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Kestrel canceled.

Alan Wake studio Remedy has ended development on Project Kestrel — previously known as “Vanguard” — which was billed as “a premium cooperative multiplayer game” that was being co-published by Tencent. The developer says the cancellation will allow it to “focus more on the other games in its portfolio,” which is probably good news for fans of Control.

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