Control Resonant: Initial PC Requirements Revealed, 100 GB of Space Needed

After the numerous announcements made during the State of Play, including the focus on titles like Marvel's Wolverine and God of War Laufey, another highlight of the event was Control Resonant. To maintain high interest in the project, Remedy Entertainment has published the initial PC requirements for the game, offering a first look at the hardware necessary to run it.

The most striking element is the required storage space. To install the title, 100 GB of free space on an SSD will be necessary. This is a particularly high request compared to that of Control Ultimate Edition, which, including the base game and the two expansions, only required 42 GB of space.

This figure seems to confirm Remedy's statements, which have described Control Resonant as the largest and most ambitious project ever undertaken by the studio, at least regarding installation size. As for the minimum requirements, it will be necessary to have an Intel Core i5-8500 processor or an equivalent AMD CPU. Additionally, 16 GB of RAM and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics card are required.

More Details on the Initial PC Requirements for Control Resonant

The recommended specifications instead require an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X processor or an equivalent Intel model, while maintaining the 16 GB of RAM. On the graphics front, Remedy indicates a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT as the recommended configuration.

The developer has not yet specified which graphical settings, resolutions, or performance targets are associated with these hardware configurations. The company has nevertheless emphasized that these are "initial" requirements, implying that more detailed information will arrive in the future.

Control Resonant will support both 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11. The launch is scheduled for September 24 on PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5, with Remedy aiming to ensure a 60 frames per second experience across all platforms. Further details regarding gameplay and the final PC requirements will be communicated as the release date approaches.