Remedy now own all of Control - including sequel and multiplayer spin-off - after buying rights from publisher

rockpapershotgun.com:

Control has joined Alan Wake in being fully owned by developers Remedy Entertainment, as the studio announced they have acquired the complete rights to their supernatural shooter - including its upcoming sequel and co-op spin-off - from publisher 505 Games.

Control turns five years old this year, having shifted over four million copies in that time - a number that 2023’s Probably Best Game Alan Wake 2 is closing in on quickly as the studio’s fastest-selling game to date, even if it’s still yet to turn a profit.

Even so, Alan Wake 2’s success - and possibly its increasingly knitted connection to Control, including Control’s AWE crossover expansion and Alan Wake 2’s upcoming apparent FBC-involving DLC The Lake House - has seemingly encouraged Remedy to gather the cash needed to take total control of the entire Control series, paying 505 Games €17 million for “all publishing, distribution, marketing and other rights”. That total is apparently equal to “the amount that 505 Games has paid for the development of codename Condor and Control 2 to date including a minor premium”, with Control’s sales said to have made a net revenue of around €100 for Remedy and 505.

The buyout covers the original Control, as well as confirmed sequel Control 2 and Condor, the codename for a four-player co-op spin-off revealed back in 2021.

Any future Control games will also be fully owned by the Finnish developers. It sounds like there might be at least a few of those, too, as Remedy’s announcement notes that “having acquired the full rights to Control, Condor and Control 2, Remedy is now in a position to make the right product and business decisions focusing on long-term franchise growth”. As someone who still believes that Control is Remedy’s best game to date - despite how much I adored Alan Wake 2 - that’s music (likely played by an eardrum-bleeding, teleporting/flesh-eating Object of Power stereo) to my ears.

While the deal means that Control 2 and Condor will immediately fall under