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[Spacecowboy77]

Good news for Remedy, can't wait to hear more details

 

[DriftingSpirit]

I seem to be missing the "bloodbath" element of any of those posts?

Also, Shinobi seems like a cool guy with connections in the industry that does not mean he would be privvy to getting info on what deals MS are doing behind the scenes. Did he know of Playground, Armature, Creative Assembly, Insomniac, Crytek, Platinum etc before they were all revealed / announced? Those would be links I would be interested in seeing.

You're barking up the wrong tree. I was just providing what Shinobi said. I also gave my thoughts on it in that link.

 

[OttoSporteman]

Actually, the cost is not something that surprises me.

Most of the cost of developing the Northlight engine was funded by Microsoft after all, with Alan Wake and Quantum Break releases.

On Alan Wake's making of they show how they were developing tools to ease artist's creation processes, so it wouldn't surprise me if the overall cost to build a world is not that expensive for Remedy.

Also, the shooting mechanics from Alan Wake to Quantum Break were really similar (besides the time powers of the latter) and I'd imagine it's the engine as well.

Since story and art is all in house, and probably prototyped/written in parallel with other projects, I'd think it could very well be an episodic single player game, a la Alan Wake but with a release like Hitman but with several seasons, where, in the end you'll end up paying way more than $60 for the full experience.

 

[Chris1]

Not even 8M? I'm guessing this is a smaller game than they usually put out then

Unless they're doing episodic and that's just episode 1? Only thing that makes sense with a budget that small

 

[freeofgreed]

What the fuck is the leadership at MS doing? How do they let slip a potential exclusive from a third party that they've been courting for over a decade now? E3 really is going to be a bloodbath for MS like Shinobi hinted.

Link?

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Where did he hint this?

Link?

I linked to Shinobi's quotes on the last page.

 

[Chris1]

Link?

He didn't hint that at all. All he said was he hasn't heard anything from MS first party pretty much.

 

[Space_nut]

Let me see this engine on Scorpio

 

[dr_rus]

Kinda surprised that it's not THQ Nordic but maybe they aren't willing to fund a game without owning its brand.

 

[Xater]

505games presents....

A Remedy Game.....

Alanna Sleep: The Game


Coming soon....

Sam Lake is already frantically scribbling this down as a in-game TV show idea.

 

[GavinUK86]

Love Max Payne, love Alan Wake, love Quantum Break. Remedy can do no wrong in my opinion. That Polygon article has me a bit worried though. I dont want some co-op crap in my Remedy game. Hopefully they don't stray too far from what makes them great.

 

[shandy706]

Love me some Remedy. Looking forward to what they bring.

 

[Falchion]

Fuck yes! Can't wait for another story game from them!

 

[nelsonroyale]

Good news. Interested to learn more.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I bet they asked for 7.77M.

Very short budget, no?

 

[POTUS 2016]

Wow, MS lost them as a first party?

 

[Zeta Oni]

Wow, MS lost them as a first party?

They were never first party.

Always second party.

 

[prag16]

So it's not Alan Wake 2, or Quantum Break 2. I'd have been interested in either one.

However regardless, they had me at "Remedy 3rd person action game". After QB it sounded like they might go in a far less interesting direction. But I'm glad studios are still making these types of games. Quantum Break was great imo, so I'm ready for whatever's next.

 

[RedlineRonin]

I want another Max Payne.

It's time.

No one really does the noir thing like MP does. I've really enjoyed all three games.

 

[Samurai G0SU]

who is 505 Games? first time i've heard of them.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Great to see them get a publisher and going to make their game multiplatform. Considering how shit went down with them and MS, glad they are back at it and hopefully they don't go through the same shit as before.

 

[derFeef]

I want another Max Payne.

It's time.

No one really does the noir thing like MP does. I've really enjoyed all three games.

Does not compute.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Project 7? Northlight?

Connect the dots.

It's a 7-Up thirst-person shooter.

Cool Spot gritty reboot

 

[NateDrake]

505 has been aggressive in their publishing as of late. Abzu, Bloodstained, and now this.

 

[AusRoachman]

Can't wait to see the engine upgrades , give me more of that awesome time stuff

 

[dancrane212]

I'm a bit trepidatious with the, unknown, multiplayer mechanics but I'm sure Remedy will knock it out of the park. Just give me combat as good as Quantum Break and I'll be more than happy.

 

[moltonasty]

Nice to see Remedy back doing what they do best. Looking forward to seeing some gameplay.

 

[InsaneTiger]

Why do people have a problem with 505 being the publisher?

 

[LordBaztion]

Nice, I will keep an eye on it but I expect it to release in 4 or 5 years.

 

[GeoramA]

What the fuck is the leadership at MS doing? How do they let slip a potential exclusive from a third party that they've been courting for over a decade now? E3 really is going to be a bloodbath for MS like Shinobi hinted.

Remedy makes one-and-done single player games. With the recent Phil Spencer interview, it's no surprise they're not working with MS anymore.

 

[m23]

The description reads like it'll be episodic. Excited nonetheless.

 

[metareferential]

In Remedy we trust.

And the best part is no win10-cancer this time.

 

[Hockeymac18]

Awesome looking forward to it. Have found their games interesting and good to see it's another 3rd person shooter.

Funnily enough, yet another blow for MS. Sad they never felt they should buy the studio, especially when right now they lack a variety of exclusives and sadly Spencer's words don't inspire confidence that the games they have planned will really be competing at Sony's level of quality.

Maybe Remedy didn't want to be bought? Independent studios don't usually go out looking to be bought.

Looking forward to this game and to people on PS getting a chance to experience their games.

 

[chadskin]

Good to see they're still making cinematic, story-driven 3rd person shooters.

 

[Zukkoyaki]

This is a very good get by 505. They're really coming into their own as a publisher with games like Assetto Corsa, Abzu, Bloodstained and now they have Remedy on-board. Feels like the mid-tier publishers are actually back.

 

[Buttonbasher]

who is 505 Games? first time i've heard of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_505_video_games

 

[Jangowuzhere]

Hopefully, they'll learn from their storytelling mistakes made in Quantum Break.

I never expected to see half the story of Quantum Break buried in boring and long winded emails. Remedy is better than that. It was almost heartbreaking to see such an amazing studio lean so heavily on shitty video game cliches.

 

[timberger]

Hopefully they've figured out how to do enjoyable combat at this point.

 

[jjonez18]

Using that Rocket League publishing rights money for good.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Open world, multiplayer, multiplatform. So many firsts for this studio.

I just don't understand how ~8 M€ is going to be nearly enough

 

[tearsintherain]

Sounds interesting, but isn't 7.75m a low figure for a multi plat game? I mean the good news I guess is if it sells at $60 they only need to sell 300-400k units to make a profit, but still its hard to see how they won't go over budget but I guess Remedy will cover that?

Alan Wake 1 cost 7m in the first 5 years of dev, but they spent a lot of time exploring concepts that got thrown away (the game was originally open world for example), and I think it spent another year or two in dev with Microsoft picking up that check. I guess a smaller sized game like that could work, but then again Alan Wake didn't exactly storm the sales charts either, releasing the same week as Red Dead Redemption.

 

[TetraGenesis]

Happy to see Remedy go multiplatform again but it is unfortunate it seems to be on such a smaller scale than usual.

 

[EvB]

who is 505 Games? first time i've heard of them.

They published lots of really niche games in Europe bringing them from Japan and elsewhere when nobody else would.
Nowadays they publish some really great indie titles and some mid tier console games such as Sniper Elite.

It'll be really interesting as they likely won't have the brutal demographic and consumer research shaping the game like many larger publishers, however neither will it have the same level of spend or support.
I'm going to set my expectations at : original to play, but likely A bit janky.

 

[TetraGenesis]

They published lots of really niche games in Europe bringing them from Japan and elsewhere when nobody else would.
Nowadays they publish some really great indie titles and some mid tier console games such as Sniper Elite.

It'll be really interesting as they likely won't have the brutal demographic and consumer research shaping the game like many larger publishers, however neither will it have the same level of spend or support.
I'm going to set my expectations at : original to play, but likely A bit janky.

This sounds right.

 

[Asd202]

Nice to see Remedy going multiplatform. One less in the Xbox exclusive camp, though which I guess kinda sucks for Microsoft.

I'm pretty sure it was MS decision not to purse a new deal with Remedy.

 

[Bandit1]

Nice, I haven't been able to play a Remedy game since Max Payne 2, and that game is in my top 3 games of all time. Hoping this game turns out good.

 

[Gnome Scat]

Good to hear they're dropping Quantum Break.

 

[Charles Brandon]

oooh remedy cool...oh it's co-op. meh

 

[Cuningas de Häme]

Remedy said that they are moving on from making one game that takes many years to more games with shorter development time.


People are saying that Microsoft should've bought Remedy, but maybe Remedy don't want to be bought? They are listing on Nasdaq First North during May, and expanding in every way.

The company is owned by the workers and the guys who started it. The company has it's roots deep in the Finnish demoscene (like virtually every other older Finnish game company).

I believe that Remedy will stay independent as long as it lives.


By the way microsoft has said that QB has been their top selling game in this generation, and it made pretty good money for Remedy...

Too lazy to give sources, and they are in Finnish but there's been multiple articles about Remedy in the past months. Talouselämä for example had a few back to back.

EDIT:

And multiple games at the same time. They split their team etc.

 

[OttoSporteman]

Remedy said that they are moving on from making one game that takes many years to more games with shorter development time.


People are saying that Microsoft should've bought Remedy, but maybe Remedy don't want to be bought? They are listing on Nasdaq First North during May, and expanding in every way.

The company is owned by the workers and the guys who started it. The company has it's roots deep in the Finnish demoscene (like virtually every other older Finnish game company).

I believe that Remedy will stay independent as long as it lives.


By the way microsoft has said that QB has been their top selling game in this generation, and it made pretty good money for Remedy...

Too lazy to give sources, and they are in Finnish but there's been multiple articles about Remedy in the past months. Talouselämä for example had a few back to back.

EDIT:

And multiple games at the same time. They split their team etc.

Regarding the bold part:
Can you post sources? I really doubt Halo 5 or Gears of War 4 were outperformed by Quantum Break. Damn, even Titanfall or any other Forza game for that matter.