Remedy finally pulled the curtain back on Control Resonant at Sony’s State of Play, and the headline that matters most to PC players may not be the release date but the price.
Control Resonant launches September 24, 2026, and the standard edition will cost $59.99, which is $10 cheaper than the $70 price point that has become the AAA norm. A digital deluxe edition at $69.99 adds in-game content, and PS5 players who spring for the PlayStation digital deluxe will receive 48-hour early access to the game. PC and Xbox players will have to wait until launch day regardless of edition.
The sequel picks up with Dylan Faden, the tortured brother of Jesse Faden from the first game, as a catastrophic supernatural threat consumes Manhattan and threatens humanity at a scale that makes the Oldest House look like a minor incident. Remedy is self-publishing this one, and the company is making that ambition clear: Chief Commercial Officer Johannes Paloheimo described it as the studio’s “most expansive game ever,” while game director Mikael Kasurinen has published a deeper story breakdown on the PlayStation Blog. Remedy executive preview coverage from March described the combat as aggressive and fast-paced, and the studio confirmed the game shares its universe with Alan Wake 2, though how much familiarity with that story will be required remains unclear. The Max Payne 1 and 2 remakes are also still in development in partnership with Rockstar Games, but no update was offered on those.
The September 24 window is getting crowded: Silent Hill: Townfall is also targeting that exact date, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword has been confirmed for the same window. Three major horror or action titles launching within 24 hours of each other, a few weeks before GTA 6, is the kind of scheduling that keeps publisher finance teams awake at night. That said, the Control franchise has a dedicated and vocal fanbase, and $59.99 against two genre-adjacent competitors is smart positioning. If Remedy delivers on the gameplay promise, PC players will be very well served at the end of September.