29th September 2022 Control's Composer, Martin Stig Andersen To Attend Reboot Develop Blue 2022

Reboot Develop Blue opened its doors today for a three-day networking and skills conference targeting video game professionals, held in beautiful Dubrovnik, Croatia. Over one hundred speakers will step up on the stage to talk about their craft. Included in the list of speakers is Martin Stig Andersen who worked with fellow composer, Petri Alanko, to bring to life the Control soundtrack.

His lecture "Music Design - From LIMBO to Back 4 Blood" will take place tomorrow (Friday, September 30th) on the Amber Stage at 15:00 local time. 

The event will be the first held since the pandemic following the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 conferences. At Reboot Develop Blue 2019, lectures were recorded and later published on their official YouTube channel. We will post a link to Martin's lecture if it is uploaded. 

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23rd September 2022 Official Community Q&A with Courtney Hope & Sean Durrie

Last month, to celebrate Control's third anniversary, Remedy and 505Games invited fans to submit video recordings of any questions they might have for Courtney Hope and Sean Durrie.

Players who have completed the adventure will know how important the roles of both Jesse and Dylan Faden are, the characters portrayed by those two actors. Plus, with Control's blend of gameplay and live action, embodying the characters and recording may not be like your typical game or TV project. For the first time, the studios are giving a rare opportunity to ask the actors behind those characters and allow players to glimpse behind the scenes of Control. Questions were submitted and collected by the start of September in preparation for the video call later on.

Today's the day! The video is packed with questions and answers in a fast-paced interview style. During the 17 minute video, they discuss haunted apartments, recording in a closet with a loudly breathing dog, lessons learnt from Quantum Break, their working dynamic when together, and a lot more. There was also a tiny cat! Check it out below!

EDIT: The artwork used in the video is by the brilliant Sarah (@Sitriga), who is also accepting commissions! 

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22nd September 2022 Thomas Puha To Discuss "Lessons Learned From A Career In Games" at EGX 2022

For those looking for career advice or to break into the games industry, GI Academy is a fantastic resource, providing articles such as 20 Lessons From 20 Years, advice on how to turn your GameJam project into a full release, or even just simply how to get a job in games. If you're attending EGX in London (UK) this weekend, GI Academy will be returning to the show with a brand new lineup of talks, alongside their career fair to help you get started. 

If you have a Friday ticket, tomorrow you can see Remedy's Communications Director, Thomas Puha talk about his journey through the industry. Starting at 15:30 BST, he will be taking to the GI Stage for his lecture, "From Fanzines to Triple-A. Lessons Learned From A Career In Games".

You can view the panel listing HERE. 

At the moment, we're not sure whether the talk will be recorded, but if it is, we'll include a link below once it's uploaded. 

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21st September 2022 Control Anniversary Bundle Winner Revealed

Over the weekend, we announced our winner for our recent hand-selected Control anniversary bundle. There were over one hundred entries in total spread across three social media platforms; Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. All the entrants were written down and the list was fed into a random name generator, which revealed our winner...

Congratulations to Lily Ashby (@LaSimilicious on Twitter) who won a Control tote bag, a newly launched Director notebook, and a selection of Finnish chocolates chosen for her.

To enter, Control fans were asked to recall their favourite moment, whether it was an experience within the game or an encounter in the community. For her entry, Lily recalled the closing moments of the game, "my favourite moment happened when I entered the Oceanview Motel for the last time. The game was about to end, I was so sad. Then, the Dynamite song popped up. I started laughing. I felt comfort like: "This isn't the end, because you will never forget this journey." No, I won't! <3 " 

Thank you so much to everyone who entered or shared the giveaway! We'll have more coming up in the coming months!

Click the links to read more memories from Control which were submitted in public on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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