How Control breaks away from Remedy’s past

For its latest game, Remedy Entertainment followed a simple mantra: “Let’s get weird.”

The Finland-based developer has always had a fascination with the supernatural, creating both the shadowy horrors in Alan Wake and the time-shifting powers in Quantum Break. Like those games, Control (out August 27 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC) is a third-person shooter set in an intriguing new world. But unlike its predecessors, Control dives head-first into the unknown, to a place where alternate dimensions and monstrous creatures threaten to invade our reality.