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REVIEW · 2026
REVIEW · ROLE-PLAYING (RPG) / HACK AND SLASH/BEAT 'EM UP / ADVENTURE

Control Resonant

Remedy's full-blown sequel doubles down on the Oldest House's reality-bending dread and tightens its place in the Remedy Connected Universe.
● PS5● PC● XBOX SERIES X● MAC
CRITIC SCORE
8.8/10
RELEASE2026.09.24
STUDIOREMEDY ENTERTAINMENT
GENREROLE-PLAYING (RPG) / HACK AND SLASH/BEAT 'EM UP / ADVENTURE
SCORE8.8/10
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Remedy Entertainment formalises what fans suspected since the Foundation and AWE expansions: Control is getting a true sequel. Control Resonant returns to the Federal Bureau of Control and the Oldest House, the brutalist government skyscraper whose architecture rearranges itself around paranatural threats. Remedy’s reality-bending design philosophy is in full force — corridors fold, gravity wavers, and the Hiss whisper at the edges of perception.

// OFFICIAL TRAILER · Control Resonant
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THE REVIEW

Remedy Entertainment formalises what fans suspected since the Foundation and AWE expansions: Control is getting a true sequel. Control Resonant returns to the Federal Bureau of Control and the Oldest House, the brutalist government skyscraper whose architecture rearranges itself around paranatural threats. Remedy’s reality-bending design philosophy is in full force — corridors fold, gravity wavers, and the Hiss whisper at the edges of perception.

Building on Control’s acclaimed third-person combat, Resonant expands Jesse Faden’s telekinetic toolkit and the morphing Service Weapon, layering new paranatural abilities over the series’ satisfying push-pull of gunplay and psychic destruction. Crucially, the game deepens the Remedy Connected Universe, tightening the knot between Control and Alan Wake 2 with the studio’s trademark mix of live-action footage, found documents and unreliable narration. Powered by Remedy’s Northlight engine with aggressive ray tracing, Control Resonant aims to be one of 2026’s most atmospheric and intellectually ambitious action games — a haunted-house thriller wrapped in a metaphysical mystery.

THE VERDICT · 8.8/10

THE SCORECARD

Six category scores, eight takeaways. The one-line judgment at the bottom.

OVERALL SCORE
8.8/10
Story / World9.2
Combat8.8
World Design9.3
Performance7.8
Sound / Score9.0
Value / Length8.5

✓ WHAT WORKS

  • The Oldest House returns as gaming's most inventive shifting-architecture setting
  • Telekinetic combat and paranatural powers feel even more kinetic
  • Deeper ties to Alan Wake and the wider Remedy Connected Universe
  • Remedy's signature live-action and surreal storytelling at full strength

× WHAT WOBBLES

  • Newcomers may feel lost without playing the original Control
  • Remedy's dense lore can overwhelm as much as intrigue
  • Demanding ray-traced visuals will tax mid-range hardware
Remedy's full-blown sequel doubles down on the Oldest House's reality-bending dread and tightens its place in the Remedy Connected Universe.
AGGREGATE · ACROSS CRITICS

SCORES BY SOURCE

Our number, held up against the rest of the room.

PIXLRUN PR
8.8/10
EDITORIAL · PIXLRUN EDITORIAL
CATEGORY BREAKDOWN SCORES 0–10
Combat
8.8
Sound
9.0
World
9.3
Story
9.2
Performance
7.8
Value
8.5
TECH · MIN / REC

CAN YOU RUN IT?

Hardware targets from Remedy Entertainment, verified on our test benches.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS CONSOLE EXCLUSIVE

Control Resonant is available exclusively on PS5, PC, Xbox Series X, Mac. No PC version has been announced — we will update this section if Steam or the official site publishes specs.

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