9th October 2025 Victor's RCU-Inspired Month-long Art Challenge, AWEtober

If you're looking for a creative challenge, Victor (@thechatster) has published an Inktober challenge with a nerdy Remedy Connected Universe twist! 

Before we dive into Victor's Remedy take, let's first look at the original project which inspired it! Created by artist Jake Parker in 2009, Inktober has developed to be an international challenge and celebration of traditional ink drawings. The project's increasing popularity led to over 100,000 ink-drawn images being tagged on Twitter alone in 2014. While initially set up to focus on traditional inking, artwork created digitally or even though calligraphy is encouraged. It's a fantastic way to keep the creativity flowing, to showcase your work, and to meet like-minded artists. The creative challenge has inspired online communities to create their own daily prompts throughout October, staying close to the artistic drive of the original.

Similar to Inktober, Victor has created a list of thirty one prompts for a challenge delightfully called Awetober. The challenges include creating art centred around Duality, Hedron, Writer, Detective, AWE, Redacted, and more. You can take on the challenge as a personal goal, or share it with the community by uploading it on social media with the hashtag #awetober25

While we're already several days into October, there's still plenty of time to start creating. Plus if there's any that you're not quite sure of, you can always go back and tackle some of the earlier prompts. Ready to get started? Check out the full list below: 

Inktober enthusiasts rejoice- Waketober is back with a fresh coat of paint ☎️
Expanded to include both Alan Wake and Control themed prompts!! Please use the tag and feel free to tag me too, I love seeing everyone’s work :D #alanwake2 #controlremedy #remedygames #awetober25 pic.twitter.com/d9jgpJQM5c

— 🌲Victor @ Megacon Farnborough U2 ⭐️ (@thechatster) September 25, 2025

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7th October 2025 Alan Wake 2 Now On PlayStation Plus for October

Today, Alan Wake 2 joins the PlayStation Plus catalogue for October! The title is now available alongside Cocoon and Goat Simulator 3 for the next month, with all three will be available for subscribers with Essential, Extra, and Premium membership.

In Alan Wake 2, you play as both missing bestselling writer Alan Wake and FBI Agent Saga Anderson. After being called to a crime scene of a potential serial killer, Saga Anderson delves into the town's dark history, learning the truth about what waits underneath Cauldron Lake, and what happened to the writer who disappeared over a decade previously. 

For PlayStation Plus members, there are a couple of key things to remember! Even if you don't play the games straight away, make sure to redeem them in October to unlock the game for your account. Redeemed games are available as long as your subscription is active. While perfect for the spooky Halloween season, Bright Falls is also the perfect place for a holiday getaway. 

PlayStation Plus is a subscription service available on PlayStation consoles which offers monthly games, cloud storage, online multiplayer, discounts, and a games library, along with much more. There are three tiers available; Essential, Extra, and Premium, costing between £6.99 to £13.49 monthly. You can learn more about the subscription program, HERE. 

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6th October 2025 Remedy Publishes Free Content Update for Control [PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S]

Remedy have now released their teased update for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of Control and Control Ultimate Edition. The free patch brings a number of PlayStation pre-order cosmetics added to the game alongside the exclusive mission with developer, Hideo Kojima.

The new outfits can be equipped from the Control Point in the Central Executive Sector area. The new additions are the Astral Dive Suit, Tactical Response Gear, and Urban Response Gear

All players will also be able to check out the mission Dr. Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery Experience, featuring voiceover by Kojima. The mission is playable once you collect the Dr Tokui Tapes collectible at the Extrasensory Lab of the Research Sector. This mission was previously exclusive to the PlayStation 4 Digital Deluxe version of Control.

PC owners would have received the patch, along with platform specific changes back in March. While there's a lot of overlap, there are console-specific updates too. You can check out the full console patch notes below:

October 2025 Console Update (1.30) Release Notes 

Outfits

The following outfits are now available to all players. The outfits can be accessed and equipped from the Control Point in the Central Executive Sector area.

• Astral Dive Suit (formerly a pre-order exclusive)
  
  
• Tactical Response Gear (formerly a pre-order exclusive)
  
  
• Urban Response Gear (formerly a pre-order exclusive)

Missions

All players will receive the mission Dr. Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery Experience, featuring voiceover by Hideo Kojima. The mission is playable when you pick up the Dr Tokui Tapes collectible in the Extrasensory Lab of the Research Sector. (This mission was previously exclusive to the PlayStation 4 Digital Deluxe version of Control.)

Graphics [PlayStation 5]

• Added a new setting “Unlock Frame Rate”, enjoy!
  
  
• Added VRR and 120Hz display output support for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro, and unlocked the frame rate limitations for Quality and Performance Mode setting
  
  
• Improved Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA) quality
  
  
• Added HDR support
  
  
• Updated SDR to 10bit (from 8bit), which reduces visible color banding
  
  
• [PlayStation 5 Pro] Added PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) support. Using PSSR results in smoother edges, improved hair, and vegetation visual quality. Using PSSR can slightly impact performance, so if you would rather have the original “look” of Control, you can disable PSSR in the settings.
  
  
• [PlayStation 5 Pro] Improved Screen Space Reflections in Performance Mode
  
  
• [PlayStation 5 Pro] Updated Texture and Shadow resolution filtering (anisotropic)

General [PlayStation 5]

• Fixed grenade projectiles indicators only updating at 30 fps. Now they update properly everywhere they should.
  
  
• Improved the sorting of character and weapon mods

Graphics [Xbox Series X|S]

• Added a new setting “Unlock Frame Rate”, enjoy!
  
  
• Added VRR and 120Hz display output support for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and unlocked the frame rate limitations for Quality and Performance Mode settings
  
  
• [Xbox Series X] Unlocked the frame rate limitations for Quality and Performance Mode
  
  
• [Xbox Series S] Unlocked the frame rate limitations for Performance Mode settings
  
  
• Improved Temporal Anti Aliasing (TAA) quality
  
  
• Added HDR support
  
  
• Updated SDR to 10bit (from 8bit), which reduces visible color banding

General [Xbox Series X|S]

• Fixed grenade projectiles indicators only updating at 30 fps. Now they update properly everywhere they should.
  
  
• Improved the sorting of character and weapon mods

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5th October 2025 Control Content Update Coming For Consoles, October 6th [PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S]

A new free update for Control and Control Ultimate Edition will be coming to consoles on October 6th, providing the perfect excuse to jump back into the FBC. The patch will see a number of PlayStation pre-order cosmetics added to the game, alongside the exclusive mission starring fellow developer, Hideo Kojima.

PC owners have already received the patch back in March, with the release of update 1.30. While likely to be similar, the patch notes for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S update will be published on Monday. 

Alongside the March 2025 update, the studio also published a blog post on the game's website detailing the challenge of bringing the new content to the game. In the article, Remedy's Senior Community Manager, Vida Starčević  wrote “While this has always been the plan, it’s taking us a while to ensure that the update propagates (correctly!) across multiple stores and editions of our six-year-old game. We thank you for your understanding, as we’ve had some… surprising things happen now that the patch is live.”

Even back then, bringing the update to consoles was already on the books, as she continues, “In the near future we will release this same update for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S platforms. We have a small team working on these updates so we want to space them out to give us time to fix potential issues that might come up. We appreciate your patience!”

While the game was released six years ago, Remedy has double-down its commitment to the Control and Alan Wake IPs in their recent H1 Financial Review with plans to expand both.

Source: Control's Facebook Page

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