Remedy Entertainment has today formally announced a release date for the PC version of the developer’s Alan Wake, following an announcement in late 2011 that PC gamers could expect the outstanding psychological action thriller to release on their platform of choice, soon.

On February 16th, Alan Wake is “coming home” to PC and will be available for purchase and download via the Steam digital distribution service, and shortly thereafter over other digital channels, including EA’s Origin.

You’ll also be able to buy Alan Wake for PC at retail for $29.99 (which includes the game and downloadable content) or $34.99 (for the limited collector’s edition).

El33tonline’s review called Alan Wake on Xbox 360 “mesmerising” and said that it “delivers an experience quite unlike anything videogame fans have seen before.” Read the full review to find out about Alan Wake’s descent into darkness and the gameplay possibilities in his world.

According to Remedy, PC gamers will overcome the imposing darkness of Alan Wake’s world “in stunning high-resolution graphics” with “refined and enhanced PC features and support for stereoscopic 3D and multiscreen.”

CTO at Remedy Markus Mäki said of Alan Wake’s transition to PC:

“We’ve done our best to do justice to the PC version and do things the way they should be done for PC. The PC version looks absolutely beautiful. We’re bringing the game to life in a whole new way.”

Here are some of the key features that the PC version of Alan Wake boasts over its Xbox 360 counterpart:

• Experience Alan Wake’s Pacific Northwest in higher resolutions and higher fidelity than ever before
• Refined and fully configurable mouse and keyboard support (or if you prefer to play with the Microsoft gamepad connected to your PC, you can do that too!)
• A wide selection of customizable graphics settings and support for 4:3, 16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratios
• Multithreaded engine that takes advantage of quad core CPUs
• Additional options our fans have sought after, such as field of view adjustment as well as “hide HUD”.
• Works with AMD Eyefinity 3D 3-screen mode
• Works with NVIDIA NVISION2 Stereoscopic 3D

February 16th is the date, PC gamers! Join Alan Wake on his journey into the night then!

Remember that more Alan Wake adventures are on the way to Xbox 360 over Xbox LIVE with the release of Alan Wake’s America Nightmare on February 22nd, available for 1200 MS Points.