and video games interactive entertainment founded 1995 1 headquarters espoo finland 1 key people tero virtala ceo 2 mika reini cfo sam lake creative director 1 products max payne series 2001 3 number of employees 132 as of november 12 2014 1 website www.remedygames.com remedy entertainment ltd. is a finnish video game and game technology developer . the company is best known for developing max payne alan wake and quantum break . contents 1 history 1.1 early years and products 1.2 the max payne era 1.3 alan wake and revised death rally 1.4 quantum break 1.5 current projects 2 games developed 3 references 4 external links history edit early years and products edit the original remedy logo that caused lucasarts to threaten legal action due to the logo resembling the upper portion of the lucasarts logo 3 remedy was founded in 1995 by demoscene members from groups such as future crew . the year after remedy released its first game death rally a top down perspective racing shooter published by apogee and distributed by gt interactive software . in the game the player competes in deadly races with armed cars trying to finish first while destroying opponents and fulfilling missions . still attached to the demoscene remedy took part in the 1997 assembly with final reality a combination of a demo and a 3d benchmark program . later that year remedy founded a new company named futuremark for developing benchmark software that would eventually turn into 3dmark . in 1998 lucasarts approached them citing that their logo was copied from the top portion of the lucasarts logo and threatened legal action . remedy was by that time already in the process of redesigning their logo so they complied by taking their old logo offline from their website and introducing their new logo a little later . the max payne era edit in 2001 remedy released its second game max payne which tells the story of the eponymous fugitive undercover cop in new york city vengeful for the murder of his family framed for the murder of a dea agent and hunted by nypd and the american mafia . the game is best known for its film noir influences and popularizing bullet time in video games . remedy sold all the rights to max payne in 2002 to take two interactive for us 10 million and 969 932 shares of stock . 4 the following year a sequel to the franchise developed by remedy and rockstar games was released titled max payne 2 the fall of max payne . this would be remedy s last max payne game as rockstar continued developing the franchise on its own but some remedy employees kept supervising the making of max payne 3 like sam lake . the latest addition to the series max payne 3 was released on may 15 2012 in north america and on may 18 2012 in europe . alan wake and revised death rally edit in 2005 remedy revealed that it was developing a new ip titled alan wake a game about a writer of the same name whose wife disappears during the couple s vacation in the pacific northwest . while searching for his wife alan realizes the events are coming to life from a thriller he doesn t even remember writing . 5 alan wake combines a third person shooter with psychological horror drawing inspiration from twin peaks and the works of stephen king . the game was released on xbox 360 in 2010 and published by microsoft game studios . alan wake was extended with two dlcs titled the signal and the writer which act as new episodes in the episodic storyline of alan wake . in 2011 remedy extended to mobile platforms with the launch of a death rally remake on ios devices . next year the revised version was released on android devices and pc as well . remedy also extended the alan wake franchise with a downloadable xbox live arcade title alan wake s american nightmare . the stand alone game loosely continues the story of alan wake set in a small town of night springs arizona . in the game alan tries to chase down his evil doppelg nger mr. scratch who threatens to take away everything wake loves including his wife . the game was also released for the pc in may 2012 . quantum break edit remedy has recently finished working on quantum break which was announced during the xbox one event on 21 may 2013 . 6 the game was released on april 5 2016 . 7 during the development of quantum break the ceo of remedy matias myllyrinne and oskari h kkinen the head of franchise development departed from the company . 8 9 during the 2013 vgx awards they also revealed agents of storm which came to ios in early 2014 . current projects edit remedy announced that it had formed a new team and is currently working on two different projects . neither of which will be related to alan wake . 10 in the following month remedy announced their partnership with smilegate and that they would handled the single player story mode of smilegate s upcoming game crossfire 2 . 11 games developed edit year game platform s 1996 death rally ms dos 2001 max payne microsoft windows playstation 2 xbox game boy advance ios android 2003 max payne 2 the fall of max payne microsoft windows xbox playstation 2 2010 alan wake xbox 360 microsoft windows 2011 death rally remake ios android microsoft windows 2012 alan wake s american nightmare xbox 360 microsoft windows 2014 agents of storm ios 2016 quantum break microsoft windows xbox one tba crossfire 2 tba references edit a b c d studio profile remedy entertainment . edge . future plc. 17 march 2013 . archived from the original on 19 january 2015 . retrieved 5 january 2014 . chapple craig august 11 2016 . remedy names former redlynx boss as its new ceo . pocket gamer . retrieved august 12 2016 . siegler joe july 17 1998 . remedy entertainment & lucasarts . 3d realms . retrieved 2009 08 30 . take two interactive software inc. announces max payne 2 is in development ; take two purchases max payne intellectual property rights . retrieved 22 february 2013 . remedy entertainment . alan wake . microsoft game studios . level area episode 1 . remedy is hiring . retrieved 22 february 2013 . makuch eddie april 2 2015 . xbox one s quantum break delayed . gamespot . retrieved april 3 2015 . osborn alex may 26 2015 . remedy boss leaves alan wake developer to form new studios . ign . retrieved june 1 2015 . purchese robert june 3 2015 . remedy boss leaves after 15 years to join wargaming . retrieved june 3 2015 . futter mike june 8 2016 . remedy has two games in development but neither is alan wake . game informer . retrieved june 8 2016 . scammell david july 27 2016 . quantum break studio remedy co developing crossfire 2 . videogamer.com . retrieved july 27 2016 . external links edit remedy s official website mobygames profile for remedy v t e remedy entertainment max payne series max payne 2001 max payne 2 the fall of max payne 2003 alan wake series alan wake 2010 alan wake s american nightmare 2012 other games death rally 1996 quantum break 2016 related sam lake authority control worldcat identities viaf 135091918 bnf cb14042885f data retrieved 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