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I have a confession to make: despite loving the first Controlwith all my heart, every time I saw a trailer for its sequel ResonantI was left a little disappointed. While appreciating that Remedy were trying something different–a new character in a new setting with a new combat system is a rarity in these risk-averse days–by…

Plus, a major Ball x Pit expansion and a release date for a game I can’t wait to play more of.

My time for gaming is pretty limited these days, so I can only allow myself to get excited about a handful of times every year. For 2026, those titles included Halo: Campaign Evolved, a satisfying enough remake of the original Halo game, and Control Resonant, a sequel to 2019’s acclaimed Control.‘

When you play as many video games as I do, only a select few really stick in your mind for years after you finish them. Control, a 2019 action-adventure game, was one of those.

Hello all! Welcome to another week of feeding the Maw, the gluttonous cosmic sinkhole we must keep topped up with videogame news, lest it expand and masticate the entire universe. We’re up against it this week, because no less than two RPS writers are taking holiday, leaving the Maw’s thousand-ton dumbwaiters and condiment howitzers dangerously…

Control Resonant carries on the story of 2019’s Control, featuring that game’s former antagonist Dylan Faden as Resonant’s unlikely hero. Remedy Entertainment/Screenshot by CNET

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 entities, mind-bending cityscapes, and an unfairly incarcerated man with incredible abilities who just…

Seven years after launching Control, Remedy returns to a paranatural Manhattan with Control Resonant.

Control was a criminally overlooked third-person metroidvania about Jesse Faden infiltrating the Federal Bureau of Control’s shape-shifting headquarters to find her missing brother, only to end up leading the Bureau against a reality-warping paranormal invasion known as the Hiss. The surreal plot, infectious dialogue, and otherworldly visuals gave it a distinct identity, and the fast,…

Control Resonant is a risky sequel that isn’t fully successful. Trading in its gun for melee combat, the sequel to Control has you playing as Jesse’s brother instead. It’s not all unsuccessful, as the art design and some story elements still shine, but going from an acclaimed shooter to a middling character-action game that doesn’t…