Control and Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment has named Jean-Charles Gaudechon as its new CEO. Leadership change will take effect on March 1.
The company’s board of directors announced the decision on its website. Co-founder Markus Mäki will continue serving as interim CEO until the leadership change takes effect on March 1, 2026.
«I’m excited and honored to join Remedy at a pivotal time», «The studio has a unique creative identity and a strong project pipeline. My commitment is to preserve what makes it special, deliver outstanding games, and grow Remedy in a way that creates lasting value», — Gaudechon said.
Mäki became interim CEO after former Remedy CEO Tero Virtala resigned in October 2025. The departure came unexpectedly following the commercial and critical disappointment of the studio’s summer multiplayer FPS and its first self-published game, FBC: Firebreak. Virtala had been with Remedy for just over nine years, leaving the Espoo, Finland-based company to find a long-term replacement.
Gaudechon has now been chosen to fill the role. He previously worked at EA as a studio head and executive producer of Battlefield Heroes and served as general manager and executive producer at CCP Games, developer of Eve Online. He will now lead a company he believes «has the voice and the ambition to be a pillar of the industry’s future».
«We will stay close to players, earn their time and trust, and strengthen our independence in how we create and publish games while continuing to work with partners who have supported us along the way», «I will be moving to Finland with my family and I’m incredibly excited to work directly with the team at the studio», — the incoming CEO added.
Fans are meanwhile looking forward to the mind-bending sequel, Control: Resonant. Announced at the 2025 Game Awards, it is expected on PC and consoles this year. Remakes of Max Payne 1 and 2 are also in development with an unspecified release date.
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