Free Control: Ultimate Edition Update Including Previously Locked DLC and Missions Out Now October 6, 2025

Before they released the new horror classic Alan Wake II, the developer Remedy Games released a game called Control, which we quickly discovered took place in the same universe of Alan Wake. To incentivize people to pick up the game during its initial release period, the developer included downloadable content in the form of exclusive character outfits spread out among those who either preordered or purchased the game’s Collector’s Edition. They also offered an exclusive mission (starring Hideo Kojima) for those who purchased the game’s season pass.

None of this content was made available to players who picked up the game’s later rereleases for the Xbox Series or PS5 platforms, Control Ultimate Edition. While it included the DLC missions offered in the original game’s Season Pass, including The Foundation and AWE, it did not offer any of the game’s original bonus skins, or the secret mission offered to players who initially purchased the season pass.

Many months ago, Remedy has finally answered the pleas of the console players when they released a free patch on the PC version of the Ultimate Edition which included not just enhancements to the game, but ALL of the previously locked exclusive content that was never offered to the Ultimate Edition owners. However, that content was not offered to PS5 or Xbox Series owners, and Remedy notified us we would need to hold off and wait for it to come.

Well, I’m happy to announce that wait is finally over. Here’s a look at today’s Patch Notes:

OUTFITS
The following outfits are now available to all players. The outfits can be accessed and equipped from the Control Point in the Central Executive Sector area.

• Astral Dive Suit (formerly a pre-order exclusive)
• Tactical Response Gear (formerly a pre-order exclusive)
• Urban Response Gear (formerly a pre-order exclusive)

MISSIONS
All players will receive the mission Dr. Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery Experience, featuring voiceover by Hideo Kojima. The mission is playable when you pick up the Dr Tokui Tapes collectible in the Extrasensory Lab of the Research Sector. (This mission was previously exclusive to the PlayStation 4 Digital Deluxe version of Control.)

GRAPHICS [PLAYSTATION 5]
• Added a new setting “Unlock Frame Rate”, enjoy!
• Added VRR and 120Hz display output support for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro, and unlocked the frame rate limitations for Quality and Performance Mode setting
• Improved Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA) quality
• Added HDR support
• Updated SDR to 10bit (from 8bit), which reduces visible color banding
• [PlayStation 5 Pro] Added PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) support. Using PSSR results in smoother edges, improved hair, and vegetation visual quality. Using PSSR can slightly impact performance, so if you would rather have the original “look” of Control, you can disable PSSR in the settings.
• [PlayStation 5 Pro] Improved Screen Space Reflections in Performance Mode
• [PlayStation 5 Pro] Updated Texture and Shadow resolution filtering (anisotropic)

GENERAL [PLAYSTATION 5]
• Fixed grenade projectiles indicators only updating at 30 fps. Now they update properly everywhere they should.
• Improved the sorting of character and weapon mods

GRAPHICS [XBOX SERIES X|S]
• Added a new setting “Unlock Frame Rate”, enjoy!
• Added VRR and 120Hz display output support for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and unlocked the frame rate limitations for Quality and Performance Mode settings
• [Xbox Series X] Unlocked the frame rate limitations for Quality and Performance Mode
• [Xbox Series S] Unlocked the frame rate limitations for Performance Mode settings
• Improved Temporal Anti Aliasing (TAA) quality
• Added HDR support
• Updated SDR to 10bit (from 8bit), which reduces visible color banding

GENERAL [XBOX SERIES X|S]
• Fixed grenade projectiles indicators only updating at 30 fps. Now they update properly everywhere they should.
• Improved the sorting of character and weapon mods

You can download the update right now for free, just download the game’s most recent patch and start playing!

Control: Ultimate Edition is out now for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.