Control PS5 and Xbox Series X upgrades launch in February 2021

Control
(Image credit: Remedy Entertainment)

Remedy Entertainment has revealed that Control Ultimate Edition will arrive on next-gen consoles in early 2021.

Specifically, that's February 2 for digital owners of Control Ultimate Edition, while physical owners will have to wait to upgrade for another month until March 2. The Ultimate Edition of Control will be playable on PS5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S, and boasts a performance mode that takes the frame rate up to 60FPS.

Additionally, there's a graphics mode for Control Ultimate Edition, which caps out the frame rate at 30FPS with added ray tracing. A full trailer for the Ultimate Edition of Remedy's game isn't available just yet, but you can feast your eyes on the sneak preview of both modes just above for now.

Control Ultimate Edition is available right now, but it doesn't have any upgrades for next-gen platforms. It's these upgrades, with both the performance and graphics modes, that will be arriving for this specific version of the game in February and March 2021.

You might recall that the next-gen upgrades for Control: Ultimate Edition were originally delayed out of launching in late 2020. Shortly after the DLC wrapped up for the game, Remedy announced that they wanted to take a little more time working on the next-gen boosts for the PS5 and Xbox Series X.

Looking ahead to Remedy's future after Control Ultimate Edition rounds out its content upgrades, there's a fair few things on the horizon. The studio already has CrossFireX in the works, a free-to-play multiplayer game called Vanguard, a new game set in the world shared by Control and Alan Wake, and a joint venture with Epic Games. Very recently, Remedy producer and writer Sam Lake has teased that he's already penned the draft for the "next big Remedy game," as if the studio didn't already have enough projects on the go at once.

If you're still trying to find the perfect Christmas gift before the Holiday season finally arrives, you can head over to our guide on the best gifts for gamers for more.

Hirun Cryer

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.

Latest in Action
Jordan A. Mun looks at herself in a mirror in just a vest in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet screenshot
5 years after starting development, Neil Druckmann says Naughty Dog's new game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is "still evolving and changing as we're making it"
Jordan A. Mun looks at herself in a mirror in just a vest in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet screenshot
The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann says Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet will also be about "being lonely," as if his zombie apocalypse wasn’t isolating enough: "I really want you to be lost"
A screenshot of Jordan drinking a soda during the reveal trailer for Intergalactic: The Hertic Prophet.
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is "a game about faith and religion," which Neil Druckmann jokes will surely get less hate than The Last of Us 2
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Indy hanging onto a vine as in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle PS5 release date reportedly set for April after ESRB leak
Death Stranding 2
Hideo Kojima says he'll "apologize beforehand" for Death Stranding 2 moments with Troy Baker's Higgs which are "so ridiculous" that "you'll probably throw the controller"
a titanium watch with grey and orange features on the arms and face
You can look like Solid Snake with this Death Stranding 2 watch, but it'll cost you over $1,500
Latest in News
Jordan A. Mun looks at herself in a mirror in just a vest in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet screenshot
5 years after starting development, Neil Druckmann says Naughty Dog's new game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is "still evolving and changing as we're making it"
Silent Hill f
After 2 years of silence, the next mainline Silent Hill game is getting a dedicated stream this week with "the latest news"
Original Xbox console
Former Microsoft exec says the first Xbox was killed early in favor of 360 because it was "losing money left right and center," but luckily "we could afford to hemorrhage cash"
A Monster Hunter Wilds character holding binoculars.
Despite Monster Hunter Wilds suffering monstrous performance problems on PC, it still outsold the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions in the US
Jordan A. Mun looks at herself in a mirror in just a vest in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet screenshot
The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann says Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet will also be about "being lonely," as if his zombie apocalypse wasn’t isolating enough: "I really want you to be lost"
A screenshot of Jordan drinking a soda during the reveal trailer for Intergalactic: The Hertic Prophet.
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is "a game about faith and religion," which Neil Druckmann jokes will surely get less hate than The Last of Us 2