Today marks the one-year anniversary for Remedy Entertainment’s Control. There are numerous changes in store for it as it leaves the Epic Games Store (EGS) exclusivity status. Recently, the Ultimate Edition was announced that it would be coming to Steam today. Now, it seems, another popular online retailer will soon be offering the groundbreaking game. DSOG has reported that Control will also be finding its way to GOG in DRM-free fashion.
A corruptive presence has invaded the Federal Bureau of Control…
— GOG.COM (@GOGcom) August 27, 2020
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A Tale of Different DRM Versions
Control did initially launch on EGS as DRM-free, but a few months later, a patch had added it in. That patch also broke Steam Controller support. Not too long after that, PCGamesN reported that Remedy Entertainment stated it was a mistake and it rolled back that update.
We apologize for the current issues with Control on the Epic Games Store caused by the latest update. @ControlRemedy pic.twitter.com/A2MCsbJ2d5
— Remedy Entertainment (@remedygames) October 18, 2019
It is not unusual for patches, or DRM status, to change with games after their release. Sometimes things improve and get better, sometimes they may temporarily get worse. In either case, Remedy Entertainment has shown exemplary commitment in updating Control since its release. Along the way, Control also became the poster child for NVIDIA’s new ray-tracing and DLSS technologies. It was even one of the first to get updated to DLSS 2.0, thus allowing the game to escape many of the resolution lockdowns associated with DLSS.
For those wondering if DLSS 2.0 added ultrawide support, well, wonder no more! It does have limited support for up to 2560 x 1080, in 21:9. Here is a screen capture showing it using all game settings, including ray tracing and DLSS, set to their maximum quality levels.
