Control Spin-Off FBC: Firebreak Tops 1m Players As Developer Promises 'There Is Still a Lot of Work Ahead of Us'

Remedy's Control spin-off shooter, FBC: Firebreak, has topped 1 cardinal players. While the crippled is free-to-play for Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus subscribers, the workplace called it a "significant milestone," contempt acknowledging "there is inactive a batch of enactment up of us."

"As of past night, we person surpassed 1 cardinal players successful FBC: Firebreak. This is simply a important milestone, truthful convey you for playing from each of america astatine Remedy," the workplace said successful a station connected societal media.

"We cognize determination is inactive a batch of enactment up of us, and we are super-motivated astir it. We person a batch of breathtaking things cooking for Firebreak players! More astir that soon."

Last week, the squad identified a occupation with "the archetypal hr experience," saying that FBC: Firebreak's opening gameplay was not "a large acquisition owed to a operation of things," including issues with onboarding, poorly explained systems and tools, and "a deficiency of clarity arsenic to what to bash successful the Jobs and however to bash the enactment effectively." The developer besides said: "the powerfulness phantasy isn't large successful the archetypal hours of the crippled arsenic starting weapons consciousness weak, and unlocking higher-tier weapons requires a spot excessively overmuch grinding."

"Right now, contempt however sparse the communicative tin look successful moments, there’s a batch of amusive to beryllium had wrangling erratic monsters successful Remedy’s spectacularly absurd bureaucratic setting," we wrote successful IGN's FBC: Firebreak reappraisal successful progress. "I’ll beryllium playing much this week and wrapper up this reappraisal arsenic soon arsenic I’ve tested the limits of Remedy’s chaotic cooperative occupation simulator."

Remedy besides precocious confirmed its plans for ongoing enactment post-launch, including 2 caller Jobs (missions) coming successful 2025. More updates volition get successful 2026, the developer said. All playable contented released station launch, specified arsenic Jobs, volition beryllium escaped to each players. Players person the enactment to bargain cosmetics, but nary of these items volition impact gameplay, and determination volition beryllium nary limited-time rotations oregon regular log-ins, Remedy insisted.

It's a engaged clip for Alan Wake developer Remedy, which has a fig of projects connected the go. As good arsenic FBC: Firebreak, it's moving connected Control 2 and the Max Payne and Max Payne 2 remake compilation.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.