Ex-Remedy exec handles Recoil

Former Remedy Entertainment cofounder Samuli Syvähuoko is heading up a new game development company that will be based in Helsinki, Finland. Recoil Games, recently announced to the public but in business since January, will produce games for next-generation consoles and PC.

Products from Recoil Games will have "disaster" written all over them. The developer will focus on "Cinegames" that have the "scope, feel, and ensemble cast of disaster movies." Recoil games will also explore strife caused by "internal human conflict," an area the developer considers to be overlooked in the action/adventure genre.

The company is currently working on an original intellectual property powered by in-house technology and third-party tools with potential platforms being the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. No release date has been announced for the project.

Syvähuoko previously served as managing director of Remedy, the studio that developed the Max Payne games and is currently working on the psychological thriller Alan Wake.

Recoil Games is currently hiring programmers and level designers through its Web site.