Control Resonant drops Thursday, Sept. 24, and Remedy’s latest chapter gives players a reason to finally meet Jesse Faden’s brother, Dylan. The game arrives at 10 a.m. EDT on Thursday for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, and Windows PC, and that’s the time you need to know.
Dylan Takes the Lead
Dylan has long been the character standing in Jesse’s shadow. Control Resonant finally pulls that focus forward, and the game’s lead reviewer for Polygon, Willa Rowe, does not hold back on the verdict. “Dylan is ultimately a protagonist that never managed to elicit a strong emotion in me,” she writes. “Jesse felt like a friend; Dylan feels like that co-worker you begrudgingly tolerate.”
That is a blunt assessment. Rowe is not reviewing the game as a whole; she is describing the character.
The Release Times Around the World
The game launches at 10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, 24th Sept. for the east coast of North America. But the world is large, and the release clocks move differently from one country to the next.
| Time Zone | Release Time |
|---|---|
| West Coast of North America (PDT) | 7 a.m. Thursday |
| East Coast of North America (EDT) | 10 a.m. Thursday |
| Brazil (BRT) | 11 a.m. Thursday |
| U.K. (BST) | 3 p.m. Thursday |
| Western Europe (CEST) | 4 p.m. Thursday |
| Japan (JST) | 11 p.m. Thursday |
| East Coast of Australia (AEST) | 12 a.m. Friday |
That last figure is worth noting. The east coast of Australia gets the game at midnight on Friday.
Pre-order Bonuses, Act 1 Required
Pre-ordering Control Resonant comes with a few options, and the deluxe edition is the clear winner if you want early access. The regular edition gets two unique items: the Hiss Corruption Outfit and the Pickpocket’s Tool Artifact.
The deluxe edition adds the Occult Outfit, a digital artbook, the original soundtrack, the Untapped artifact (Wallet), a Starter resource bundle, and the AWE Mission Outfit. It also grants 48-hour early access, letting players start playing on Sept. 22.
The Act 1 requirement means the rewards are locked until then, no matter which version you bought.
What Dylan Actually Does
The review’s comparison of Dylan to a co-worker is the story’s most striking detail. Jesse, Rowe writes, felt like a friend. Dylan feels like a tolerable colleague. That is not a compliment.
It is a fair question, and one that only playing the game can answer. Rowe’s review is not a verdict on the game itself; it is a single note about the character players will be spending hours with.
The Twist on Manhattan
Control Resonant takes players into a twisted version of Manhattan. The game’s setting is familiar but altered, and the preview material focuses on Dylan’s journey through that space.
The Full Table of Details
| Edition | Early Access | Early Access Date | In-game Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | None | — | Hiss Corruption Outfit, Pickpocket’s Tool Artifact |
| Deluxe | Yes | Sept. 22 | Occult Outfit, artbook, soundtrack, Untapped artifact (Wallet), Starter bundle, AWE Mission Outfit |
The review’s verdict on Dylan is blunt. Rowe is not reviewing the game as a whole; she is describing the character.
The review’s comparison of Dylan to a co-worker is the story’s most striking detail. Jesse, Rowe writes, felt like a friend. Dylan feels like a tolerable colleague. That is not a compliment.
It is a fair question, and one that only playing the game can answer.
Source material: “Control Resonant release time in your time zone,” Polygon.
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