Future DLC for Remedy Entertainment’s Control
may have been inadvertently revealed after a YouTuber used the game’s debug tool on PC to discover a hidden mission reference.
Discovered by YouTuber ManFightDragon and first reported by PC Gamer, the evidence seems to be a mission name that’s absent from the main game, but possibly focuses on a side character.
For those unfamiliar, a debug tool allows a developer to test various parts of a game before release. Oftentimes, to save time or money, a developer might just put an unused asset somewhere the player can’t find it. ManFightDragon managed to use Control’s debug tool to find a possible reference to DLC, which you can see at the 5:20 mark in their YouTube video.
In this case, Control’s debug tool allows users to jump to any mission, and in addition to the names of the main story missions, ManFightDragon discovered a mission titled “St01_MM_04_Marshall_START_Plus_PS4_SM15_Dlc.”
The “Dlc” tag at the end is a pretty clear indication that the mission is intended as future content for Control. Conveniently enough, “Marshall” is also a primary character in the game, the head of security for the Federal Bureau of Control. You meet Marshall, a roughly mid-60’s black woman, in Control’s fourth mission, where the security director and protagonist Jesse Faden seem to develop a stiff relationship with one another before moving onto the more pressing matter of Hiss creatures invading the Bureau.
It’s possible that DLC for Control could make Marshall the player character, or at least focus on developing her character further.
For more on Control, read our review, or check out our tips for combat against the Hiss, how to unlock every psychic ability, or our entire walkthrough.Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN, and he wishes giant font appeared in front of him whenever he walks into a room.
