{"id":87444,"date":"2025-08-16T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/87444\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:58:08","slug":"is-it-worth-playing-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/87444\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Worth Playing Right Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Remedy Connected Universe is growing pretty rapidly these days, and its latest entry is a Control spin-off known as FBC: Firebreak. In this cooperative shooter, players return to the Federal Bureau of Control\u2019s bizarre and unsettling Oldest House with up to two pals.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/fbc-firebreak-relaunch-remedy-alan-wake-control-2000617135\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Wake Devs Plan A Big Relaunch For Failing Co-Op Flop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the game hasn\u2019t been the hit many were probably hoping for. Developer Remedy is looking to put some elbow grease into <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/fbc-firebreak-relaunch-remedy-alan-wake-control-2000617135\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rehabilitating the co-op shooter<\/a>. But you can play it right now if you want. So let\u2019s get into everything you\u2019d need to know if you want to play it as of summer 2025.<\/p>\n<p> What don\u2019t folks like about FBC: Firebreak? <\/p>\n<p>Firebreak unfortunately hasn\u2019t satisfied critics or players. Cited issues include a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/reviews\/ps5\/fbc-firebreak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lifeless<\/a>\u201d feeling when playing and a bit too much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fbc-firebreak-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">chaos and drudgery<\/a>. It\u2019s a disappointing debut for a game set in an otherwise excellent setting with a decent premise.<\/p>\n<p> How many people are playing right now? <\/p>\n<p>While you may be able to make your own fun in Firebreak, it\u2019s fair to say most people aren\u2019t. At the time of this writing, <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2272540\/charts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SteamDB reports<\/a> a player count in the low teens, with an all-time peak of 1,992 players. Those aren\u2019t great numbers on PC, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p> Does FBC: Firebreak have crossplay support? <\/p>\n<p>The short answer is yes, FBC: Firebreak has crossplay support. Players can team with one another across other platforms by sharing a party code. So, if you\u2019re a console fan with friends who prefer to play on PC, or vice versa, you can invite each other for some first-person shooting fun in either duos or trios.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000618048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755356288_716_img.jpg\" alt=\"An FBC agent stands in a multiplayer lobby.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/>\u00a9 Screenshot: Remedy Does FBC: Firebreak have cross-progression support? <\/p>\n<p>The good news stops at crossplay, I\u2019m afraid. FBC: Firebreak does not support cross-progression at launch.<\/p>\n<p>However, that doesn\u2019t mean the game won\u2019t have cross-progression at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/mp1st.com\/news\/fbc-firebreak-crossplay-support-launch-no-cross-progression\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MP1ST<\/a>, community manager Julian Fondum responded to an inquiry about cross-progression by saying, \u201cNot at launch. Maybe way down the line. It\u2019s a maybe. A lot of things we\u2019re doing on the back end [are] definitely built in the way that we can do a bunch of things down the line when we have more resources and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sounds promising to me! But as with any feature that hasn\u2019t been confirmed yet, don\u2019t hold your breath. I suspect there are plenty of things on the game\u2019s roadmap that Remedy views as more pivotal for the game than this for now.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a fan of the Remedy Connected Universe and want to see what all the fuss is about, even if the game has failed to impress on launch, FBC: Firebreak is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S\/X, and Windows PCs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Remedy Connected Universe is growing pretty rapidly these days, and its latest entry is a Control spin-off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[19833,74],"class_list":["post-87444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-fbc-firebreak","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}