6th June 2026 CONTROL Resonant Hands-On Preview Wrap-Up [Espoo, Los Angeles, Mexico City, São Paulo, London, Berlin Warsaw] Update #67

This week, Remedy hosted their first hands-on previews of CONTROL Resonant, marking the beginning of their international media tour. Admittance was by invitation only, with select media and influencers handpicked to check out the game in advance. Over the course of their exclusive preview, attendees had the chance to check out the first three hours of the game's opening and speak to the members of the dev team.

In the hot seat for interviews were Mikael Kasurinen (Creative Director), Sean Durrie (Actor, Dylan Faden), Anna-Maria Krönroos (Lead Level Designer), Thomas Puha (Communications Director), and Elmeri Raitanen (Art Director).

While a few websites were able to visit Remedy before their flight to Los Angeles, it was across the ocean where things really kicked off. In LA, previews were held at Annapurna Pictures HQ, coinciding with Summer Games Fest. And in the coming weeks, the team are set to head to Mexico City, São Paulo, London, Berlin, and Warsaw.

The first previews have started to roll in over the past few hours, and as always, we'll do our best to collect as many as possible as they're published. Keep an eye out for updates! 

Update: With the promotional tour kicking off at Summer Games Fest and lasting throughout the month, we're going to compile all the previews and interviews in this post to create as complete a guide as possible. If the preview or interview mentions which preview the writer attended, we also include a note alongside their listing. 21/06/2026 15:35 BST

Written Previews

• Game Informer: Control Resonant, Hands-On With Remedy’s Surreal Take On Stylish Action by Marcus Stewart / Summer Games Fest

• PC Gamer: I was worried Control Resonant wouldn't be Control enough, but then I got lost in an infinite bedroom dimension by Morgan Park / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• IGN: Control Resonant Hands-On Preview: No Guns, No Problem for This Melee-Action Sequel by Mitchell Saltzman / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• Polygon: After 2.5 hours, Control Resonant is a bolder sequel than we ever could’ve expected by Giovanni Colantonio / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• Engadget: Control Resonant's take on New York feels like the Backrooms by Alessandro Fillari / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] PC Gamer: An 'otherworldly algorithm' is affecting Manhattan in Control Resonant, which is why there are giant floating heads and everything looks like that by Issy van der Velde / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Restart.run: Control Resonant Does Not Feel Like Control, But it Feels Fascinating All the Same by Imran Khan / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] ShackNews: Control Resonant plays nothing like its predecessor and it's great by Ozzie Mejia / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] TechRaptor: Control Resonant Sets You Loose as a Powerful Agent of Chaos by Andrew Otton / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Temple of Geek: Summer Game Fest Preview: Control Resonant Is The Next Great Remedy Game by Matthew Finneman / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] The Outerhaven: CONTROL Resonant PS5 Pro Hands-On Preview from Summer Game Fest 2026 by Keith Mitchell / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] MonsterVine: Control Resonant Preview – Dylan Faden’s Time to Shine by Spencer Legacy / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] RPG Site: Control Resonant's shift to an Action RPG is shaping it up to be an even better game than the first by James Galizio / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] XBOX Wire: CONTROL Resonant: Hands-On With This Ambitious Sequel’s Shapeshifting Combat by Will Fulton / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] PlayStation Blog: Summer Game Fest 2026: Hands-on and more details on 11 upcoming PS5 games by Phil Hornshaw / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] ComicBook: Control Resonant Plays Like A Goth Kingdom Hearts (And I Love It) by Brandon Zachary / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] CGM: SGF 2026: CONTROL Resonant Preview – Shaping Up to Be Remedy’s Wildest Single-Player Ride Yet by Brendan Frye / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] CBR: Control Resonant Is Officially the Best Game I Played At SGF by Mark O'Callaghan / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] TechRadar: I fought a possessed bus in Control Resonant’s 'paranaturally warped' Manhattan, and embraced Dylan's brutal and lightning-fast combat — and I can’t wait to eviscerate more funky foes in weird streets by Rob Dwiar / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Final Weapon: Control Resonant Preview – An Unbelievable Level Up by Noah Hunter / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] But Why Tho?: ‘CONTROL Resonant’ Showcases That Remedy Still Has More Weirdness In The Tank / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Game Informer: Control Resonant, Hands-On With Remedy's Surreal Take On Stylish Action by Marcus Stewart / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Kotaku: Control Resonant Hands-On: Giving One Of The Most Consistently Surprising Developers The Benefit Of The Doubt by Moises Taveras / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Hardcore Gamer: Remedy Tries Something New With Control Resonant and it Works by Adam Beck / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Console Creatures: Control Resonant Makes An Incredible First Impression, and Feels Like a Natural Progression of Remedy’s Trademark Style by Hayes Madsen / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Steam Deck HQ: Control Resonant's Combat Is Exhilarating When All Gears Are Firing - Summer Game Fest 2026 by Noah Kupetsky / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Checkpoint Gaming: Control Resonant Hands-on Preview – Manhattan falls by Luke Mitchell / Summer Games Fest

• [New!] Push Square: Preview: Like a Greatest Hits Game, Remedy Peaks in Control Resonant by Liam Croft / London

• [New!] The Sixth Axis: Control Resonant Preview – Mixing it up in Manhattan by Stefan L / London

• [New!] Insider Gaming: Control Resonant Preview: Offering More Control Than Ever, Literally by Charlie Champion  / London

• [New!] Rock Paper Shotgun: From its electric melee fights to its surprise Firewatch nods, Control Resonant's radical sequelcraft looks like it might just pay off by James Archer / London

• [New!] GAMINGBible: 6 Things We Loved From Our Control Resonant Hands-On Preview by Richard Breslin / London

• [New!] Creative Bloq: I played Control Resonant, and it's turned New York into something I've never seen in a game before by Ian Dean / London

• [New!] The Outerhaven: CONTROL Resonant Hands-On Preview: Remedy’s Latest Adventure Left Me Wanting More by Jordan Andow / London

• [New!] Radio Times: Remedy is "staying weird" – how Control Resonant's world evolved beyond the Oldest House by Alex Raisbeck / London

[New!] tom's guide: I played Control Resonant for 2 hours — and trust me, Remedy cooked with this sequel by Rory Mellon / London

Written Interviews

• The Verge: Control Resonant is a sequel — and also a starting point by Kallie Plagge (w. Mikael Kasurinen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• Eurogamer: Control Resonant is how video games should be done by Chris Tapsell (w. Sean Durrie and Mikael Kasurinen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• VGC: Control Resonant’s gravity-shifting combat sold me after just one hands-on session by Jordan Middler (w. Sean Durrie and Mikael Kasurinen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• VGC: Control Resonant was ‘deeply’ inspired by Attack on Titan and Neon Genesis Evangelion, says director by Jordan Middler (w. Sean Durrie and Mikael Kasurinen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• GameSpot: Control Resonant Deals With Trauma And Redemption by Tamoor Hussain (w. Sean Durrie and Mikael Kasurinen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• Polygon: Remedy explains the terrifying draw of liminal spaces Control Resonant's creative director knows why you're so scared of Backrooms by Giovanni Colantonio (w, Mikael Kasurinen and Sean Durrie) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• GamesBeat: Control Resonant’s melee shines in altered gravity | hands-on gameplay by Dean Takahashi (w. Anna-Maria Krönroos, Thomas Puha, and Elmeri Raitanen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• TechRadar: It was always the plan to make a Dylan-focused game, says Control Resonant art director, but creating a 'high level' world came first — 'We create the world, and then there are opportunities to have these different lenses into it, or different stories' by Demi Williams (w. Anna-Maria Krönroos, Thomas Puha, and Elmeri Raitanen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• TechRadar: Remedy says Control Resonant's shapeshifting weapon was conceptualized for the first game when it considered enabling Jesse's gun to turn into a sword — 'We really needed to make sure that this is something that works and is fun on a very visceral level' by Demi Williams (w. Anna-Maria Krönroos and Elmeri Raitanen) / Summer Games Fest

• [New!] TechRadar: 'We want the player to kind of get lost in the world and 'force' them to have fun' — Control Resonant lead level designer teases new 'dungeons' and encourages players to explore the open world and engage in side content by Demi Williams (w. Anna-Maria Krönroos and Elmeri Raitanen) / Summer Games Fest

• GamesRadar+: Control Resonant has what it takes to stand out in an exceptionally crowded September release window by Josh West (w. Mikael Kasurinen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] VGC: Control Resonant’s gravity-shifting combat sold me after just one hands-on session by Jordan Middler (w. Mikael Kasurinen & Sean Durrie) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] IGN: Control: Resonant Creative Director on the Sequel Shifting to an Action RPG | IGN Live 2026 by Eric Goldman (w. Mikael Kasurinen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Game Developer: How to direct unconventional games like Control Resonant by Bryant Francis (w. Mikael Kasurinen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] ScreenRant: Control Resonant Star & Creative Director Tease The Massive Scope Of The Long-Awaited Sequel by Brandon Zachary (w. Mikael Kasurinen & Sean Durrie) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Final Weapon: Interview: Control Resonant Creative Director and Lead Actor on What Makes Remedy’s Latest Game Special by Noah Hunter  (w. Mikael Kasurinen & Sean Durrie) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Metro: Control Resonant hands-on preview – a Remedy for boring sequels by Lucky Orr  (w. Anna-Maria Krönroos & Elmeri Raitanen) / Summer Games Fest

• [New!] PCGamesN: Control Resonant lets Remedy's creativity shine, so avoiding generative AI was a "pretty natural" decision by Ken Allsop (w. Sergey Mohov)
  

• [New!] tom's guide: 'We wanted to have the same approach, but in reverse' — Control Resonant Creative Director details what to expect from the ambitious new game by Tony Polanco

Video Previews

• [Video] GameRant: CONTROL Resonant Dives DEEP Into Character Action - Hands-On Preview / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [Video] GameSpot: Control Resonant Hands On Preview by Tamoor Hussain / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] GamesSpot: Control Resonant Is Proving Remedy Can Do More Than Shooters / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [Video] James Willems: We played Control Resonant early. Here's what we thought. / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [Video] IGN: Control Resonant Mixes Control, Devil May Cry, and Doom | IGN Preview By Ryan McCaffrey and Mitchell Saltzman / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] IGN: Control Resonant First-Look Preview – This Is No Soulslike. It’s Faster / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] IGN: Control Resonant Hands-On Preview: No Guns, No Problem for This Melee-Action Powerhouse / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [Video] Ilta-Sanomat: Pelasimme odotettua mega­­peliä – tällainen on suomalainen Control Resonant by Henrik Kärkkäinen,  Espoo Preview
• [New!] [Video] Kakuchopurei: Control Resonant Hands-On Preview: Dylan May Cry by Jonathan Toyad / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] itsjavachip: I got to play CONTROL Resonant EARLY - Full Boss Fight and First Opinions / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] GameList+: Control Resonant Gameplay — First Hour Impressions / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] The Jeff Gerstmann Show: Here's 20 Minutes of Control Resonant Gameplay / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] Ebontis: Control Resonant - Not B-roll.... REAL Gameplay and it's AWESOME / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] GamesRadar: Control Resonant is an innovative action-RPG from Remedy | Preview / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] Jesse Cox: CONTROL Resonant: What's Changed, What's New, and What's Still The Same / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] Vandal: Ya hemos visto lo nuevo de Remedy y no nos esperábamos esto: Así es Control Resonant / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] Giant Bomb: We played Control Resonant by Mikey and Bakalar / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] Outside Xbox: Let's Play Control Resonant: Remedy's First Melee Action Game / London
  
  
• [New] [Video] saarara: I'm sooooo looking forward to Control Resonant! [Instagram Reel]
  
  
• [New!] [Video] HipHopGamer: CONTROL RESONANT Is ABSOLUTELY INSANE! Exclusive Gameplay + Full Remedy Entertainment Interview

• [New!] [Video] jackfrags: Control Resonant Gameplay and Impressions / London

• [New!] [Video] Windows Central: I didn't expect this: The game I'm thinking about the most after SGF is 'CONTROL Resonant' — Here's why, with hands-on impressions by Jez Corden / Summer Games Fest

Video Interviews

• [Video] GameSpot: Control Resonant Was 7 Years In The Making (w. Mikael Kasurinen and Elmeri Raitanen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [Video] Level Up Norge: Control Resonant-reportasje – bli med Tanya og Rune til Finland! (w. Mikael Kasurinen), Espoo Preview
  
  
• [Video] inderestv: Control Resonant: Mikael Kasurisen haastattelu ja pelivideo (w. Mikael Kasurinen), Espoo Preview
  
  
• [Video] Gamertag Radio: Control Resonant: A Conversation with Mikael Kasurinen, Remedy Entertainment (w. Mikael Kasurinen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] VGC: Control Resonant: How Attack on Titan and Evangelion inspired Remedy's next game (w. Mikael Kasurinen & Sean Durrie) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] Newsweek: Tribeca Spotlight: Remedy Games ‘Control Resonant’ Director Mikael Kasurinen (w. Mikael Kasurinen) / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] HipHopGamer: CONTROL RESONANT Is ABSOLUTELY INSANE! Exclusive Gameplay + Full Remedy Entertainment Interview (23:00) (w. Mikael Kasurinen and Elmeri Raitanen)
  
  
• [New!] [Video] ShackNews: How Control Resonant brings the madness of the Oldest House to Manhattan (w. Elmeri Raitanen & Sean Durrie) / Summer Games Fest

Gameplay Footage

• [New!] [Video] The Outerhaven: CONTROL Resonant PS5 Pro Hands-On Gameplay | Summer Game Fest 2026 / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] Game's Little Playground: Control Resonant Exclusive Gameplay (SGF 2026) 4K Ultra HD / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] [Video] Antique Arcade: CONTROL Resonant Summer Game Fest Demo / Summer Games Fest

Other

• [New!] [Video] MinnMax: Take A Whirlwind Tour Of Summer Game Fest 2026 / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] Express: Top 10 Summer Game Fest 2026 announcements we can't wait to play by Joshua Boyles / Summer Games Fest
  
  
• [New!] GamingBolt: Control Resonant Might Finally Scratch That inFamous Itch by Varun Karunakar
  
  
• [New!] tom's guide: I tested Control Resonant on an RTX 5090 — and I'm now preparing for a new benchmark for PC gaming by Darragh Murphy

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