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8 outlets · Sep 24, 2026

Control Resonant Review

Remedy Entertainment delivers another GOTY contender with Control Resonant that takes the Control gameplay and branches out to the streets of NYC

1 outlet · Sep 20, 2026

Control Resonant – Path Tracing vs DLSS 5 Comparison

As I wrote in my PC Performance Analysis, one of my biggest issues with Control Resonant is its character models. Even with Path Tracing enabled, they still look awful. I honestly don’t know why the characters look like they came from a PS4 game. So, I decided to test DLSS 5. Can…

1 outlet · Sep 20, 2026

25 Years Before Control Resonant, Remedy Made Its First Game About Manhattan

Remedy Entertinament's first visit to Manhattan provided a memorable experience despite its imperfections.

1 outlet · Sep 19, 2026

Control Resonant Does Blood of Dawnwalker's Best Traversal Mechanic Even Better

Control Resonant takes one of Blood of Dawnwalker’s most interesting traversal ideas and turns it into something far more satisfying to use.

2 outlets · Sep 19, 2026

Control Resonant Release Times, Pre-Load & Early Access

Here's when you can play Remedy's new hiss-fueled anamoulus adventure with Dylan Faden with these Control Resonant release times and live countdown.

1 outlet · Sep 19, 2026

Control Resonant Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S

How the Xbox versions stack up. We've got another big release coming to Xbox in a few days' time in the form of Control Resonant , and considering all the reviews started going live yesterday, that means we've also got some raw Xbox Series X and Series S footage. There are two gr…

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Remedy Honors the Late David Lynch in Control Resonant With Powerful Twin Peaks Quote

Remedy's games have always had Lynchian inspirations, including its new open-world action game Control Resonant.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant Reveals Launch Timings Ahead of Next Week’s Release

Available on September 24th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, you can play the highly anticipated action RPG at 7 AM PDT worldwide.

23 outlets · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant Review

Control Resonant pushes the bounds of what Remedy Entertainment's quirky formula can achieve. An action-RPG that has a few growing pains, but sprouts into something monumentally special by the end.

2 outlets · Sep 18, 2026

Get a good look at Control Resonant's otherworldly bosses in a PC Gaming Show exclusive extended interview

One fight theme uses Fibonacci numbers.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

CONTROL Resonant launch times revealed: Find out when reality starts warping in your region

Also: the reviews are in!

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant is one of the best-looking games at low graphics settings I've ever seen

Not bad, Remedy. Not bad.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant Metacritic score places it higher than its predecessor, but it can't touch 2026's top 20 bangers like Resident Evil Requiem and Pokemon Pokopia

Remedy has some tough competition

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant Reviews Say Remedy Has Another Hit, but Not Its Best Game

Reviews for Control Resonant say that Remedy's sequel is typically great, even if its a small step down from Alan Wake 2.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Blacksmiths Discover Control Resonant’s Massive Hammer Is Simply Too Much Hammer

The best tool you can own in life is a hammer, and in Control Resonant , fixing Manhattan requires a VERY big one to perform some percussive maintenance. The Aberrant is the melee weapon that you'll wield in battle, and while it can take a variety of forms, it looks especially sa…

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Programming alert: I interviewed a Control Resonant developer for a good cause

This Saturday, watch my chat with Remedy’s Arhi Makkonen as part of the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s annual charity stream. It’s a benefit for underserved youth.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Roundup: Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Control Resonant

Ahead of its release next week. It's Control Resonant review day! Ahead of the game's release next week, the first reviews have just started to go live across the web, and we're also working on one here at Pure Xbox that you'll see in the near future. For those who haven't been k…

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant Review

The original Control was a unique experience, and Control Resonant continues with the foundation built there, all before expanding on it.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant Review

Control Resonant transforms Remedy's cult classic into a bigger, bolder action RPG that rarely misses, even if its performances fall short at times.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Don't bother turning Control Resonant up to the maximum for mind-bending graphics, there's both performance and beauty in the lower graphics presets too

There are sweet spots to be found, though—particularly if you adjust the ray tracing.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant review: Remedy gambles on a genre change in one of its most impressive games ever

The studio behind VGC's 2023 Game of the Year returns with its next single-player epic

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

CONTROL Resonant review

Remedy ascends to new heights in gameplay while dealing with a few rough edges

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant review: A superbly strange action-RPG that'll make you feel tiny and godly at once

Control Resonant , much like the inside-out, interdimensional cryptids it has you bashing with a shapeshifting stick, probably shouldn’t exist. At least not in the risk-averse, pennypinching reality that sometimes seems to have enveloped the art of gamesmaking, and that may have…

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant Review

Control Resonant suffers some open world fumbles, but it's an incredibly fun and artistic game, and a must play for Remedy fans.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant Review

What's up? No seriously, which way is up?

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

CONTROL Resonant Review

Resoundingly Trippy Paranormal activity, when used as a plot device or thematic element in nearly any medium, offers a wide range of directions. The sky is the limit, and when a creator chooses to bend or even break reality and scientific parameters, imagination becomes the only…

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant: How Remedy is going bigger and weirder with its paranatural horror sequel on September 24

Control was just the beginning. The paranatural realm established in Remedy Entertainment’s sci-fi action adventure thriller gets a full sequel in Control Resonant on PlayStation 5, which leaves the confines of the mysterious Oldest House and ventures into a world of terrifying e…

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant review: "Deeply weird with wondrous supernatural vistas but bafflingly dull combat"

Despite some gorgeous visual flourishes and stunning sequences, this is a muddled investigation

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant review

The first time I ate mold was like something out of a Victorian morality play. It was in boarding school, when fuzzy blue-grey discs would sometimes appear on the bottom of a quiche, or after I saw one of the kitchen ladies use a cleaning rag to cover a tray of cauliflower cheese…

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Review: Control Resonant (PS5) - A Wildly Inventive and Drop-Dead Gorgeous Sequel

You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. I’m fighting a possessed bus with a weapon that morphs from an axe to a whip whilst the skyscrapers of Manhattan fold in on themselves like I’m in a dream from Inception. Nowhere else could this be the case than in a Remedy…

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant’s Best Aspect Left Me Utterly Speechless

Remedy Entertainment's signature style has often made gameplay feel secondary to story. Games like Alan Wake, Quantum Break, and Control had fun gameplay hooks, but the depth mostly lived in their narrative puzzle-boxes, where the answer to each strange mystery created three more…

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant review

[Redacted] is the better Faden.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant is Almost a Picture Perfect PC Port

Control Resonant is nearly a picture perfect PC port, with gorgeous visuals and stellar performance on almost every PC I've tested it on.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant Review

Remedy's follow-up to 2019's Control moves to action combat in an open world and tells a more character-focused story with its paranatural edge intact.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant is rough on Steam Deck, but what about ROG Ally?

We test Control Resonant on both Steam Deck and ROG Ally to see if Remedy's newest is a good experience on PC handhelds going over visuals, Steam Deck recommended settings, and more.

1 outlet · Sep 18, 2026

Control Resonant Benchmarks & PC Performance Analysis

Remedy has just lifted the review embargo for Control Resonant. Powered by the Northlight Engine, it’s time to benchmark it and examine its performance on PC. For our benchmarks, I used an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 32GB of DDR5 at 6000Mhz, AMD’s Radeon RX 6900XT, RX 7900XTX, RX 9070XT…

2 outlets · Sep 17, 2026

Control Resonant vs Control – 10 Biggest Changes You Need to Know

Proving it isn’t simply ‘Control, but bigger’, Resonant fundamentally changes how you progress, explore, fight, and make choices in its inverted world.

1 outlet · Sep 17, 2026

Control Resonant Trailer is Another Action-Packed Showcase, Featuring The Cardigans

After The Prodigy, Remedy Entertainment delivers yet another incredible song choice for the action RPG's launch trailer.

1 outlet · Sep 17, 2026

Remedy's Arhi Makkonen on designing the "biggest world we have ever done" for Control Resonant

Control Resonant releases on September 24, some seven years after 2019's Control. Much has changed for the sequel, notably a switch of main character from Jesse Faden to Dylan Faden, her brother. The new game also places a focus on melee combat – a first for Remedy – and the tigh…

1 outlet · Sep 16, 2026

Control Resonant's assist mode can make your life harder, if you're "actively looking for pain"

Remedy knows action RPG fans love embracing challenge, so you can make Control Resonant even harder, as well as easier, with assist mode.

1 outlet · Sep 16, 2026

Control Resonant won't punish achievement hunters for using assists

Achievements are not impacted by Control Resonant's assist options

1 outlet · Sep 15, 2026

Control Resonant’s Review Embargo Ends on September 18th, 6 AM PST

Remedy's biggest game yet launches on September 24th, though PS5 Digital Deluxe owners receive 48 hours of advanced access.

3 outlets · Sep 15, 2026

Control Resonant: PS5 features detailed

Control Resonant is almost here, so it’s the perfect time to talk about how we are taking advantage of the unique opportunities provided by the PlayStation 5 hardware and the DualSense controller. The sequel to Control takes place in our twisted own version of Manhattan, which, I…

1 outlet · Sep 15, 2026

Control Resonant on PS5 Pro Offers Performance, Quality and Balanced Modes With Ray Tracing Options

The action RPG supports 2160p at 60 FPS and 30 FPS (with ray tracing), but you can choose the best of both with Balanced.

1 outlet · Sep 15, 2026

Control Resonant: 15 Essential Things to Know

Control Resonant is out next week and here are the most important details you need to know before you purchase.

1 outlet · Sep 12, 2026

Control Resonant Drops New Recap That Helps Catch You Up On Jesse’s Story So Far

Jesse Faden’s time at the FBC led to Dylan’s latest adventure, and knowing what’s come before could be the key to saving the present.

1 outlet · Sep 11, 2026

Control Resonant’s Assist Mode Lets You Adjust the Challenge (And Won’t Gate Trophies/Achievements)

"Use the settings however you need to and play Control Resonant on your terms," says lead gameplay designer Sergey Mohov.

1 outlet · Sep 11, 2026

Jesse And Dylan’s Personal Growth Let Remedy “Go Wild” With Their Characters in Control Resonant

Things seem like they're getting quite personal for the Fadens, who might be very different from when we last met them.

1 outlet · Sep 10, 2026

Play your way with Control Resonant’s expanded Assist Mode

Hi everyone. I’m Sergey, Lead Gameplay Designer on Control Resonant. We’re getting very close to our September 24 launch, and the team here in Espoo (and Stockholm) is incredibly excited to finally share what we’ve been building. With Control Resonant, we’re introducing a new com…

1 outlet · Sep 10, 2026

Control Resonant Launch Prep: Preload, Download Size, Early Acccess and Final PC System Specs

Prepare for Control Resonant with official preload dates, platform download sizes, PS5 early access details, and full PC system requirements.