Control: Ultimate Edition (2020) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Control: Ultimate Edition

Control Ultimate Edition contains the main game and all previously released Expansions ("The Foundation" and "AWE") in one great value package. Winner of over 80 awards, Control is a visually stunning…

92 27 August 2020

What Control: Ultimate Edition is

Control: Ultimate Edition is an adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment and released in 2020. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, iOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and visionOS. It runs on Northlight Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Control Ultimate Edition contains the main game and all previously released Expansions ("The Foundation" and "AWE") in one great value package. Winner of over 80 awards, Control is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Control: Ultimate Edition holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 97% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 19 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 119 votes.

What it launched against

Control: Ultimate Edition launched on 27 August 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades and Factorio. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades, Factorio.

Cheats and codes

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Control: Ultimate Edition — frequently asked questions

When did Control: Ultimate Edition come out?

Control: Ultimate Edition was released on 27 August 2020 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, iOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and visionOS.

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