- Remedy has appointed Jean-Charles Gaudechon as the new CEO of the company.
- The CEO previously worked at EA and the sports betting company Sleeper, leading to concerns among fans.
- Many believe the CEO will push Remedy in a direction that prioritizes profit over artistic integrity, unlike the team’s past games.
Remedy has always been a fan-favorite studio, dating back to the days of hit IPs like Max Payne. However, the team has risen further in popularity recently, thanks to successes with games like Control and Alan Wake 2.
The team is currently hard at work on Control Resonant, a new title scheduled to launch later this year. As excitement for this new entry in the Control saga builds, players have also begun showing concerns about the future of the studio due to the new CEO’s past track record.
Why it matters: Remedy recently confirmed that a new CEO has joined the team, and he brings past experience from publishers like EA.
According to the studio’s latest announcement, Jean-Charles Gaudechon is the new Remedy CEO, and he will take up the role starting in March.
The announcement notes that Jean-Charles Gaudechon has experience with profit and loss responsibilities, which he will use to usher in a new era of growth for the studio. As Jean-Charles Gaudechon puts it, the team will be “scaled in a way that builds lasting value.”
However, looking at the executive’s past, he worked as the Senior Vice President of Sleeper, a sports betting platform. Many fans are now concerned that the new CEO will steer Remedy in the wrong direction.
Over on platforms like Reddit, many believe that a team like Remedy hiring an executive with such a past is an immediate red flag. They find that the studio is inherently suited to making risky and artistic projects, something the new CEO might stray away from in search of higher profits, which typically leads teams to pursue live-service projects.
It’s gonna be really funny when they finally get Max Payne back and make a pachinko machine.
-shallowBasketcase
Similar concerns have been raised on platforms like Twitter, with many people even finding the CEO’s past link to EA to be a red flag.
Of course, Remedy has already tried its hand at Games as A Service and a sustainable revenue model recently. Unfortunately, FBC Firebreak was anything but a success and performed far below expectations.
Fans believe these types of projects will become the norm under Jean-Charles Gaudechon, even if the CEO has promised to keep Remedy’s unique identity intact moving forward.
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