#JesseJanuary is returning for its fourth year! Back in January 2022, Lily Ashby created the month-long challenge, which tasks Control fans with stepping back into the Federal Bureau of Control for a daily creative endeavour. While Lily's original project took the form of virtual photography using the in-game Photo Mode, this year, it's exploded into a wider creative celebration.
While 505 Games and Antonela Pounder, have been championing the community-driven campaign in previous years, Remedy is continuing the support for this creative endeavour. At the turn of the year, the studio parted ways with Control, with the developer purchasing the full rights from the publisher and entered a new partnership with Annapurna.
Posting on the @ControlRemedy channel, the developers wrote, “With the first day of the new year, we're kicking off Jesse January, where we ask you to share Photo Mode snaps featuring Jesse Faden on socials with the hashtag #JesseJanuary. We'll feature our picks in a blog at the end of the month.”
Unlike similar community challenges, the traditionally only subject in this one is Jesse, with the prompt up to individual interpretation. It could cover only Jesse, her adventures, her friendships, and her personality. Over the past four years, the community has packed the hashtag with beautiful photographs, artwork, cosplays and more, plenty of fuel for inspiration.
For your chance to be featured on the official Control website, post on social media (particularly Twitter and Blue Sky) and include the hashtag #JesseJanuary.
(#JesseJanuary on Twitter / #JesseJanuary on Bluesky.)
Breaking through to the new year#JesseJanuary #Control #ControlRemedy #XboxSeriesX #VirtualPhotography #ArtisticofSociety #WorldofVP #ThePhotomode pic.twitter.com/Z10PHXKnFg
— Rogue 《Virtual Photographer》 (@r0gues_fr0ntier) January 1, 2025
