companies originally developed a free-to-play cooperative shooter. go in another direction last November. They went back to the drawing board, changing the name of their project from Vanguard to Kestrel, and instead planned to develop a “premium game with a strong, cooperative multiplayer component.” At the time, they said their games would “lean more heavily on Remedy’s core strengths” and use modified versions of the company’s assets and themes. Obviously, their partnership was not intended.
Remedy said in its announcement that the cancellation of the project will allow it to focus more on its other games in development. Although it does not list them, the company is working on it Continuation of control It will be released for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, as well as a franchise spin-off game now known as Condor. It will reassign developers to other game projects, and as it prepares to co-finance Kestrel with Tencent, the cancellation of the project means less investment and hiring needs for the company.
Codenamed Kestrel, it was still in the early concept stage, Remedy CEO Tero Virtala said in a statement, adding that the company’s other projects were already “well advanced” and moving into the next stages of development. “This is another tool to ensure the good development of our game projects,” said Virtala.
