CONTROL Resonant pre-order bonuses: which items, which stores
The studio names two pre-order items: the Hiss Corruption Outfit and the Pickpocket’s Tool Artifact. The same two were the Steam and Xbox pre-order bonuses. The PlayStation Store names a third, the Occult Outfit, on both its Standard and Deluxe pages.
Bonus by store
| Item | Steam | Xbox store | PlayStation Store | Studio FAQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiss Corruption Outfit | Listed | Listed | Listed | Listed |
| Pickpocket’s Tool Artifact | Listed | Listed | Listed | Listed |
| Occult Outfit | Not listed | Not listed | Listed | Not listed |
The PlayStation Store’s Deluxe page repeats the same three-item list. The Xbox catalogue also carries the bonus as its own add-on entry with a price of zero, next to the two game editions.
What each item is
- Hiss Corruption Outfit. An outfit for Dylan, the playable character, according to the studio’s FAQ.
- Pickpocket’s Tool Artifact. An Artifact, which is a build item explained below.
- Occult Outfit. Listed by name on the PlayStation Store only. The store gives no description beyond the name.
What an Artifact is
The studio defines the term in its New Game+ post: “Artifacts are equippable modifiers that can affect combat, survivability, exploration, and more”, often with conditions or trade-offs. A PlayStation Blog piece from the studio adds that a player can equip up to three Artifacts in a first playthrough. So the Pickpocket’s Tool is an item you slot into a build, and the two outfits are, going by their names, clothing options for Dylan.
How the offer is worded
Every listing frames these items as something a pre-order unlocks. The Steam page and the Xbox listing say so in their own text, and the studio’s FAQ files them under pre-orders. What a purchase made later receives is a question for the store page you are buying from, since the studio’s wording covers pre-orders only.
IGN’s pre-order guide lists the two shared items under digital pre-orders. The studio’s FAQ does not split digital from physical, and how a boxed pre-order receives the items is not spelled out. The disc editions and their dates are on the physical release page.
Not the same as the Deluxe contents
The pre-order items are separate from what the Digital Deluxe Edition adds, which is an artbook, a soundtrack, an Artifact of its own, a resource bundle and a mission outfit. The Deluxe list, the standard edition and the boxed versions are compared on the editions page, with prices on the price page. The Steelbook, a physical edition with its own extras, is on the Steelbook page.