Control Resonant

Seven years after the Hiss invasion of the Oldest House, Federal Bureau of Control Director Jesse Faden awakens her comatose brother Dylan by stabbing him with the Aberrant, an Object of Power, before disappearing. Dylan is subsequently recruited by the Board to help deal with the current crisis, as the FBC's HRA defenses have inexplicably failed, allowing the Hiss to breach the Oldest House's lockdown and escape into the outside world. He makes contact with FBC agent Zoe de Vera, who explains that the Hiss escaped while the FBC was dealing with another Altered World Event dubbed the "Patterning", which has cut off Manhattan from the rest of the world and is rapidly warping reality. With the Aberrant, Dylan kills a number of Hiss as well as a paranatural entity called "The Artist" which appears to be hostile to the Hiss. Realizing the severity of the situation, Zoe orders Dylan to report back to the Oldest House for orders.

Dylan meets with the Acting co-Director, Head of Research Emily Pope, who allows Dylan to remain free to assist the FBC on the condition he wear a Mobile Containment Device that can remotely incapacitate or kill him. Pope explains that the Patterning appears to be diametrically opposed to the Hiss which she hopes can be weaponized if they can reverse engineer it. To that end, Pope instructs Dylan to hunt down paranatural entities mutated by the Patterning, dubbed "Resonant Entities", to analyze them. Zoe is assigned to be Dylan's handler and is given control of his MCD.

In June 2021, Remedy Entertainment announced an agreement with 505 Games, the publisher of its 2019 game Control, to develop FBC: Firebreak, a multiplayer spin-off, and a "bigger-budget" project expanding the Control series. In May 2022, the latter project was referenced under the codename "Heron" in Remedy's development roadmap. In November, the company confirmed that "Heron" was a sequel to Control and unveiled the first concept art. Remedy announced a co-development and co-publishing deal with 505 Games for the title.

In February 2024, Remedy acquired full ownership of the Control series from 505 Games for €17 million. In August, the company partnered with Annapurna Pictures to finance half of the sequel's development costs. By that month, the game had reached the "production readiness stage". In October, Control 2 was teased during an optional scene in the Alan Wake 2 expansion The Lake House.

Control Resonant received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic, with OpenCritic reporting that 86% of critics recommended the game. IGN gave the game an 8 out of 10, complimenting its combat system and design while noting that the late game can be tedious. IGN also wrote that the role-playing game mechanics offer some flexibility but are lacking in depth. The New York Times published a review which praised the game's portrayal of Manhattan and its potential for exploration, and also that there is a disconnect between the gameplay and storytelling: story and character development are bound to "cut scenes and flashbacks with stiff, unnatural performances", with the gameplay mostly focusing on combat. The Guardian compared the game's design to the 2010 film Inception, remarked that movement and exploration are high points, and wrote that the game "has made a tonal shift towards easily digestible mainstream convention" when compared to its predecessor.

The game sold more than 1 million copies in 3 weeks and became Remedy Entertainment's fastest selling video game.