{"id":843294,"date":"2025-04-24T16:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T21:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/fbc-firebreak-follows-in-helldivers-2s-footsteps-as-it-reveals-release-date-pricing-and-battle-pass\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T16:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T21:12:51","slug":"fbc-firebreak-follows-in-helldivers-2s-footsteps-as-it-reveals-release-date-pricing-and-battle-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/fbc-firebreak-follows-in-helldivers-2s-footsteps-as-it-reveals-release-date-pricing-and-battle-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"FBC: Firebreak Follows In Helldivers 2&#8217;s Footsteps As It Reveals Release Date, Pricing, And Battle Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id data-id=\"8e429076549a87390680de345ef74bde\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/8e429076549a87390680de345ef74bde\" data-format=\"png\" data-width=\"2000\" data-height=\"1125\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Paranormal soldiers battle inside an office. \" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-alt=\"Paranormal soldiers battle inside an office. \" data-link-reference data-link-target data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"other-license\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\">\n<p><span><\/p>\n<div><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Entertainment Paranormal soldiers battle inside an office. \" data-chomp-id=\"8e429076549a87390680de345ef74bde\" data-format=\"png\" data-height=\"1125\" data-alt=\"Paranormal soldiers battle inside an office. \" data-anim-src src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/8e429076549a87390680de345ef74bde.jpg\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption>Image: Remedy Entertainment<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"8e429076549a87390680de345ef74bde\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/8e429076549a87390680de345ef74bde\" data-format=\"png\" data-width=\"2000\" data-height=\"1125\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Paranormal soldiers battle inside an office. \" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>  <em>FBC: Firebreak<\/em> is Remedy Entertainment\u2019s unexpected foray into the multiplayer shooter genre. Set in the occult office space world of<em> Control<\/em>, the co-op experience is unlike anything the <em>Alan Wake 2<\/em> maker has ever done before and it now has a release date. The Finnish studio revealed that <em>FBC: Firebreak<\/em> is out in June and shared details about the game\u2019s battle pass that make it sound very similar to the one in <em>Helldivers 2<\/em>. <\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Suggested Reading<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div data-video-id=\"196395\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"The Week In Games: Co-Op Bug Blasting And More New Releases\" data-video-blog-id=\"9\" data-video-network=\"kotaku\" data-video-duration=\"80\" data-playlist=\"196395,196860,197541\" data-current=\"196395\">\n<div>\n<p>The Week In Games: Co-Op Bug Blasting And More New Releases<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><video disablepictureinpicture muted playsinline width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196395\/196395_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196395\/196395_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196395\/196395_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196395\/196395_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/21945.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"><\/video><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Suggested Reading<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Announced during <span><a data-ga=\"[[\"Embedded Url\",\"External link\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0s2x2a35wP8\",{\"metric25\":1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0s2x2a35wP8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a livestream with the developers on Thursday<\/a><\/span>, <em>FBC: Firebreak<\/em> launches on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC on June 17 at the price of $40. As previously confirmed, it\u2019ll also be available via Game Pass on console and PC, as well as PlayStation Plus via the Extra and Premier tiers. Most importantly, Remedy <span><a data-ga=\"[[\"Embedded Url\",\"External link\",\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/2272540\/view\/536600287259918382\",{\"metric25\":1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/2272540\/view\/536600287259918382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explained on Steam<\/a><\/span> how the game\u2019s post-launch content will roll out and be monetized. <\/p>\n<p>Similar to <em>Helldivers 2&#8217;s <\/em>Warbonds, <em>Firebreak<\/em>\u2019s battle passes are called Requisitions. There will be free and paid tiers, each unlocking new weapons, cosmetics, and other items. The \u201cfree\u201d Requisitions are purchased with in-game currency while the premium ones are purchased with real money. All Requisitions will also remain permanently available in-game, following the trend kicked-off by <em>Halo: Infinite<\/em> and others. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the grind works in more detail, per Remedy:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-type=\"BlockQuote\">\n<ul data-type=\"List\" data-style=\"Bullet\">\n<li>Earn Lost Assets by completing Jobs.<\/li>\n<li>Spend them to unlock items in any Requisition you have acquired.<\/li>\n<li>Unlocking items isn\u2019t fully linear; rather, you can choose what you want to unlock.<\/li>\n<li>You can progress multiple Requisitions at once.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So yes, for anyone who\u2019s played <em>Helldivers 2<\/em> it should all sound pretty familiar. It makes sense for <em>Firebreak <\/em>to borrow from that system given both games following a similar session-based PVE gameplay loop. Remedy also confirmed plans for ongoing free post-launch updates in the form of two new missions coming after release, with additional content slated to arrive in 2026. <\/p>\n<p>But it doesn\u2019t sound like Remedy\u2019s trying to drown players in an endless grind. Instead, <em>Firebreak<\/em> sounds like live service gaming-lite: it\u2019s not a game you ever really \u201cbeat\u201d but it also isn\u2019t meant to feel like a second job, another balancing act <em>Helldivers 2<\/em> nailed. <\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/fbc-firebreak-control-game-pass-helldivers-2-battle-pas-1851777756\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Ethan Gach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Remedy Entertainment FBC: Firebreak is Remedy Entertainment\u2019s unexpected foray into the multiplayer shooter genre. Set in the occult office space world of Control, the co-op experience is unlike anything the Alan Wake 2 maker has ever done before and it now has a release date. The Finnish studio revealed that FBC: Firebreak is out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":843295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1798,142710,38348],"tags":[142709,7462],"class_list":{"0":"post-843294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-firebreak","9":"category-follows","10":"tag-firebreak","11":"tag-follows"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}