Alan Wake 2 is on the home stretch, and there is also some good news about Quantum Break.

Remedy Entertainment has released its quarterly financial report. The sequel to Control was said to be in the concept phase in January, but has since moved from development to gameplay mechanics and world-building. They are also working on getting the game to the visual level they want it to reach. Project Condor, Control’s live service spinoff, is still in the main gameplay planning stages. Remedy CEO Tero Virtala says they take assets (textures, models…) and locations from the original Control.

Alan Wake 2 is in the final stages of full development, as it will be released by Epic Games this year. Virtala is impressed by the quality of the game and thinks it looks promising. It’s something that everyone on the team will be proud of, and, most importantly, gamers will be happy to sit down and play with. Max Payne 1&2 Remake is also progressing, as it is now in the concept phase. The developers are highlighting key elements of the original games to bring them to the current-gen platforms. “Max Payne 1&2 remake has progressed well, and during the first quarter, the project moved into the proof-of-concept stage. The development team has worked efficiently in proving the key elements of what Max Payne is all about and bringing the game in high quality to today’s consoles and PCs. We expect the project to keep advancing well, and with that, the team size will expand gradually towards year-end,” Virtala wrote. Alan Wake 2 is coming this year to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC (Epic Games Store) under Epic Games’ care, while Max Payne 1&2 Remake is being developed on Remedy’s Northlight Engine and is being funded by Rockstar (=Take-Two).

Three weeks after its abrupt disappearance, Quantum Break is back on Steam and PC Game Pass, according to Aaron Greenberg, Xbox’s head of marketing and the PC Game Pass Twitter account. The Finnish studio has therefore been able to settle the licensing deals.

Source: WCCFTech, PCGamer