Subj : Remedy reveals plans to reboot project Vanguard to a premium game
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Nov 14 2023 10:45:05

Remedy reveals plans to reboot project Vanguard to a premium game 'with a 
strong cooperative multiplayer component'

Date:
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:40:16 +0000

Description:
Remedy Entertainment is rebooting project Vanguard to a premium game "with a 
strong cooperative multiplayer component".

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Remedy Entertainment has announced that it will be rebooting project Vanguard 
to a premium game "with a strong cooperative multiplayer component", 
confirming it will no longer be free-to-play. 

The studio behind Alan Wake 2 and Control signed a publishing deal with 
Tencent in December 2021 to develop the game - which is now codenamed Kestrel 
- but due to "uncertainties in creating a successful game to the rapidly 
changing free-to-play market and associated risks" Remedy and Tencent have 
discussed a new direction for the project, according to a new update . 

The reboot announcement comes after the project has reached the end of its 
proof-of-concept phase and after both parties have had time to evaluate the 
projects status and its next steps. 

 Kestrel will now return to a concept phase and part of the former Vanguard 
development team will shift their focus to other ongoing Remedy projects. 

Meanwhile, the core leadership, along with select team members, will work on 
Kestrel 's new direction to create a new vision with the cooperative 
multiplayer component, with the overall experience leaning "more into Remedys 
core strengths and be built on many of the features, assets and themes 
already designed for Vanguard ." 

"We have made some great strides in free-to-play and multiplayer development 
in Vanguard ," said Tero Virtala, the CEO of Remedy Entertainment. "After a 
lot of careful consideration, we believe that taking on a new direction where 
the game will be built more around Remedys core competences is the right way 
to go. 

"We are creating another distinct Remedy game with Tencents continued support 
in making a great cooperative multiplayer experience." 

Project Kestrel is one of four games currently in development at Remedy, 
alongside Control 2 , Condor , and remakes of Max Payne 1 and Max Payne 2 . 
While we currently don't have too many details about the Control sequel, we 
do know that Condor is a spin-off of the title and will be a four-player 
co-operative game to be co-published with 505 Games. 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/remedy-reveals-plans-to-reboot-pr
oject-vanguard-to-a-premium-game-with-a-strong-cooperative-multiplayer-compone
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