Remedy Entertainment CEO Tero Virtala has stepped down from his position at the Alan Wake\/Control <\/em>development studio and will be replaced immediately.<\/p>\n The announcement<\/a> from Remedy Entertainment doesn\u2019t include reasoning surrounding the sudden exit, but the statement reveals that both Tero Virtala and the Board of Directors of the company have mutually agreed\u00a0on the exit, and Virtala will step down immediately.<\/p>\n While no reason has been given, Remedy Entertainment\u2019s most recent release and spin-off of Control<\/em>, FBC: Firebreak<\/em>, has recently reported heavy underperformance despite the recent overhaul update, Breakpoint<\/em>. A recent \u201cprofit warning<\/a>\u201d post on Remedy Entertainment\u2019s official site has shown an adjustment on \u201cits 2025 outlook by lowering its guidance on operating profit,\u201d and the new outlook suggested \u201coperating profit (EBIT) to be negative and below the previous year.\u201d<\/p>\n FBC: Firebreak<\/em> is notably the first multiplayer title in the Remedy Entertainment catalogue, and CGMagazine\u2019s review<\/a> calls it \u201ca fast-paced and somewhat lighthearted co-op shooter that feels both familiar and truly unique,\u201d and other critics have had middling thoughts on the project. FBC Firebreak sits at a 64% critical reception on Metacritic, and users on Steam have mixed feelings on the spin-off as well.<\/p>\n In the transition period, Remedy\u2019s Board of Directors has appointed Markus M\u00e4ki as the company\u2019s interim CEO, effective as of October 22, 2025. M\u00e4ki is one of the founders of Remedy, and he has been a member of the Board since 1995 and acting Chairman of the Board until this appointment as interim CEO.<\/p>\n Markus M\u00e4ki said, \u201cI want to thank Tero Virtala for his substantial contribution to the management of Remedy since 2016. I personally thank Tero for good cooperation and wish him all the best for the future,\u201d regarding the former CEO\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n While Remedy Entertainment is set to lose previously forecasted gains on operating profit, Remedy confirmed\u00a0Control 2<\/em>\u00a0development<\/a> is on schedule, while the\u00a0Max Payne\u00a01 & 2 remake<\/em> project<\/a> is also in the works.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source finance.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Remedy Entertainment CEO Tero Virtala Steps Down After 9 Years, Effective Immediately \u2014 Photo: CGMagazine Remedy Entertainment CEO Tero Virtala has stepped down from his position at the Alan Wake\/Control development studio and will be replaced immediately. 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