Control 2 was officially approved after being announced by developers Remedy Entertainment.
Released in 2019, Control you take on the role of the director of the Federal Bureau of Control, a secret organization investigating terrifying events around the world. However, you have a hell of a first day as the offices face a supernatural invasion and it’s up to you to repel the invaders.
Although Control 2 now has officially announced (opens in a new tab)game director Mikael Kasurinen explains that the sequel won’t be coming “for a while”.
Jesse just in time
Initially known as Operation Heron, few details were given about Control 2 during the talks as far as plot or even basic plot points were concerned.
What we do know is that the scope of the game expands from the original. Remedy Pitch Control 2 works not only as “bigger budget game” compared to their predecessor, but seem to have lofty ambitions for the game world itself. “We wanted to create something new. Something different and unexpected,” says Kasurinen. “A world like no other.”
“It’s just the beginning, but it’s worth the wait,” promises the director, so while we’re not going to rush into details, there’s plenty of room for speculation.
The third-person shooter occupies the same spooky universe as Remedy Entertainment Alan Wake, whose sequel will soon see the light of day, Alan Wake 2, which will be released in 2023. Both games are ripe for a merger; finally, the links between the series in the AWE extension by Control.
Remedy has already proven that Alan’s Wake and Control universe is vast; we can tell as much from the events of the AWE Control DLC when the protagonist Jesse is contacted by a holographic version of the horror writer turned rubber boot.
Kasurinen’s statement potentially leaves the door ajar for even more overlays in the near future – and who knows, we might see Jesse sooner than we think as we look forward to Alan Wake 2 in the coming months.