Control's controversial next-gen version delayed to 2021
Remedy has delayed its upcoming next-gen version of Control: Ultimate Edition to early 2021.
“We want the final quality of the game to be awesome, and so we need a bit more time to work on it,” Remedy said via Twitter today. “Thank you for your understanding and patience!”
You’ll still be able to play Control: Ultimate Edition on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X this year via backwards compatibility (just like the regular version of Control, of course) but Ultimate Edition owners will have to wait a little longer for the next-gen version they’ve paid for.
Control’s Ultimate Edition is the only way to get the specific PS5 and Xbox Series X-optimised version of the game when it does release, now sometime early next year.
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The decision to only give access to the next-gen shinier version of Control to Ultimate Edition owners sparked criticism from fans who already owned the game’s original edition. Different game publishers have decided on different upgrade paths for games – and Remedy and its publisher 505 Games stood out for requiring a specific version of the game.