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Remedy’s Control Getting an Unexpected Re-Release 7 Years After Launch

Remedy’s zany third-person action adventure hit Control pops up on a surprising new platform.

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Remedy is still bringing its highly successful action game Control to even more platforms years after its initial 2019 release.

Control is now on iphone and ipad

One of the most highly praised games to release in the final year of the 2010s, Control was a bold new IP from Finnish game studio Remedy Entertainment that went on to become a frontrunner for Game of the Year in 2019, ultimately losing out to FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice at the Game Awards. In the years since, Remedy has confirmed that Control is set in the same universe as beloved horror classic Alan Wake, and has released native PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S versions of the game. It was most recently brought to Mac last year.

Over the past few years, more AAA games have been made available for mobile gamers. Capcom has been perhaps the biggest proponent of mobile ports, as it released native versions of Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, and its Resident Evil 2, RE3, and RE4 remakes on iOS. Ubisoft ported its smaller-scaled Assassin’s Creed Mirage to........

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