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Finland's Remedy Entertainment is known for getting weird. Here's why

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Remedy Entertainment is known for getting weird.

The Finnish studio has been in the spotlight since the release of Alan Wake and Max Payne .

In the past decade , it has been implementing a plan to help it compete with bigger, better-funded developers and publishers.

Now it's trying to expand even further with its first multiplayer — and self-published — game in Firebreak .

Remedy now has four projects in development, including a sequel to Control and Alan Wake sequel.

The studio has two creative directors: Sam Lake and Sam Kasurinen .

With the exception of Max Payne , which is being published by Rockstar , all of its in-development games are self-published.

Remedy attempted to get into the world of free-to-play games through a partnership with Tencent .

The studio's first self-published game, FBC: Firebreak, is one of its most surprising releases.

It's a multiplayer shooter, which might sound like an odd release from a studio known for single-player narratives.

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