Control is now available for Windows and consoles, offering a supernatural
action/adventure game from Remedy Entertainment this is available physically and
digitally for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, while the Windows edition is being
sold exclusively through the
Epic Games
Store. NVIDIA is all-in on this, as Control is part of their
current RTX graphics card bundle along with
Wolfenstein Youngblood. They
have a new set of
Windows drivers that are game-ready for Control, a
tech talk video on
the game's ray tracing support, along with a
Control Graphics and Performance Guide promising the inside track on support for ray traced effects, deep learning super sampling, and more. The recent
Launch
Trailer provides a look at what to expect from the game, and the
announcement has more details, including word on a livestream for charity later
today:
Global videogame publisher 505
Games and its partner, internationally renowned developer
Remedy Entertainment, Plc. today
launched the award-winning Control in the
Americas, Europe, the United Kingdom and other supported territories on
PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for physical and digital retail, with a simultaneous
digital launch on the Epic Games store for PC, all priced at $59.99 for the base
game. Fans will have an opportunity to try Control at the upcoming Penny Arcade
Expo (PAX) West in Seattle, WA from Friday, Aug. 30 to Monday, Sept. 2 in the
505 booth (#425), the Discord booth (#2109) and the Sony America booth.
Set in a unique and ever-changing world that juxtaposes our familiar reality
with the strange and unexplainable, Control is a third-person action-adventure
game combining Remedy’s trademark gunplay with supernatural abilities.
After a secretive agency in New York is invaded by an otherworldly threat,
players will take on the role of Jesse Faden, the new Director struggling to
regain Control. This sandbox-style, gameplay-driven experience built on the
proprietary Northlight engine challenges players to master a combination of
supernatural abilities, modifiable loadouts and reactive environments while
fighting through the deep and mysterious worlds Remedy is known and loved for.
“Control is our most ambitious game as a studio yet,” said Mikael Kasurinen,
game director, Remedy Entertainment. “We said early on this would redefine what
a Remedy game is; giving our fans a more player-driven experience than we’ve
ever created before, while still retaining the compelling worlds we’re known
for. Everyone at Remedy is proud of what we’re delivering to players today and
we look forward to continuing to expand on what we’ve built after launch as
well.”
To celebrate the launch of Control, 505 Games will host a stream today from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. PDT in an effort to raise money for
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
which is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood
cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Families at St. Jude never receive
bill for treatment, travel, housing or food – because they believe all a family
should worry about is helping their child live. Guests will include YouTube
personality Alanah Pearce,
lead voice actress from Control
Courtney Hope,
Remedy’s Creative Director Sam Lake, Twitch personality
SanchoWest and more. To watch or
donate, please visit:
https://tiltify.com/@505games/505-games-for-st-jude.
Control on PC is one of the first games to support multiple ray-traced effects,
including ray-traced reflections, contact shadows, and indirect diffuse
lighting. Control on PC also supports NVIDIA® DLSS. For a limited time, gamers
will receive Control with the purchase of an eligible GeForce RTX™ GPU-equipped
graphics card, desktop or laptop; more details
here.