FBC: Firebreak was officially unveiled at today’s Xbox showcase and is slated to come out in 2025.
Remedy’s multiplayer Control spinoff was officially unveiled today as FBC: Firebreak, which game director Mike Kayatta pointedly stated “is not Control DLC and it’s definitely not a Control sequel.”
FBC: Firebreak is a three-player co-op FPS set in The Oldest House, the weird, ever-shifting headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Control. Players will step into the boots of “fearless first responders” dealing with the various problems that pop up—but since you’re lacking the paranormal abilities of FBC chief Jesse Faden, you’ll have to rely on more practical methods of getting things done: Guns, grenades, and blunt instruments of various sorts.
Which isn’t to say you won’t have more Control-esque implements at hand. “The Firebreak crew has been cleared to carry ‘paranatural augments,’ which are Altered Items engineered into tool attachments”, Remedy communications director Thomas Puha told the Xbox Wire. “Like the Garden Gnome you saw in the trailer. These are more or less our take on ‘ultimates’ and are not to be taken lightly.
