CONTROL, an action game for PlayStation 4, is scheduled to be released by Marvelous on December 12, 2019. The game has been nominated in seven categories, including "Game of The Year," the top award at The Game Awards 2019, the world's most prestigious gaming awards.
CONTROL is a third-person action-adventure game about super-powered combat from Remedy Entertainment, developer of Alan Wake and Quantum Break. The main character "Jesse Fayden" infiltrates a classified agency in New York City that has been invaded by an otherworldly threat as an agent and uses his psychic powers to take on an unpredictable world in a battlefield that changes in various ways in order to uncover his past.
⇒ PS4 "CONTROL" won the "Critics' Choice Award" at the British Video Game Awards!
Nominated for 7 categories at "The Game Awards 2019"
CONTROL" has now been nominated in seven categories at The Game Awards 2019, the global video game awards, including "Game of The Year" for the best game of the year. The awards are scheduled to be announced on December 13, 2019, Japan time.
The list of nominees is as follows.
Game of The Year
Best Action/Adventure Game
Best Art Direction
Best Audio Design
Best Game Direction
Best Narrative
Best Performance: Courtney Hope
Best Performance: Matthew Porretta
Information on the key characters of the story is also available!
Additional information about the characters who hold the key to the story, the hostile creatures, and the "Aldest House," the headquarters of a secret government agency where the film takes place, has also been released.
The main character, Jesse, visits Aldest House in search of his missing brother and encounters a variety of people. The film will show the intertwining of the various characters under the threat of an interdimensional invader, the "Hith.
Jesse
The protagonist of this film. He visits Aldest House to search for his missing brother, and gets caught up in a battle with the hissing invaders from another world.
Trench
The previous commander of the operation bureau. He is deceased when Jesse arrives at Aldest House.
Artie
The manager of Aldest House. For some reason, he thinks Jesse is his subordinate.
Darling
The research leader of the Operation Bureau. He is the first person to conduct research on unknown forces, but he has been missing since the hissing incident occurred.
Pope
Darling's subordinate. A researcher who is studying "transformation items" affected by hiss.
Marshall
A former CIA officer, he is the commander of the FBC Special Forces.
Creatures
In addition, a huge deformed creature also stands in Jesse's way.
Mold 1
The source of the mold that is spreading and contaminating the Oldest House, called Mold. It attacks Jesse with tentacle-like tendrils and spores.
■Hiss Bomber
An agent transformed by hiss. When they get close to a certain distance, they self-destruct, engulfing their surroundings.
Hiss guard
A security guard who has been affected by hiss. He attacks Jesse with a machine gun that he was equipped with before he became contaminated.
Hiss Warp
An agent who has been corrupted by hiss and has acquired supernatural powers. He uses his psychokinesis to send various objects into the air and attack them.
The stage of the battle, "Aldest House
Details of "Aldest House," the headquarters of the classified government agency "Federal Operations Agency," where the battle takes place, were also revealed. Under the influence of a hiss, the office is transformed into an alien world, and various gimmicks block Jesse's way.
Central Executive
An area with relatively little hiss contamination. Employees who have escaped the hiss infection gather here.
NSC Cooling Pump Station
A cooling facility for the generators that supply power to Aldesto House. Use your psychic powers to install power blocks in the cooling pumps and restore their functionality.
■Medical Wing
Originally a medical room, it has become a danger zone infested with a fungus called Mold. The fungus-infested staff roam around and attack.
■Astral Board
A different space ruled by beings called "boards. It is visited through objects with special powers.
The game is scheduled to be released on December 12, 2019 (Thursday), with more information to be revealed little by little. We hope you will look forward to it.
Product specs
Title: CONTROL
Genre: Action-adventure
Compatibility: PlayStation 4
Release date: December 12, 2019 (Thursday)
・Price:
Package version/download version 6,800 yen (excluding tax)
Downloadable Digital Deluxe 8,800 yen (excluding tax)
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