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FBC: Firebreak Launches on Game Pass With Mixed Reviews and Planned Content Updates

Reviewers praise its inventive elemental mechanics despite repetitive combat

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Overview

  • FBC: Firebreak is Remedy Entertainment’s first online multiplayer title set in the Control universe, featuring three-player co-op and customizable Crisis Kits.
  • The game debuted June 17 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S with day-one inclusion in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PlayStation Plus Extra.
  • Critics have delivered mixed reviews, commending its creative elemental interactions while calling its combat loops basic and missions tedious.
  • Remedy has scheduled a fall update to introduce a new Job called Outbreak, a Research Sector jobsite, added enemies and gameplay systems, plus free rewards and paid cosmetics.
  • A second content drop is planned for winter 2025, and the studio is preparing to extend support into 2026 based on player feedback.