Control 2, the sequel to Remedy’s supernatural action-adventure game from 2019, has entered the “production readiness stage.” In a half-year financial report released this morning, Remedy outlined the roadmap for its upcoming game. This also includes Codename Condor, the multiplayer Control spin-off. Codename Condor has entered “full production,” meaning it’s further along than Control 2.
Codename Condor
Though Remedy has yet to announce a date or release window for either title, they did share a few updates. Codename Condor will feature multiple maps and co-op missions set in the Oldest House, which have already been developed. Currently, the development team is preparing for playtesting.
In a prior report from last year, Remedy shared a description of the multiplayer game:
After the Hiss Invasion, the Oldest House is under lockdown: a boiling pot of volatile and dangerous supernatural forces. Trapped within is the last vestige of the Federal Bureau of Control who will need to take a stand and push back to regain control. Desperate times require desperate measures. And everyone’s needed.
As such, it sounds like Codename Condor has a good amount of development accomplished already, and in just a few months since this last report from late 2023. Remedy first announced the game in 2021. So it wouldn’t be surprising to see this title arrive sometime in 2025.
Control 2
Meanwhile, Control 2 has a little ways to go. The development team has a playable build of the title. But they’re still in the production readiness stage as they prepare to scale up the game.
In short, don’t expect Control 2 anytime soon. We’ll almost definitely see Codename Condor before the sequel arrives, as well as the remakes of Max Payne 1 and 2. These have now entered full production.
But in the meantime, Remedy has had a fruitful year. It recently released Night Springs, the first expansion for last year’s Alan Wake 2. In our review, we notes that “Alan Wake 2 already has a lot going for it, but its first DLC has its characteristic cheesiness, creepiness, and cosmic-ness across three chapters.” For fans of Control, it even has one crossover chapter, as Alan Wake and Control take place in the same universe.
