Recon Control

Remedy's multiplatform action game Control Resonant showed up during the PlayStation State of Play event this week, and it turns out the game is giving PS5 users preferential treatment. One of the perks of buying the $70 digital deluxe edition of Control Resonant on PS5 is 48 hours of early access. That means PS5 users who pay $10 more than the standard edition can start playing on September 22. Everyone else can get started on September 24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFmz2jV7Zkw The digital deluxe edition also includes the Hiss Corruption outfit and Pickpocket's Tool artifact on all plat

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. Read more

The trailer itself says the game launches Sept. 24, but a text description on YouTube says Aug. 27.

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We played a few hours of Control Resonant and got a feel for its fast action and mind-bending version of Manhattan.