Rockstar gave them permission.
One single game.
Next gen and PC only.
Northlight Engine.
A dream come true.
Under the development agreement signed today, Remedy will develop the games as a single title for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S using its proprietary Northlight game engine. The game's development budget will be financed by Rockstar Games, the size of which will be in line with a typical Remedy AAA-game production. Under the agreement, Remedy has a royalty opportunity after Rockstar Games has recouped its development, marketing, and other costs for distributing and publishing the game.
The project is currently in the concept development stage.
Sounds like the RE2 treatment to meInteresting. Press release says it'll be both games in one package and the budget will be in line with a typical Remedy AAA production. Whatever that means.
Which they are.