Review2025-06-17

FBC Firebreak review: Remedy’s Control spinoff feels like work

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Josh Broadwell Polygon
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FBC: Firebreak
Genres · fps
Release · Jun 17, 2025
Developer · Remedy Entertainment
PCXbox Series X|SPS5
156 articles 74 writers 12 reviews
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