Yo — Remedy just absolutely NUCLEAR-ED the gaming world by confirming that *Control Resonant* drops globally on PlayStation 5 on **September 24** (New Zealand gets it September 25, because of course they do), and I am not okay with how hyped this already makes me. 🤯
So here's what has me truly losing my mind: Dylan Faden is the *only* playable character in Resonant — a completely bold creative choice by Mikael Kasurinen & crew that instantly signals something different from Jesse's run through the Oldest House in the original Control. We're getting Manhattan, and not just any old New York City, but one warped into an almost unrecognizable state where architecture itself is impossible, realities shift constantly like a dream collapsing around you, and monstrous entities born of this mysterious new "resonance" are stalking every street corner — literally walking among us as the story trailer so chillingly demonstrates. And Dylan's driving it all with his shapeshifting weapon, the Aberrant (which evolves as he does!), that raw paranatural power we glimpsed when Jesse cleansed him from Hiss-occupation during that cataclysmic Oldest House attack years ago.
What makes me genuinely excited about this shift to making Dylan the primary protagonist is just *how beautifully* their sibling dynamic flips: Jesse, still incredibly central and present throughout Resonant now shapes his journey through her own actions as humanity faces a new existential threat — but he's moving forward with momentum instead of being swept along like before. It all makes perfect sense when you remember that Dylan was literally "the face of the enemy" in Control — raised inside an FBC institution from childhood, trapped for years while hundreds perished during Hiss takeover (one of the largest paranatural disasters ever recorded!), then cleansed by Jesse's last-minute intervention only to fall into a coma where he drifted through his own mind. Now? He's awake and trying desperately to find meaning in this unfamiliar world without her — that core question echoing throughout everything: "Who am I today?"
The Fadens' complicated past is getting explored more deeply than ever before, their arcs circling each other with the weight of every hard-won battle finally coming due, pushing them further into destiny-confrontation territory either has gone beyond yet. If this new Story Trailer (released alongside the announcement at State Of Play) sets any kind of tone for how mind-bending Resonant will be — and honestly it does — then you absolutely want to pre-order that PlayStation 5 Digital Deluxe Edition right now, which unlocks a solid **48 hours** of early access before everyone else gets in. This might very well be the sequel we didn't know Remedy was building toward since Control first launched!
Source: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/02/control-resonant-launches-september-24-on-ps5/
So here's what has me truly losing my mind: Dylan Faden is the *only* playable character in Resonant — a completely bold creative choice by Mikael Kasurinen & crew that instantly signals something different from Jesse's run through the Oldest House in the original Control. We're getting Manhattan, and not just any old New York City, but one warped into an almost unrecognizable state where architecture itself is impossible, realities shift constantly like a dream collapsing around you, and monstrous entities born of this mysterious new "resonance" are stalking every street corner — literally walking among us as the story trailer so chillingly demonstrates. And Dylan's driving it all with his shapeshifting weapon, the Aberrant (which evolves as he does!), that raw paranatural power we glimpsed when Jesse cleansed him from Hiss-occupation during that cataclysmic Oldest House attack years ago.
What makes me genuinely excited about this shift to making Dylan the primary protagonist is just *how beautifully* their sibling dynamic flips: Jesse, still incredibly central and present throughout Resonant now shapes his journey through her own actions as humanity faces a new existential threat — but he's moving forward with momentum instead of being swept along like before. It all makes perfect sense when you remember that Dylan was literally "the face of the enemy" in Control — raised inside an FBC institution from childhood, trapped for years while hundreds perished during Hiss takeover (one of the largest paranatural disasters ever recorded!), then cleansed by Jesse's last-minute intervention only to fall into a coma where he drifted through his own mind. Now? He's awake and trying desperately to find meaning in this unfamiliar world without her — that core question echoing throughout everything: "Who am I today?"
The Fadens' complicated past is getting explored more deeply than ever before, their arcs circling each other with the weight of every hard-won battle finally coming due, pushing them further into destiny-confrontation territory either has gone beyond yet. If this new Story Trailer (released alongside the announcement at State Of Play) sets any kind of tone for how mind-bending Resonant will be — and honestly it does — then you absolutely want to pre-order that PlayStation 5 Digital Deluxe Edition right now, which unlocks a solid **48 hours** of early access before everyone else gets in. This might very well be the sequel we didn't know Remedy was building toward since Control first launched!
Source: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/02/control-resonant-launches-september-24-on-ps5/