Remedy's return to the Oldest House is almost here. Control Resonant lands September 24 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, and per Forbes' breakdown, there's a stack of edition and pre-order details worth reading before you commit. Prices, editions, what you get for pre-ordering. I'd point you there for the fine print rather than paraphrase it secondhand.

What the official material does make clear is the tone. The PlayStation Blog calls the sequel 'bigger and weirder' with its paranormal horror, which is exactly the phrase you want on a Control follow-up. The first game worked because it committed to the strange without winking at you too hard.

If you skipped the original Control back in 2019, go fix that. It's the rare shooter where the environment itself is the best weapon, and the Alan Wake crossover content was some of the best DLC Remedy has ever shipped. I played the first Max Payne at launch, so I've been riding the Remedy train a long time. They've earned the benefit of the doubt.

Past the release date and that 'bigger and weirder' framing, hard gameplay specifics are thin. How the story threads back to Jesse Faden, the source doesn't say, so I'll hold my theories until Remedy shows more. After Alan Wake 2 turned their connected universe into a lore goldmine, I'm fine letting the details come to me.

September 24 feels like deliberate calendar math. Late September gives a big release room to breathe before the fall crush swallows everything whole, and I'd bet Remedy and its publisher looked at the coming pile-up and grabbed the cleanest window they could find. Take that as opinion, not reporting.

If you loved the first game, this is an easy pre-order. Remedy doesn't miss often. See you in the Oldest House.