Remedy has announced that it has scrapped an original project known as codename Kestrel, which was headed by a small team and had planned to take the form of a premium cooperative multiplayer game.
Codename Kestrel was co-financed with Tencent and started preproduction in November 2023 as a reboot of codenamed Vanguard. Remedy’s decision to cancel the project ensures the company is now able to focus on its exiting franchises, as explained by Remedy CEO Tero Virtala below.
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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.
[Source – Remedy]