Remedy is constructing in the direction of a related universe.
With the latest reveal of AWE, Control‘s next expansion, Remedy officially confirmed what fans suspected for a while: that AWE is centred around Alan Wake.
But as we now know, this is only the beginning of Remedy’s ambitions. In a blog post revealed shortly after the trailer went reside, the Finnish studio introduced the Remedy Connected Universe – a spot the place all its games will happen.
Though we did get an official identify for it, the concept itself isn’t notably new for Remedy. The developer has been dropping hints and Easter eggs about this in its numerous games, evenly suggesting a single universe the place all its tales happen.
“Slowly, patiently, behind the scenes, we’ve been planning and plotting to make this a reality,” mentioned artistic director Sam Lake. “I’m absolutely thrilled to tell you that now, the time has come to take the first concrete step on this road, establishing Remedy Connected Universe.”
“The AWE expansion is the first official Remedy Connected Universe crossover event, bringing more Alan Wake lore into Control,” he added.
Lake additionally confirmed in the identical weblog put up that Remedy is at the moment engaged on a brand new game that takes place in the identical universe, however didn’t reveal any particulars past that.
Remedy, after all, beforehand introduced that it has a number of initiatives within the works, two of which will be published by Epic Games as a part of the corporate’s new publishing label. One is described as a AAA undertaking, whereas the opposite has a smaller scale.
It’s not but clear which of the 2 initiatives Lake is referring to there. In case you missed it, Remedy can also be creating the marketing campaign for Crossfire X, which we lately watched a demo for, although Matt wasn’t fairly satisfied it has sufficient of Remedy’s trademark flavour.
