It’s the kind of coincidence you can’t plan for, but it’s bound to work in Remedy Entertainment’s favor when Control Resonant launches on Sept. 24. The sequel to its 2019 hit, Control, is filled with the kind of impossible mazes that moviegoers are currently fascinated — and terrified — by. Control Resonant creative director Mikael Kasurinen is embracing that happy coincidence. In an interview with Polygon, Kasurinen explained why Remedy is just as drawn to liminal spaces as horror fans.
The decision to limit early access of Control Resonant's Digital Deluxe Edition to PlayStation users has baffled many. Critics argue it's a frustrating marketing strategy, especially with no early access for Xbox and PC gamers.
There are, after a good few hours playing it, quite a few games like Control Resonant. It's an RPG with a kind of pseudo open-world - an "open-ended modern world" I believe was Remedy's way of putting it in its presentation to the press earlier this week - and it has skill trees and some light resource-gathering and item-upgrading. It has some light platforming with a double-jump and a dash, and melee combat with perfect dodges and aerial combos.
After a few of the many, many trailers shown during yesterday’s PlayStation State Of Play, a theme began to emerge: September. It seems that everyone in the games industry suddenly remembered the 21st night of September and all the others besides, with a whopping ten major releases set for the humble month and another six on the way during its annual sequel, October. Obviously, publishers are terrified of Grand Theft Auto VI, the sleeping behemoth that wakes in November. But surely somebody’s gonna blink before it’s all said and done, right?
Here’s the full list of major games now scheduled to come out during September:
The Blood Of The Dawnwalker – September 3
Halloween: The Game – September 8
Phantom Blade Zero – September 9
Marvel’s Wolverine – September 15
Trails In The Sky 2nd Chapter – September 17
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV – September 17
Dune Awakening (console) – September 22
Control Resonant – September 24
Silent Hill: Townfall – September 24
Onimusha: Way of the Sword – September 25
And just for fun, here’s a selection from October, too:
Rayman Legends Retold – October 1
Dynasty Warriors 3 Remastered – October 1
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve – October 2
Star Wars: Galactic Racer – October 6
Planet Zoo 2 – October 13
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – October 23
Now, many of these games cater to different audiences, and you don’t have to buy every game—even ones you’re looking forward to—on the day they come out. In fact, it often makes more sense to wait for a sale, especially when you’re dealing with triple-A price tags.
Still, this is the kind of pileup we haven’t seen in years, and I would have to imagine that at least a few of these games wind up getting delayed into the following months—or to early 2027, to once again avoid a potentially disastrous clash with GTA VI. Further, I cannot help but consider the current industry climate; if any one of these games falls short of—or, in some cases, even meets—sales expectations, layoffs and other grim knock-on effects are likely. However, given the shortsightedness with which companies are incentivized to operate, delays could produce similar outcomes. Not ideal no matter how you slice it!
Perhaps one especially bold publisher will move their game into November, a wintry dead zone outside of GTA VI. I’m not counting on it, but you know what they say about desperate times.
Sony officially kicked off the Summer showcase season with a packed June 2026 State of Play, delivering over an hour of announcements, gameplay reveals, release dates, and a few genuinely unexpected surprises. From the long-awaited return of God of War to fresh gameplay from Marvel’s Wolverine, alongside new entries in iconic franchises such as Tomb…
CONTROL Resonant finally has a release date: September 2026, a brutal month for our wallets given the number of major releases arriving alongside it. With pre-orders now live, here’s everything included in each edition, the pricing, and how you can start playing CONTROL Resonant a bit early.
CONTROL Resonant Pre-Order Bonus
If you pre-order CONTROL Resonant, you will receive the Hiss Corruption Outfit for Dylan Faden and the Pickpocket’s Tool Artifact.
And with that the Summer Game Fest is over. At least, the official Geoff Keighley showcase - there are still many more streams over the weekend. I wouldn't say there were many surprises, but it was excellent to get a first look at games like Alien Isolation 2, Fumito Ueda's genAtlas, and Guild Wars 3.
If you don't want to watch through the full two hours. Below you will find every everything announced for PC at Summer Game Fest 2026.
Control Resonant, Remedy’s first foray into hacky and slashy character action, has a release date: it’s September 24th 2026, and there’s a new story trailer to prove it. Another case of the games industry playing Dodge the GTA 6? Maybe, maybe not, though this September is getting awfullycrowded, with Konami just announcing that Silent Hill: Townfall is out on the very same day.
Either way, dates are okay and everything, but I’m more concerned with Control Resonant’s system requirements, which have quietly appeared on the game’s Steam page with no apparent mention elsewhere. And, well, hope you’ve got 100GB of free SSD space.
Back in February, Remedy appointed Jean-Charles Gaudechon as its new CEO following last year's FBC: Firebreak flop. This quickly raised some eyebrows given Gaudechon's tenure at EA, a game studio that's had its fair share of controversies over the years thanks to its business practices. After all, Remedy are meant to be this quirky, Finnish game studio that does things their own, weird way, such an appointment felt out of step. But, in a recent interview, Gaudechon made it seem like he's not about to "change the DNA" of a place like Remedy (even if he does still want to bring more money in by expanding in other ways).
Remedy Entertainment has shared a gameplay reveal trailer for Control Resonant, their highly anticipated sequel to the 2019 hit Control. The video runs for a few minutes, showcasing some of Dylan’s growing abilities, the game’s combat style and the twisted world you’ll be battling through.
The trailer picks up with Dylan on the trail of a Resonant, heading through an Inception-like folded rendition of Manhattan. He revcently acquired Shift as an ability, which allows him to defy the already broken gravity. His weapon is another transforming tool, but compared to the multi-tool gun of Control, this is all about melee. He also has more supernatural abilities for range, and the game looks to encourage you to switch between range and melee
The trailer builds up to snippets of a crazy battle against a giant laser-spewing whale or something, but that’s not the Resonant. No, that seems to be a kind of hammer-wielding ballet dancer?
A recap: of the seven hopefuls I slipped into our bulk 2025 list of "Oh, that looks alright" games, only three actually released in 2025, and one of them wasn’t very good. If it’s the hope that kills you, I am therefore dead four, arguably five times over. Real Necron shit, honestly.
