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Fortnite Giving Away Free Skin Ahead of Control Resonant Launch
Epic Games is giving Fortnite players a free character skin to promote the launch of Control Resonant, the long-awaited sequel to Remedy Entertainment's 2019 hit Control. Anyone who buys Control Resonant through the Epic Games Store will receive a Dylan Faden skin at no extra cost, tying the two properties together ahead of the sequel's release and giving Fortnite players another reason to pick up the new game.
The skin becomes available from 26 August at 12am EST, a day before Control's seventh anniversary, and the promotion runs indefinitely, so future purchasers will still qualify. Control Resonant is due out on 24 September 2026, casting players as Dylan Faden, brother of original protagonist Jesse, wielding a shapeshifting weapon called the Aberrant. The skin will also go on sale separately in Fortnite's Item Shop for 1,500 V-Bucks at an unconfirmed date, likely around launch; those who buy it in-shop before qualifying for the free gift will get a one-off 1,500 V-Bucks refund, though refunding the game itself will remove the skin or V-Bucks from their account.
In short
- Fortnite offers free Dylan Faden skin with Control Resonant purchase
- Skin arrives 26 August; deal available indefinitely
- Control Resonant, the Control sequel, launches 24 September 2026
Explained simply
Fortnite is an online game where players can customise their characters with outfits, known as skins. Control is a supernatural action game made by Remedy Entertainment, a Finnish studio, and its story centres on Jesse Faden and a mysterious government agency.
The sequel, Control Resonant, follows Jesse’s brother Dylan. Epic Games runs both Fortnite and the Epic Games Store, where PC games are sold, so it can offer a Fortnite outfit to people who buy the sequel there. The promotion links the two games and their audiences.