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Remedy Entertainment Plc's Board of Directors has today appointed Jean-Charles Gaudechon as the CEO of Remedy Entertainment Plc as of 1st of March 2026. Markus Mäki, the interim CEO and co-founder, will continue as the interim CEO until Gaudechon begins his tenure, and continues to support Remedy and the CEO thereafter.

Jean-Charles Gaudechon (M.Sc.), 48, born in France, brings over 20 years of leadership experience from the global gaming and digital entertainment industry. His career spans senior leadership roles at international gaming companies, including Electronic Arts and CCP Games, where he held senior executive positions with full P&L responsibility.

"I am delighted to announce the appointment of Jean-Charles (JC) Gaudechon to lead Remedy into a phase of profitable growth. His proven history in growing gaming franchises and successfully leading international studios is an excellent fit to the current stage of Remedy's business. Under JC's leadership, we are well-positioned to significantly accelerate growth, guide Remedy towards greater independence through self-publishing, and deliver sustained value to our players, partners, and shareholders" says Henri Österlund, Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

[Gamer79]

 

[Diva]

I guess it's time to say goodbye to another studio with original single-player games. Honestly, it's fucking sad... I can't even get mad anymore.
Bright future with Highguards and Hunters gatherings...

 

[Chittagong]

A non-Finnish CEO? Wrap it up boys, thanks for the fish

 

[Killer8]

I guess it's time to say goodbye to another studio with original single-player games. Honestly, it's fucking sad... I can't even get mad anymore.
Bright future with Highguards and Hunters gatherings...

Their problem was when they moved away from single player games with FBC. If they have any sense they will only make single player from here on out (*and release them on Steam).

 

[semiconscious]

to the extent i didn't feel that remedy has been going anywhere interesting ever since control, i'm not sure this really matters that much...

 

[Sticks]

The pills will ease the pain

 

[squallbr]

EX- EA CEO thats dont smell good

 

[Arsic]

Someone show him FBC and the deal with EPIC.

Now he can avoid relapse blunders.

 

[PauloRoberto]

I guess it's time to say goodbye to another studio with original single-player games. Honestly, it's fucking sad... I can't even get mad anymore.
Bright future with Highguards and Hunters gatherings...

With all due respect... if it wasn't for Sony, Microsoft and Epic to finance their games... they would be already cooked. And they burned that money... on a multiplayer game! :-|

 

[PeteBull]

Could go both ways, depending if new CEO is based or total woke clown.
Middleaged french guy so defo cant give him benefit of the doubt, those ppl got waving white flags in their genes, but lets wait bit longer to be 100% sure.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Best regards from the new CEO and his assistants:

 

[Magic Carpet]

With all due respect... if it wasn't for Sony, Microsoft and Epic to finance their games... they would be already cooked. And they burned that money... on a multiplayer game! :-|

What game did Sony help them with? I remember a rumor that Sony was going to aquire them a long time ago. Did anything come of that?

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

I've been worried since they announced it that this will be Remedy's last hurrah.

The issue is I don't know if Control is a big enough ip to translate to big enough money, iirc the original game only managed to squeak by because it came out right when ray tracing was taking off and was a perfect showcase for it, but how many people even finished it since it's such an absurdly long game if you play all the DLC?

 

[yurinka]

Weird to see a CEO that isn't from Finland, but if they did choose this folk maybe it's because he deserves it and was a better candidate than the Finnish available ones. It's also worth mentioning this guy worked a lot of years in Canada, Sweden, China, Singapore or Portugal.

In any case, I wish them luck and to continue focusing in single player games.

With all due respect... if it wasn't for Sony, Microsoft and Epic to finance their games... they would be already cooked. And they burned that money... on a multiplayer game! :-|

Sony never funded any of their games.

But I think it would be a good idea to see Remedy working on a 1st/2nd party Sony game, or even selling the studio to Sony. It could help them improve in many areas and make a good chunk of money.

 

[GudOlRub]

If Sam Lake quits then we'll know the studio is cooked. No way that dude would stay in a place that would not let him write and tell his wacky stories.
If he stays then for now at least I'm not too worried.

 

[PauloRoberto]

What game did Sony help them with? I remember a rumor that Sony was going to aquire them a long time ago. Did anything come of that?

Weird to see a CEO that isn't from Finland, but if they did choose this folk maybe it's because he deserves it and was a better candidate than the Finnish available ones.

In any case, I wish them luck and to continue focusing in single player games.


Sony never funded any of their games.

But I think it would be a good idea to see Remedy working on a 1st/2nd party Sony game, or even selling the studio to Sony. It could help them improve in many areas and make a good chunk of money.

Didn't Sony put some money in Control (at least for the PS Plus part, because i played control via PS Plus) ?

 

[yurinka]

Didn't Sony put some money in Control (at least for the PS Plus part, because i played control via PS Plus) ?

Sony doesn't pay AAA 3rd parties the over $100-200M that this game did cost to put them long time after release in PS+. They just pay them a handfull/few millions.

 

[PauloRoberto]

Sony doesn't pay AAA 3rd parties the over $100-200M that this game did cost to put them long time after release in PS+. They just pay them a handfull/few millions.

You are KIDDING ME that control cost this much, right ?! :-| Jesus Christ...

PS: it looks like €30 mi, that would be more in line (and that PS Plus money would be welcome regardless :-D)

But i stand corrected, Sony did not fund Remedy (and i would nto blame them, if im being honest...)

 

[yurinka]

You are KIDDING ME that control cost this much, right ?! :-| Jesus Christ...

I went to check it and apparently Remedy said it was $30M, which sounds too low for the AAA games of the time. Maybe that was just the development budget, or the development budget spent on Remedy.

But for previous gen AAA games, when counting the total budget, the average was around $100-$200M. This gen are around $200-300M, and in the biggest projects go above that.

 

[PauloRoberto]

I went to check it and apparently Remedy said it was $30M, which sounds too low for the AAA games of the time. Maybe that was just the development budget, or the development budget spent on Remedy.

But for previous gen AAA games, when counting the total budget, the average was around $100-$200M. This gen are around $200-300M, and in the biggest projects go above that.

Well, if im honest... i dont think Control is a AAA game... almost 0 world variety... Ill put it as a very fun and somewhat very polished AA game.

 

[geary]

A non-Finnish CEO? Wrap it up boys, thanks for the fish

Worse…A CEO with finance background