Control 2 announced by Remedy Entertainment, will be co-developed and co-published with 505 Games for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC
'Control is the biggest investment 505 Games has ever made, so it has a special place in our hearts.'
Remedy Entertainment has just announced the sequel to their award-winning game Control. 505 Games and Remedy Entertainment will be co-developing and co-publishing Control 2, which was formerly known as Codename Heron. Control 2 will be released for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The game is currently in the concept stage.
Control 2 announced
Control was released in 2019 and received 11 BAFTA Games Awards nominations as well as over 20 'Game of the Year' awards. The sequel will be developed on Remedy's Northlight engine. Remedy will be publishing Control 2 for PC whereas 505 Games will be taking over the publication responsibility for consoles. Remedy has mentioned that although the game is being co-developed, the company will "retain the ownership of the game’s intellectual property".
We have signed an agreement with 505 Games to co-develop and co-publish Control 2, a sequel to Control. Read the announcement: https://t.co/UD1iFHvCeH
— Remedy Entertainment (@remedygames) November 11, 2022
This is a very exciting moment for us! Mikael Kasurinen, Game Director of the franchise, tells more: https://t.co/KJCHIWgBlU pic.twitter.com/TuTEMr1tjv
505 Games co-CEOs Rami and Raffi Galante spoke about the partnership and said, "We are excited to deepen our cooperation with Remedy and continue the success story of Control together. Since its launch in 2019, Control has sold over 3 million copies."
They added, "Control is the biggest investment 505 Games has ever made, so it has a special place in our hearts. We are grateful to the whole player community that has made Control such a long-lasting and loved game, and are even more excited to bring out Control 2."
Remedy Entertainment announced back in June 2021 that they will be collaborating with 505 Games for a "bigger-budget Control game". CEO of Remedy, Tero Virtala said back then, "I’m now proud to confirm that the bigger-budget Control game, also known as Codename Heron, is Control 2, a full-blown sequel to our award-winning game Control."
