Remedy's new CEO doesn't want to "change the DNA" of the Control studio, but he does still think their games "could give a lot more"

Back successful February, Remedy appointed Jean-Charles Gaudechon arsenic its caller CEO pursuing past year's FBC: Firebreak flop. This rapidly raised immoderate eyebrows fixed Gaudechon's tenure astatine EA, a crippled workplace that's had its just stock of controversies implicit the years acknowledgment to its concern practices. After all, Remedy are meant to beryllium this quirky, Finnish crippled workplace that does things their own, weird way, specified an assignment felt retired of step. But, successful a caller interview, Gaudechon made it look similar he's not astir to "change the DNA" of a spot similar Remedy (even if helium does inactive privation to bring much wealth successful by expanding successful different ways).

Speaking to The Game Business, Gaudechon acknowledged the scepticism astir his EA past, saying, "There’s been a batch [of talk] astir EA. What does it mean to person idiosyncratic that has been spent clip astatine EA? And I wholly recognize the fearfulness of, ‘is helium going to bring methods that enactment for a monolithic institution and crush the psyche of a workplace similar Remedy?’"

From his perspective, helium says that helium was chosen for the relation due to the fact that helium knows "exactly what Remedy is. And what needs to beryllium protected, needs to beryllium supported and needs to beryllium grown. Remedy is one-of-a-kind. It’s a workplace that has astonishing originative drive… What I anticipation I tin bring to Remedy is imaginativeness connected wherever the institution could spell and wherever we could marque immoderate improvements. Who americium I to alteration the DNA of a 30-year palmy crippled studio?"

He adjacent framed the reactions to joining the workplace arsenic a affirmative thing, noting however a fig of manufacture peers and friends nonstop him congratulatory messages alongside words of caution: "'Don’t fuck it up.’ It was: ‘We emotion Remedy truthful much. Don’t fuck it up.’ That shows you however overmuch radical emotion Remedy."

Yet a CEO is arsenic a CEO does, meaning Gaudechon inactive floated astir words similar franchise, IP, and audience, saying the studio's tentpole games similar Control and Alan Wake "could springiness a batch more" and "need to find its assemblage much, overmuch further than the existent audience." For Gaudechon, helium thinks the mode to bash that is proceed that strategy established earlier his accomplishment by increasing these games done deals similar the 1 with Annapurna, which volition spot movie and TV adaptations of the studio's output.

"[Our woody with] Annapurna goes into making our games, our franchises radiance further and scope an assemblage that doesn’t beryllium today. It’s a pity, I deliberation Alan Wake should person sold more. Control should person sold more. To me, that’s 1 of the archetypal things we request to fix, adjacent earlier trying to marque much games to a definite extent. First of all, maximize the imaginable of the ones we have, due to the fact that they’re incredible. And cross-media is going to assistance america bash that."

I mean, these adaptations could perchance bring successful a wider audience, particularly if done well. An X-Files-esque amusement astir an cause astatine the FBC sounds similar a imaginable winner. I conscionable don't truly emotion the thought of having to marque Remedy's games immoderate bigger than they presently are. Ah well, erstwhile has a CEO ever done thing wrong! I'm definite I've got thing to interest about.