Remedy's Vanguard Transforms into Kestrel: A Premium Co-op Game

Remedy Entertainment is rebooting its free-to-play co-op multiplayer game, Vanguard, as a premium release due to uncertainties in the rapidly changing free-to-play market. The game, now codenamed Kestrel, will be published by Tencent. Part of the Vanguard development team will be reassigned to other projects, while the core leadership and select members will focus on the new direction, which will leverage Remedy's core strengths. This decision reflects a potential loss in confidence in free-to-play games from AAA studios.