{"id":1367605,"date":"2025-10-23T14:31:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/u8dTtpwRJAezXVGJzTrLS4"},"modified":"2025-10-23T14:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:31:47","slug":"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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/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\/","title":{"rendered":"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"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a strange few years for Remedy Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, it&#8217;s more independent and successful than ever before. With less reliance on publisher investment, it&#8217;s been able to develop and expand its studio-owned properties into a connected universe, and move towards self-publishing. And it&#8217;s produced some of its most critically acclaimed games ever, including ambitious sequel Alan Wake 2.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3182px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"fXontYJVpKdeMGGBpFufrh\" name=\"Alan_Wake_2_keyart.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Wake 2\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/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.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"3182\" height=\"1790\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Remedy Entertainment)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the other\u2026 <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/horror\/after-more-than-a-year-and-2-million-sales-alan-wake-2-is-finally-turning-a-profit-for-remedy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Wake 2 took about a year and a half to even start turning a profit<\/a>, and most recently its first self-published game, FBC: Firebreak, was a dispiriting flop, with the studio having to issue <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/remedy-issues-profit-warning-after-fbc-firebreaks-big-overhaul-fails-to-turn-things-around-despite-improved-player-and-sales-metrics-after-the-update-sales-have-not-reached-remedys-internal-targets\/\" target=\"_blank\">a profit warning to shareholders<\/a> in the wake of its poor sales and feeble player count.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Remedy CEO Tero Virtala has announced he&#8217;s stepping down after 9 years in the role, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/remedy-ceo-tero-virtala-steps-down-after-nine-years\" target=\"_blank\">as reported by GamesIndustry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company hasn&#8217;t revealed, of course, the reason for Virtala leaving, but it&#8217;s hard not to draw a connection to those recent troubles. What was supposed to be a bold new step for Remedy instead became perhaps its biggest ever embarrassment\u2014it&#8217;s likely that someone had to take the responsibility for that.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"s4KhxYAiSdAJFTLqqwFisX\" name=\"fbc-firebreak-best-kit-jump\" alt=\"Firebreak best kit - Pushing enemies with Jump Kit\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/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-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Remedy)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the interim, chief product officer Markus M\u00e4ki will be overseeing things\u2014he&#8217;s one of the original co-founders. But the hunt is on for a permanent replacement. Maybe it&#8217;s time to polish up your CV?<\/p>\n<p>While dunking on videogame CEOs is certainly not something we shy away from around here, the story here does seem nuanced.<\/p>\n<p>FBC: Firebreak always seemed like a risky and potentially misguided project, not only straying far from the studio&#8217;s core strengths. When <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/co-op-shooter-fbc-firebreak-is-so-deadly-that-even-the-objectives-are-trying-to-kill-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">I visited the studio ahead of its release<\/a>, I got a strong sense of the team&#8217;s passion for co-op gaming, but equally found no clear answer to the most important question: who was it actually for? It&#8217;s easy to point to as a major error in judgement from senior leadership.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3840px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"FZnZd8zTjf39bcesBcJYcU\" name=\"FBC_Firebreak_HotFix_1SS_01\" alt=\"Firing water at incoming Hiss in FBC: Firebreak.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/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.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Remedy Entertainment)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But equally, nine years as CEO means Virtala oversaw what I would say is the most bold and confident era of Remedy&#8217;s history. Control and then Alan Wake 2 are not only two of the studio&#8217;s best and most ambitious games ever, they both felt like statements of intent, pushing the studio&#8217;s house style in surprising new directions and retroactively tying all its major past works together into one seamless, fascinating universe. As a big Remedy fan myself, it&#8217;s been an exciting time.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully this change in leadership doesn&#8217;t spell the end of that momentum, and Firebreak ends up being remembered as a blip rather than a lasting blow to one of gaming&#8217;s most creative developers.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/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\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a strange few years for Remedy Entertainment. On the one hand, it&#8217;s more independent and successful than ever before. With less reliance on publisher investment, it&#8217;s been able to develop and expand its studio-owned properties into a connected universe, and move towards self-publishing. And it&#8217;s produced some of its most critically acclaimed games ever, including ambitious sequel Alan Wake 2. (Image credit: Remedy Entertainment) On the other\u2026 Alan Wake 2 took about a year and a half to even start turning a profit, and most recently its first self-published game, FBC: Firebreak, was a dispiriting flop, with the studio having to issue a profit warning to shareholders in the wake of its poor sales and feeble player count. Now, Remedy CEO Tero Virtala&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/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\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1367606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1367605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>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 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s been a strange few years for Remedy Entertainment.On the one hand, it&#039;s more independent and successful than ever before. 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