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Remedy reveals plans to reboot project Vanguard to a premium game 'with a strong cooperative multiplayer component'

Alan Wake 2: a close up of Alan Wake's face .

Remedy Entertainment has announced that it will be rebooting project Vanguard to a premium game "with a strong cooperative multiplayer component", confirming it will no longer be free-to-play.

The studio behind Alan Wake 2 and Control signed a publishing deal with Tencent in December 2021 to develop the game - which is now codenamed Kestrel - but due to "uncertainties in creating a successful game to the rapidly changing free-to-play market and associated risks" Remedy and Tencent have discussed a new direction for the project, according to a new update.

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