FBC: Firebreak’s Director Breaks Down Remedy’s Most Surprising Game Yet

With FBC Firebreak just around the corner, director and lead writer Mike Kayatta sits down to talk about Remedy Entertainment’s shift to multiplayer, and retaining its narrative roots.

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0:00 – Presented by PlayStation: Days of Play
0:04 – Intro: Meet Mike, Game Director of FBC: Fire Break
0:16 – What FBC Actually Stands For (Not Federal Bureau of Control!)
0:34 – Fire Break Launches June 17 – Dev Team Reactions
1:01 – Why Games Aren’t Fun Until the End of Development
1:23 – Remedy’s Chaotic but Creative Process
1:57 – The Stress of Finishing a Game: Dev Metaphors Galore
2:18 – Remedy’s Big Genre Shift: Multiplayer, FPS, Game Pass & More
3:01 – Changing Tone and Storytelling Style at Remedy
3:36 – Fighting Skepticism Around Remedy Doing Multiplayer
4:23 – How the Fire Break Team Grew Organically
5:01 – Expanding Remedy’s Identity Without Losing Its Roots
5:15 – How *FBC: Fire Break* Was Conceived
5:44 – Remedy’s Transition to a Multi-Project Studio
6:20 – Why Remedy Wanted to Try Multiplayer Storytelling
6:51 – The Magic of Player-Driven Chaos in Games
7:06 – Balancing Narrative and Emergent Storytelling
7:43 – Creating “Narrative Space” Without Interrupting Players
8:25 – How Fire Break Embeds Storytelling in Small Moments
9:00 – Voice Packs as Storytelling Tools with 500+ Custom Lines
9:47 – Super Fans Will Find the Hidden Lore
10:33 – Control to Multiplayer? Why It Actually Works
11:04 – Grounding the Story in Ordinary Bureau Workers
11:57 – Firefighters, Bureaucrats, and Heroism in the Everyday
12:37 – Gameplay Vibes: Heavy Tools, Team Spirit, and Goofiness
13:06 – Final Thoughts & Dev Gratitude
13:26 – Outro from GameSpot & PlayStation Days of Play

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