Control: The Foundation

March 26, 2020 Remedy Entertainment 505 Games
Shooter Adventure
Stadia Series X|S PS4 PC PS5 XONE Switch
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The Foundation Expansion includes new story content and side missions as well as new weapons and mods inspired by the Oldest House's mysterious origins.
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The Astral Plane is colliding with our reality. Jesse Faden, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Control, must travel through the caverns of the Foundation to prevent the Astral Plane from consuming the Oldest House. The missing Head of Operations, Helen Marshall, may hold some answers to the mysteries surrounding this threat...
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Release Date March 26, 2020
Developer Remedy Entertainment
Publisher 505 Games
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Third person
Themes Action, Science fiction
Control: The Foundation

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