Summary
- Remedy Entertainment has filed a trademark for the word Troubleshooters, suggesting a new game is in the works.
- It's unclear what Troubleshooters is exactly.
- The name Troubleshooters could potentially refer to the Control multiplayer game, which is already confirmed to be in development.
Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind popular IPs like Alan Wake and Control, recently filed a trademark for a new title which could connect to an upcoming game. This news breaks ahead of the release of Remedy's creepy and unique Alan Wake 2, which is among the more highly-anticipated games coming out this fall.
Games like Control, Alan Wake, and Quantum Break have defined the legacy of Remedy Entertainment in the modern era, with the first two games forming the foundation of the studio's greater shared universe. It was revealed that Control takes place in the same universe as Alan Wake, prompting fans to speculate just how many parallels would be drawn between the two franchises, and whether the connections are more tangential or if they could yield a more substantial crossover game in the future. Potential shared universe games aside, fans have been hotly anticipating the Control multiplayer spin-off that Remedy announced back in 2021. The multiplayer game has been codenamed Project Condor by Remedy.
Another log has been tossed on the fire of speculation as it has recently been discovered that Remedy Entertainment has filed a new trademark for the word Troubleshooters. Remedy has not previously made any public reference to this word. The trademark specifies that the word is categorized under computer gaming software, lending credence to the idea that Troubleshooters is the name of a new game.
Since Remedy has not used this term in reference to any upcoming games, it's difficult to know what exactly the trademark could be connected to. Its plurality suggests multiple key characters, which could be evidence that Troubleshooters is a crossover between Alan Wake and Control, potentially involving other new and returning figures from other IPs. However, it seems a bit more likely that it's the name of the Control multiplayer game, as that project has already been confirmed to be in development and has not received an official title yet.
Of course, it's impossible to know for certain what exactly Troubleshooters is. The word is a clever play-on-words, and it would not be too much of a stretch to assume that the theoretical game is focused on gunplay, which is an argument for Troubleshooters being the name of the control multiplayer game; Alan Wake is more of a survival horror game than a shooter. Then again, Troubleshooters could be a different IP entirely, or even a DLC for Alan Wake 2 or another game from Remedy Entertainment.