Fresh from their GDC 2019 presentation, Remedy have announced that Control not only has a summer release date of August 27th for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but you can also start pre-ordering the game.
All pre-order versions of Control include a code to download the “Tactical Response Gear” costume and “Crafting Resources Pack.” PlayStation 4 pre-orders also include a PlayStation Network avatar and the “Shifting Place” dynamic PlayStation 4 theme.
On top of that, all launch day PlayStation 4 copies of the game will include a code to download the “Astral Dive Suit” costume, “Rare Player Mod” (used to upgrade Jesse’s supernatural abilities in the game), “Rare Service Weapon Mod” (used to upgrade Jesse’s main weapon in the game), and the “Black Rock Quarry” and “Explorer” static PlayStation 4 themes.
The PlayStation 4 exclusives don’t stop there. The Digital Deluxe Edition will include the exclusive side mission “Isolation” and “Urban Response Gear” costume as bonus content.
Deluxe physical editions of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will include FuturePak metal packaging and five art cards.
There will also be two post-launch expansion packs — “The Foundation” and “Awe” — containing new locations, story content, side missions, and new mods are planned. These expansions are available for purchase as part of the PlayStation 4-exclusive Digital Deluxe Edition, or separately as an Expansion Pass with both expansions bundled together, or as individual items.
The Expansion Pass and individual expansions will be available first on PlayStation 4, and arrive on Xbox One and PC at a later date, after the release of the PlayStation 4 version of the first expansion “The Foundation” in late 2019/early 2020.
In Control, you play as Jesse Faden, the head of the Federal Bureau of Control, a secretive government agency that researches supernatural phenomena. You’ll have to combat an otherworldly force called The Hiss that possesses FBC agents and turns them against you and/or suspends them in the air. The FBC’s headquarters is called The Oldest House, a constantly changing, puzzle box building in which the whole game takes place.