FBC: Firebreak Announced and Is Remedy’s New Multiplayer Game; Will Be “Mid-Priced” and Coming to Xbox, PS5 and PC
While Remedy Entertainment is mostly known for Max Payne, the Alan Wake franchise and Control, the studio wants to add another feather in its cap, as they have announced their in-development project, “FBC: Firebreak” — a three-person multiplayer game.
Check out the trailer below where we get to see what seems to be snippets of gameplay. And for those wondering, nope, this is not a sequel to Control or DLC. This is a standalone game from Remedy Entertainment.
Per Remedy, “FBC: Firebreak is a 3-player cooperative first-person shooter set within the enigmatic Federal Bureau of Control (FBC). As the Bureau’s headquarters faces a deadly and prolonged siege by otherworldly forces, only Firebreak—its most adaptable response unit—has the skills and courage to restore order.”
While the game was revealed during Microsoft’s Xbox Partner Preview event, the game has been confirmed to be coming to PS5 a well. This was confirmed by Thomas Puha, Communications Director at Remedy, who also confirmed that the studio will be self-publishing the game:
The mid-priced FBC: Firebreak will be the first self-published game from Remedy Entertainment and is scheduled to release in 2025 for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.
— Thomas Puha (@RiotRMD) October 17, 2024
For more info on the game, here’s the official info from the game’s Steam page that went live today as well.
About FBC: Firebreak:
FBC: Firebreak is a cooperative first-person shooter set within a mysterious federal agency under assault by otherworldly forces. As a years-long siege on the agency’s headquarters reaches its boiling point, only Firebreak— the Bureau’s most versatile unit—has the gear and the guts to plunge into the building’s strangest crises, restore order, and blast their way back from the brink.
Paranatural Pandemonium
Dive into the Federal Bureau of Control’s (FBC) unpredictable and extradimensional headquarters during its darkest—and strangest—hours. As one of the FBC’s fearless first responders, you and your team are on call to confront everything from reality-warping anomalies to otherworldly monsters… no matter the odds. Will you contain the chaos or finally lose control?
Cooperative Chaos
Join forces with friends or strangers to tackle each mission as a well-oiled crew. Survival in this three-player cooperative FPS hinges on quick thinking and seamless teamwork as you scramble to tame raging paranatural crises across a variety of unexpected locations. Improve your odds by utilizing the tools and skills that make you unique or improvising with whatever’s on hand to support your crew.
Beyond Bullets
Before deploying, select your weapon and customize your Firebreaker’s Crisis Kit with specialized tools, grenades, support items, and paranatural augments… then modify them to suit your strategy and change the way you play. Experiment with different loadouts to perfect your playstyle and synergize with your team, giving you the edge to succeed in every mission, no matter the difficulty.
The Federal Bureau of Control
Return to the strange and unexpected world of Control or venture in for the first time in this standalone, multiplayer experience. Discover the iconic and unfathomable headquarters of the FBC — the Oldest House — from an entirely new perspective as a team of volunteer first responders with nothing but gear and guts to bring the Bureau back from the brink.
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