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505 Games parent company Digital Bros have announced - you guessed it - a round of mass layoffs. Following in the wake of Microsoft, Epic, CD Projekt, Sony and, well, take your pick, the company aim to cut roughly 30% of their workforce to shore up profits. The specific reasoning here is that Digital Bros think that people aren't interested in playing original new games; they'd rather get to grips with fictions and franchises they know and love already. As such, the company plan to "limit" their big budget projects in future, though no specific cancellations have been announced.

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Alan Wake 2 developer Remedy Entertainment has apparently decided to turn its free-to-play multiplayer game codename Vanguard into a premium title.

In a recent note to Remedy's investors (thanks, Eurogamer), the Alan Wake 2 and Control developer has offered a new update on its no-longer free-to-play codename Vanguard, which has now been renamed to Kestrel. According to the note, it will now be a "premium game with a strong, cooperative multiplayer component." The game is being published by Tencent, and Remedy explained the decision by writing, "due to uncertainties in creating a successful game to the rapidly changing free-to-play market and associated risks, the parties have discussed a new direction for the game project," which is how it has become codename Kestrel.

"The project will return to a concept phase. Part of the former Vanguard development team will move to work on Remedy’s other ongoing projects, while the core leadership and select members of the development team of Kestrel will focus on the project’s new direction from the concept stage onwards to create a premium game with a strong cooperative multiplayer component. The new experience will lean more into Remedy’s core strengths and be built on many of the features, assets and themes already designed for Vanguard."

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Еще в 2021 году Remedy Entertainment объявила о сотрудничестве с Tencent и начале разработки бесплатного многопользовательского шутера под кодовым названием Vanguard. В апреле этого года студия подтвердила, что игра все еще находится на стадии проверки концепции, но с приходом новых разработчиков и усилением руководящей команды проект получил больший импульс.

Ремейк Max Payne и Max Payne 2 достиг стадии "готовности к полноценному производству", сообщила студия Remedy Entertainment. Разработчики определились с масштабами проекта, подобрали нужную стилистику и собрали мотивированную команду, которая сможет воплотить подготовленную концепцию в реальность.