The Lake House ties closely to Control as the studio continues to expand its connected universe.

As Estevez, players will get a new perspective on the high strangeness of Remedy’s quilted story world.

As Control players know, even the FBC isn’t safe from bureaucratic red tape.

Agent Estevez is calmer in the face of danger than some others, given how much she’s seen during her time with the FBC.

“Whereas here we’re kind of coming from a slightly different outside perspective.

And we were interested in exploring, like, ‘What is the FBC like outside of that headquarters?

How does the FBC operate as an agency throughout the United States?'”

The Lake House shares The Oldest House’s brutalist architecture, but Rowley told me it will prove to be more than just a smaller, satellite version of Control’s setting.

Now, the inverse appears true.

On the surface level, it’s accessible for everybody.

That’s where a lot of our efforts are.

The Painted are the new enemies introduced in The Lake House, but Estevez will encounter more familiar monsters, too, like the Taken shown here.

It’s more just to expand the world that we’re trying to build as a whole."

The Night Springs expansion was the “palette cleanser,” he said.

It’s good to put a pin in it, and then start thinking about other things."

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