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2025 · First-person shooter · Shooter

FBC: Firebreak

FBC: Firebreak is a 3-player cooperative first-person shooter set within the enigmatic Federal Bureau of Control (FBC). As the Bureau’s headquarters faces a deadly and prolonged siege by otherworldly forces, only Firebreak—its most adaptable response unit—has the skills and courage to restore order.

Released: 17 June 2025
Platforms: PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox Series X/S
Genres: First-person shooter Shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Co-op Multiplayer player versus environment
Perspective: First person
Themes: Action Fantasy Science fiction
Country: Finland
Age ratings: PEGI 16 ACB M ESRB M GRAC 12+USK 18 CLASS_IND 14
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Mexico) and 2 more
Time to beat: 3.5hmain story21hcompletionist

About

FBC: Firebreak is a 2025 first-person shooter video game developed and published by Remedy Entertainment. Set six years after the events of Control, it follows a special unit of soldiers named Firebreak.

FBC: Firebreak was released for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S on 17 June 2025. The game received mixed reviews from critics and failed to meet the sales expectations of Remedy.

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Gameplay

FBC: Firebreak is a team-based player versus environment first-person shooter, in which a group of three players - taking on the role of the Federal Bureau of Control's "Firebreak" containment teams - must venture into the Oldest House to eliminate various human enemies controlled by the extradimensional Hiss. The game is set after the events of Control.

Players utilize "Crisis Kits", which include customizable loadouts of specialized firearms, grenades, and "Paranatural Augments"—bizarre items that grant unique abilities similar to Objects of Power. The game features a wave-based survival mode called "Endless Shift", which takes place in shifting arenas inspired by locations from the original Control. Following the "Open House" update, a "Friend's Pass" system was implemented, allowing owners of the full game to invite players who do not own it to join their cooperative sessions for free.

Development

The project was announced in June 2021 under the codename of "Condor" in a press release by Remedy Entertainment. It was intended to be co-published and developed by 505 Games, the publisher on the first Control game. In February 2024, Remedy Entertainment announced it had bought the rights to the Control franchise, including the publishing rights for the game, from 505 Games for €17 million. In April 2024, it was confirmed by Remedy that the initial budget for the game was stated to be €25 million. It was also confirmed to be pay-to-play, as opposed to many other multiplayer games.

Throughout late 2025 and early 2026, Remedy attempted to reinvigorate the player base with two major patches: the "Rogue Protocol" update in January 2026, which overhauled mission scaling, and the "Open House" update in March 2026. The latter coincided with a permanent price reduction to $19.99 for the base game. During this period, former EA executive Jean-Charles Gaudechon was appointed as the new CEO of Remedy, succeeding interim CEO Markus Mäki in March 2026.

Reception

FBC: Firebreak received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. OpenCritic determined that 24% of critics recommended the game.

FBC: Firebreak attracted more than 1 million players by 26 June 2025. Despite high initial engagement via Xbox Game Pass, the title suffered from rapid player attrition.