Control Spin-Off ‘FBC: Firebreak’ Brings Its Co-Op Shooter To Xbox In 2025
Coming to Game Pass on day one!
by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 7:38pm
Today’s Xbox Partner Preview showcase was concluded with a first look at FBC: Firebreak, which is a new three-player co-op shooter from Remedy Entertainment that essentially serves as a spin-off of the Control series.
The game is described as easy to pick up and play, featuring “hectic co-op missions showcasing that Remedy creativity”. It’s set within the world of Control, but the studio is keen to insist that FBC: Firebreak is not DLC or a sequel of any kind – it’s its “own, fully formed thing”. Here’s a bit of what the team had to say to Xbox Wire:
“FBC: Firebreak should be easy to get into and quickly understandable, not feel like a second job or that you have to spend an hour setting up your loadouts etc. before you get into a session. This is not that game.
“It’s a pick-up-and-play experience [about] having fun with your friends when you have the time. That’s not to say that FBC: Firebreak doesn’t have deep player progression and things to unlock, it does, but this isn’t about logging in every day for some loot or fear of missing out on materials.”
For those who might be concerned about Remedy’s new focus in the multiplayer world, the company has confirmed it has more single-player titles in development that will be “awesome”, so nothing is changing in that regard.
FBC: Firebreak will be available with Xbox Game Pass in 2025, and you can check out some screens below.
“FBC: Firebreak is a cooperative first-person shooter set within a mysterious federal agency under assault by otherworldly forces. As a years-long siege on the agency’s headquarters reaches its boiling point, only Firebreak—the Bureau’s most versatile unit—has the gear and the guts to plunge into the building’s strangest crises, restore order, and blast their way back from the brink.”
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Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.
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