Remedy doubles down on narrative gaming with Control

One of the pleasant surprises at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) game trade show last week came from Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment and publisher 505 Games. They announced the cross-platform game Control, a supernatural third-person action-adventure game. It’s a big investment in a new franchise and one that emphasizes the single-player experience that other companies are talking about avoiding.

Remedy is a Triple-A developer that made games such as Quantum Break and Alan Wake for Microsoft’s platforms. It is spreading out to more platforms, but it is also refraining from creating a giant open world like other developers are. It is taking the Northlight Engine it developed for Quantum Break and using it to create a game that is centered in one space.