[STEAM] Alan Wake Developer Remedy Looks to Have Trademarked Control: Resonant Ahead of The Game Awards, Sparking Speculation It's Set to Reveal a Long-Awaited Sequel

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A wave of speculation among fans of

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developer Remedy Entertainment has been sparked by the filing of a fresh trademark, just days ahead of The Game Awards.

As spotted by

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, a trademark for something named "Control: Resonant" was filed yesterday, November 27, by Remedy's legal firm, Nordic Attorneys at Law Ltd. This, it's stated, is the same group responsible for all of Remedy's other trademarks.

The obvious conclusion here is that Control: Resonant will be the title of Remedy's upcoming

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, which the

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. Little else is known about the project, however.

The timing of the trademark's filing raises eyebrows, coming exactly two weeks before this year's The Game Awards broadcast on December 11. And Remedy has gone big at the show before, with a full dance number during the show's 2023 ceremony to celebrate Alan Wake 2.

Of course, there's a possibility this isn't the Control sequel that fans are waiting patiently for.

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in collaboration with Annapurna Interactive, or this could alternatively be some other kind of spin-off.

But the sense among fans is that now is the right time for Control's full sequel to be revealed, two years after Remedy's last blockbuster game project arrived, and as a statement of intent following the

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, the studio's scrappy attempt at a Control multiplayer experience.

IGN has contacted Remedy for more, and will of course be reporting all the announcements from The Game Awards 2025 live.

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