Remedy
Entertainment,
the
developers
of
Alan
Wake
2
and
Control,
has
decided
to
cancel
Project
Kestrel
in
a
step
described
allowing
the
company
to
“focus
more
on
the
other
games
in
its
portfolio.”
The
game
was
originally
codenamed
Vanguard
and
according
to
insider
reporting
was
believed
to
have
been
a
free-to-play
game.
However,
Remedy
decided
to
reboot
its
development
in
November
of
2023.
Remedy
describes
Kestrel
as
“a
small
team
working
on
the
early
concept
stage
of
a
premium
cooperative
multiplayer
game.”
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Now
though,
Project
Kestrel,
which
was
being
co-financed
by
Chinese
giant
Tencent,
will
not
ever
get
to
see
the
light
of
day.
The
decision
was
made
so
that
Remedy
could
focus
on
other
games
currently
in
development,
which
we
know
includes
the
Max
Payne
remake
and
Control
2.
Presumably
this
means
Project
Kestrel
didn’t
show
as
much
promise
as
Remedy
had
initially
hoped.
Perhaps
the
2023
reboot
was
the
writing
on
the
wall.
Kestrel
would
“lean
more
into
Remedy’s
core
strengths
and
be
built
on
many
of
the
features,
assets,
and
themes
already
designed
for
Vanguard,”
Remedy
said
at
the
time.
“Codename
Kestrel
showed
early
promise,
but
the
project
was
still
in
its
early
concept
stage.
Our
other
projects
have
advanced
well
and
are
moving
to
the
next
stages
of
development,
and
increasing
focus
on
them
provides
us
with
benefits.
We
can
reallocate
talented
Kestrel
developers
to
these
other
game
projects,
and
many
of
our
support
functions
get
additional
focus
on
their
operations.
This
is
yet
another
means
to
ensure
that
our
game
projects
continue
advancing
well. I
want
to
thank
our
Kestrel
development
team. Though
we
decided
to
discontinue
the
project
for
wider
Remedy
benefits,
our
team
has
done
good
work
and
provided
us
with
valuable
learnings.
I
also
want
to
thank
Tencent
for
their
partnership
so
far.
They
have
been
very
professional
and
supportive,”
says
Remedy’s
CEO
Tero
Virtala
in
a
lengthy
statement.
A
few
days
ago,
Remedy
provided
updates
on
a
couple
of
its
other
games.
Alan
Wake
2
was
revealed
to
still
not
have
made
back
its
development
budget,
while
the
Max
Payne
1&2
remake
is
scheduled
to
head
into
full
production
in
Q2
of
this
year.
Control
2
has
entered
into
“production
readiness.”
