As FBC: Firebreak fails to recover from its disastrous launch and profit warnings are issued to shareholders, the CEO of Remedy Entertainment is stepping down

It's been a strange few years for Remedy Entertainment.

On the one hand, it's more independent and successful than ever before. With less reliance on publisher investment, it's been able to develop and expand its studio-owned properties into a connected universe, and move towards self-publishing. And it's produced some of its most critically acclaimed games ever, including ambitious sequel Alan Wake 2.

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On the other… Alan Wake 2 took about a year and a half to even start turning a profit...