(Image credit: Remedy) Remedy, the creative geniuses behind Alan Wake, Control, and Max Payne, to name a few, has always been an odd studio. Despite making banger after banger (mostly), the web of business dealings seems to have it trapped in purgatory. Well, the studio has published its latest financial results, and they're much better than I'd thought they would be. As reported by GamesIndustry.biz , Remedy's overall revenue for the first quarter was €13.1 million (down 1.9%), while its operating profit was €1 million, down 23% compared to €1.3 million for the same quarter last year. Obviously, that's not exactly sunshine and rainbows, as you usually want your profits to at least stay the same, if not increase. But at the end of last year, Remedy's ill-fated FBC: Firebreak, a multiplayer Control spin-off, was the chief culprit for a €16.4 million loss . This saw the company issue a 'profit warning' and CEO, Tero Virtala, stepped down with immediate effect.…