Remedy Entertainment Ltd.

Overview

Remedy Entertainment Ltd. is a Finnish development studio founded in 1995 and based in Espoo. Many of the founding members were previously part of the demo scene group Future Crew.

The studio's first game was the top-down racing shooter Death Rally, followed by the two Max Payne games (2001 and 2003) featuring a titular protagonist in a gripping story of hard-boiled revenge. The game popularised the use of bullet time in games, a technique best known from The Matrix movies, mixed with action sequences reminiscent of John Woo movies, but entirely set in against film noir backdrop. After having sold the movie options in 2001, a film based on the story starring Mark Wahlberg was eventually released in 2008.

The company is currently working on its fourth game, the action thriller Alan Wake. Despite having released only three games in thirteen years, the studio does fine as all of their titles have been received very well, both by the press and in sales numbers.

The studio is also responsible for the popular benchmark application 3DMark. Initially created as Final Reality in 1997, Remedy soon established the company Futuremark to handle the application.

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