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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 70101" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/12/12/controlresonate-thumb-1765506639080.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>Control and Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment has named Jean-Charles Gaudechon as its new CEO.</p><p></p><p>The company’s board of directors announced the news with <a href="https://investors.remedygames.com/releases-and-events/announcements-and-releases/?publicationId=c86bbf74-7d56-4b1e-bc4d-56f406fc8258" target="_blank"><u>a post on its website</u></a> today. Co-founder Markus Mäki will continue to serve as interim CEO until the leadership change takes effect March 1, 2026.</p><p></p><p></p><p>“I’m excited and honored to join Remedy at a pivotal time,” Gaudechon said in a statement. “The studio has a unique creative identity and a strong pipeline. My commitment is to protect what makes it special, deliver exceptional games, and scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value.”</p><p></p><p>Mäki took over as interim CEO after former Remedy CEO, Tero Virtala, resigned from his position in October 2025. It was a sudden shakeup that arrived after the studio’s summer multiplayer FPS and its first self-published game, <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/fbc-firebreak" target="_blank"><u>FBC: Firebreak</u></a>, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/remedy-admits-fbc-firebreak-underperformed-commercially-we-were-unsatisfied" target="_blank"><u>failed to impress on a commercial</u></a> and critical level (we gave it a <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/fbc-firebreak-review" target="_blank"><u>6/10</u></a>). Virtala was with Remedy for just over nine years, leaving the Espoo, Finland-based game company to search for a long-term replacement.</p><p></p><p>We now know Gaudechon has been picked to fill the role. His experience in the industry has seen him serve at EA as a studio head and executive producer over titles like Battlefield Heroes, as well as a general manager and executive producer for Eve Online developer CCP Games. Now, he’ll oversee a company he says “has the voice and the ambition to be a pillar of the industry’s future.”</p><p></p><p></p><p>“We will stay close to players, earn their time and trust, and strengthen our independence in how we build and publish our games, while continuing to work closely with the partners who have supported us along the way,” the soon-to-be CEO added. “I will be moving to Finland with my family and I’m incredibly excited about getting to work directly with the team at the studio.”</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, fans of Remedy’s work are looking forward to its mind-bending sequel, <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/control-resonant" target="_blank"><u>Control: Resonant</u></a>. Announced at <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/control-resonant-announced-by-remedy-for-2026-release-the-game-awards-2025" target="_blank"><u>the 2025 Game Awards</u></a>, the follow-up is expected to launch sometime this year for PC and consoles. <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/control-2-in-production-readiness-stage-at-remedy-max-payne-remakes-in-full-production" target="_blank"><u>Max Payne 1 and 2 remakes</u></a> are also in development and expected to launch at an unspecified point in the future.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/remedy-finds-new-ceo-in-former-ea-exec-jean-charles-gaudechon" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 70101, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/12/12/controlresonate-thumb-1765506639080.jpg[/IMG] Control and Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment has named Jean-Charles Gaudechon as its new CEO. The company’s board of directors announced the news with [URL='https://investors.remedygames.com/releases-and-events/announcements-and-releases/?publicationId=c86bbf74-7d56-4b1e-bc4d-56f406fc8258'][U]a post on its website[/U][/URL] today. Co-founder Markus Mäki will continue to serve as interim CEO until the leadership change takes effect March 1, 2026. “I’m excited and honored to join Remedy at a pivotal time,” Gaudechon said in a statement. “The studio has a unique creative identity and a strong pipeline. My commitment is to protect what makes it special, deliver exceptional games, and scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value.” Mäki took over as interim CEO after former Remedy CEO, Tero Virtala, resigned from his position in October 2025. It was a sudden shakeup that arrived after the studio’s summer multiplayer FPS and its first self-published game, [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/fbc-firebreak'][U]FBC: Firebreak[/U][/URL], [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/remedy-admits-fbc-firebreak-underperformed-commercially-we-were-unsatisfied'][U]failed to impress on a commercial[/U][/URL] and critical level (we gave it a [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/fbc-firebreak-review'][U]6/10[/U][/URL]). Virtala was with Remedy for just over nine years, leaving the Espoo, Finland-based game company to search for a long-term replacement. We now know Gaudechon has been picked to fill the role. His experience in the industry has seen him serve at EA as a studio head and executive producer over titles like Battlefield Heroes, as well as a general manager and executive producer for Eve Online developer CCP Games. Now, he’ll oversee a company he says “has the voice and the ambition to be a pillar of the industry’s future.” “We will stay close to players, earn their time and trust, and strengthen our independence in how we build and publish our games, while continuing to work closely with the partners who have supported us along the way,” the soon-to-be CEO added. “I will be moving to Finland with my family and I’m incredibly excited about getting to work directly with the team at the studio.” Meanwhile, fans of Remedy’s work are looking forward to its mind-bending sequel, [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/control-resonant'][U]Control: Resonant[/U][/URL]. Announced at [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/control-resonant-announced-by-remedy-for-2026-release-the-game-awards-2025'][U]the 2025 Game Awards[/U][/URL], the follow-up is expected to launch sometime this year for PC and consoles. [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/control-2-in-production-readiness-stage-at-remedy-max-payne-remakes-in-full-production'][U]Max Payne 1 and 2 remakes[/U][/URL] are also in development and expected to launch at an unspecified point in the future. [I]Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/remedy-finds-new-ceo-in-former-ea-exec-jean-charles-gaudechon"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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