CONTROL Resonant: Hands-On With This Ambitious Sequel’s Shapeshifting Combat
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2026 8:03 pm
Category: Games[/list]June 11, 2026 CONTROL Resonant: Hands-On With This Ambitious Sequel’s Shapeshifting Combat
If you love confident imagination and surreal spectacle in your AAA games, then it doesn’t get much better than the work of Remedy Entertainment. I was enthralled by the X-Files-by-way-of-David-Lynch world of paranormal bureaucracy that they created for CONTROL, and (like many) have been eagerly awaiting its sequel.
This past weekend at Summer Game Fest: Play Days, I played the opening hour of CONTROL Resonant and a combat arena from later in the game, to get a taste of its full mechanical complexity. I’m happy to report that they’ve still got that magic.
Where CONTROL opens with Jesse Faden entering The Oldest House, CONTROL Resonant inverts that by starting with her brother Dylan escaping its bowels to step outside after years of being held there as a prisoner/test subject/director candidate. We see a vision of Jesse looking over her sedated brother and calling him to action before plunging a sort of vibrating dark metal rod into his chest.
.post-template-default .xwsrc-block-content-block .wp-block-column.flex-basis-50.push--25.column--content { flex: 100%; margin-left: 0; } CONTROL Resonant arrives on September 24, 2026, for XBOX Series X|S and XBOX on PC. Play it on both console and PC at no additional cost with XBOX Play Anywhere.
CONTROL Resonant
Remedy Entertainment
☆☆☆☆☆ 4 ★★★★★ $59.99 Pre-order Pre-order CONTROL Resonant now to unlock: -Hiss Corruption Outfit -Pickpocket’s Tool Artifact After years in confinement at the hands of the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), Dylan Faden emerges into a warped Manhattan at the peak of a paranatural crisis. Charged with combating a mysterious cosmic entity as it alters fundamental aspects of our reality, Dylan must harness his new-found powers to take the fight to the myriad threats overwhelming Manhattan. Join Dylan in this sequel to the multi-award-winning CONTROL to explore the expansive zones of a city overrun by the corrupting influences of the chaotic Hiss, invasive micro-organism, the Mold, and other twisted paranatural threats. On the path to unlocking the full potential of his paranatural abilities Dylan will also seek out his sister, FBC Director Jesse Faden, as he bids to comprehend and contain the dangers that have spilled beyond the confines of the Oldest House to tear our world apart.
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If you love confident imagination and surreal spectacle in your AAA games, then it doesn’t get much better than the work of Remedy Entertainment. I was enthralled by the X-Files-by-way-of-David-Lynch world of paranormal bureaucracy that they created for CONTROL, and (like many) have been eagerly awaiting its sequel.
This past weekend at Summer Game Fest: Play Days, I played the opening hour of CONTROL Resonant and a combat arena from later in the game, to get a taste of its full mechanical complexity. I’m happy to report that they’ve still got that magic.
Where CONTROL opens with Jesse Faden entering The Oldest House, CONTROL Resonant inverts that by starting with her brother Dylan escaping its bowels to step outside after years of being held there as a prisoner/test subject/director candidate. We see a vision of Jesse looking over her sedated brother and calling him to action before plunging a sort of vibrating dark metal rod into his chest.
.post-template-default .xwsrc-block-content-block .wp-block-column.flex-basis-50.push--25.column--content { flex: 100%; margin-left: 0; } CONTROL Resonant arrives on September 24, 2026, for XBOX Series X|S and XBOX on PC. Play it on both console and PC at no additional cost with XBOX Play Anywhere.
CONTROL Resonant
Remedy Entertainment
☆☆☆☆☆ 4 ★★★★★ $59.99 Pre-order Pre-order CONTROL Resonant now to unlock: -Hiss Corruption Outfit -Pickpocket’s Tool Artifact After years in confinement at the hands of the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), Dylan Faden emerges into a warped Manhattan at the peak of a paranatural crisis. Charged with combating a mysterious cosmic entity as it alters fundamental aspects of our reality, Dylan must harness his new-found powers to take the fight to the myriad threats overwhelming Manhattan. Join Dylan in this sequel to the multi-award-winning CONTROL to explore the expansive zones of a city overrun by the corrupting influences of the chaotic Hiss, invasive micro-organism, the Mold, and other twisted paranatural threats. On the path to unlocking the full potential of his paranatural abilities Dylan will also seek out his sister, FBC Director Jesse Faden, as he bids to comprehend and contain the dangers that have spilled beyond the confines of the Oldest House to tear our world apart.
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Source: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/11/ ... ee-combat/