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Control Ultimate Edition is part of the PS Plus Extra catalogue, and the game has just received a major free update, adding a Hideo Kojima mission, unlocked frame rate, snazzy outfits, and a lot more. This free update comes just before the new PS Plus October 2025 Essential games launch on October 7th. Beyond these Essential games, Sony has already confirmed Tomb Raider Anniversary for Premium, and it will become available on October 21st. While the upcoming additions are exciting, now is the perfect opportunity to return to the masterpiece that is Control.
PS Plus masterpiece Control Ultimate Edition receives major free update
Control Ultimate Edition is part of PS Plus Extra. As announced by Remedy on X, the game has just received a new completely free update, and it includes three additional outfits, a new “Unlock Frame Rate” setting, and the “mission Dr. Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery Experience, featuring voiceover by Hideo Kojima…. previously exclusive to the PlayStation 4 Digital Deluxe version of Control”.
Below are the patch notes showing everything included in the update for PlayStation:
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
Amusingly, this isn’t the last involvement of Remedy with PS Plus as Alan Wake 2 is part of the upcoming October 2025 Essential games. The other two Essential additions are Goat Simulator 3 and Cocoon, but Alan Wake 2 is the big prize as it’s a fantastic nightmare and is the perfect game to play on Halloween.
As for what else Remedy are working on, the Max Payne remakes are in “full production,” and there’s also claims of a remaster in-development for Max Payne 3. We also know Control 2 is officially being worked on, and Remedy previously confirmed that Control 2 won’t be affected by Annapurna Interactive staff resignation.
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