CONTROL Resonant is now on GeForce NOW and it's basically a get-out-of-jail-free card for your hard drive

If you've ever looked at a 100GB install size and decided your SSD just couldn't handle the emotional trauma, Remedy Entertainment’s CONTROL Resonant hitting GeForce NOW is your solution. You can now stream Dylan Faden’s fight against the Hiss and the Mold in a warped Manhattan without actually owning a PC that costs as much as a used sedan.

How to actually play this without a massive download

The trick here is that you're offloading the heavy lifting to the cloud. If you have an Ultimate membership, you're getting RTX 5080-class performance. We're talking NVIDIA DLSS 4, ray tracing, and NVIDIA Reflex, with a ceiling of 5K high dynamic range if your monitor isn't from the stone age.

If you're looking to grab the game for "free," there is a window closing fast. If you buy a 12-month GeForce NOW Ultimate membership by Sunday, Sept. 27, the CONTROL Resonant Ultimate Membership Bundle gives you the game at no extra cost. After that, you're back to paying full price like a peasant.

What's the actual gameplay loop?

You aren't playing as Jesse Faden this time. You're Dylan Faden, and you're spending your time searching for your sister while using a paranatural melee weapon called the Aberrant. It changes forms, which is great for when you need to hit something in a way that defies the laws of physics. The setting is Manhattan, but "warped," because a normal city is too boring for the Bureau of CONTROL.

Is the hardware situation getting better?

Apparently, GeForce NOW is expanding to "Googlebooks" this fall. These are the new Gemini Intelligence laptops with the Titan C chip. The claim is that they're "secure by design" and let you jump between your phone and laptop without the usual digital friction. Since these are rolling out soon, you'll eventually be able to stream this chaos on a ChromeOS/Android hybrid without needing to install a single local file.

Other titles hitting the cloud this week

If you're tired of paranatural crises, there are a few other options landing on the service. DragonSword: Awakening is the big one—an anime-style open world where you play as Lute and collect Familiars. You can build a team of 19 heroes and chain Signal Skills, which sounds like a great way to ignore your actual responsibilities.

A few other specific releases to track by date:

• Dune: Awakening: Xbox/Game Pass (Sept. 22)
• Stick It to the Stickman: Steam (Sept. 23)
• CONTROL Resonant: Steam (Sept. 24)
• Wild West Pioneers: Steam (Sept. 25)

Just remember that the "available on store" date and the "available on GeForce NOW" date aren't always the same, so don't throw your monitor out the window if it doesn't show up the exact second the clock strikes midnight.