Remedy Cancels Its Multiplayer Project Codename Kestrel
May. 8, 2024Remedy Cancels Its Multiplayer Project Codename Kestrel
Remedy, the studio behindAlan Wake and Control, announced the cancellation of its multiplayer project simply known asCodename Kestrel, of which very few details were known.
Amidst so much turbulence in the gaming industry, several studios of all sizes are working on projects that aren’t even officially announced until they are ready. Sometimes, even these projects fail to take off and are canceled before we can discover they existed.
The news was made public through a statement released byRemedy, where the studio’s CEO, Tero Virtala, explained the reasons behind this cancellation. “The decision to cancel Codename Kestrel allows Remedy to focus more on other games in its portfolio,” said Virtala.
According to the executive, this game was a promising project, but it had not yet passed the concept stage. Remedy clarified that the rest of its projects are still underway, and the staff working on Codename Kestrel will be transferred to these other projects.
This project was being financed by the Chinese giantTencent, but it is still unclear what role this company will play in the company’s future after this cancellation, considering that Tencent had recently increased its stake in Remedy’s shares. Little was known about Codename Kestrel as a game.
Initially, this project was announced under the name ofVanguardas a cooperative onlinefree-to-playtitle, but last year the project was rebooted, and along with its name change, it was also mentioned that it would become a premium title.Codename Kestrelwould use many of the elements already designed for Vanguard, such as its gameplay mechanics.
According to comments made in the initial announcement of Vanguard, this game would be Remedy’s first approach to the world of games as a service.
Now, the only multiplayer title still in development at the studio will be the projectCodename Condor, a PvE game based on the Control universe. On the other hand, the studio is also working on remakes of Max Payne andMax Payne 2, while also preparing DLC content forAlan Wake 2.
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