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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.
Remedy Entertainment has announced that Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, the “stand-alone digital spin-off for Xbox LIVE Arcade,” will be available in the first quarter of 2012. Mid Q1 2012 to be exact!
On the back of a full reveal of a new downloadable Alan Wake adventure in the form of Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, Remedy Entertainment has today announced that the studio’s original Xbox 360 action thriller will be making its way to the PC early next year.
There was a lot of speculation and excitement surrounding the announcement of the next Alan Wake game, but with little to no official information on it, we were all forced to refer to it simply as ‘the next Alan Wake game.’
‘It’s not a sequel to Alan Wake,’ we were told, but it does ‘take place in the Alan Wake universe,’ reports confirmed. ‘And it’s downloadable.’ Interesting.
But what is it?
If you’ve got 16 seconds to spare, then you’ve got enough time to watch the first ever piece of footage from the next Alan Wake game, with a (very) short teaser trailer… for the full trailer due to be unveiled at this year’s Spike Video Game Awards on December 10th.
We realise that we’re part of the problem, encouraging teasers and snippets of trailers ahead of full announcements like this, but… it’s Alan Wake!
Watch below:
While the full reveal for the next Alan Wake game from Remedy Entertainment will take place on December 10th during this year’s edition of the Spike Video Game Awards, Game Informer has gone live with the very first screenshot from the game to tease us into oblivion:
If you’re like me, you’ve chomping for any and all news related to the next game set in the Alan Wake franchise, and in mid-December, we’re finally going to be able to see what Remedy has been working on since the original game’s release last year.
As is often the case with high profile franchises of any description, there’s always bound to be hype and speculation around the next instalment of that franchise, and Alan Wake is no different.
Adding fuel to the smoky rumour fire, the term ‘Alan Wake 2’ appeared on an artist’s CV recently, which many thought confirmed that a sequel to 2010’s action thriller was in the works.
Not so, says Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment. Or, not quite so. Or rather… it’s complicated. Let Remedy’s Oskari Hakkinen try to clear things up:
After five years and a few months, the story of Alan Wake has finally been allowed to be told through the full original game and two downloadable content (DLC) episodes, the second of which released just a little earlier today.
Early next week, on October 12th, the second and final piece of downloadable content for Remedy’s excellent Alan Wake will become available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for a piffling 560 MS Points, and will wrap up the action thriller’s current story arc.
If you’re a fan of Alan Wake, you’d do well to pick up this last episode of the game to discover additional clues to unravel the mysterious adventures of ‘The Writer’ and find closure in the narrative… and no doubt be teased with unanswered questions.
El33tonline thought Alan Wake was an exceptional game, and you can read our review over here. You can also see the rest of the newly release, hauntingly intriguing screenshots for ‘The Writer’ below:
We’ve finally got a release date for the second piece of Alan Wake downloadable content (DLC), and it’s coming sooner than you (READ: I) would think, at a price lower than you (READ: I) would have expected.
Were you looking forward to more downloadable content (DLC) for the excellent action thriller, Alan Wake, beyond the second piece of DLC? Did you want to embark upon further extended adventures and uncoil the gnarled mystery of Cauldron Lake?
Unfortunate.
The Signal, the first piece of downloadable content (DLC) for Remedy’s excellent Alan Wake action horror game, is now available to download, free to those who bought an original copy of the game (by using the included redemption code).
If you got Alan Wake second-hand, however, you’ll unfortunately need to pay for the DLC with 560 of your precious MS Points. Word is, though, that if you’re a fan of what you played in the full game of Alan Wake, The Signal won’t disappoint.
What can you find in this story expansion?
Remedy’s Head of Franchise Development, Oskari Hakkinen, has confirmed pricing details to videogame consumer site Joystiq for next month’s Alan Wake downloadable content, ‘The Signal.’
When talking about Alan Wake, it seems mandatory to mention the game’s inordinately lengthy development period, but there’s a reason to discuss this not-insignificant amount of time other than for the fun of throwing numbers around.
Billed as a psychological action thriller (‘third-person action adventure with elements of horror’ is a less efficient, but also accurate, descriptor), Remedy’s latest title has by all accounts been in development for five years after being announced in 2005 - the studio’s last game, Max Payne 2, released at the end of 2003, and it’s entirely possible that the seeds for Alan Wake go back further than even that game.
But let’s keep it at five years. That’s a long time. For anything. For any endeavour of any kind. Five years, multiplied by the number of people who have touched, shaped and moulded this game, Alan Wake. Could this time have been used more productively? Perhaps. Would the world at large be any richer for efforts going towards a work that wasn’t Alan Wake? Maybe.
But let me tell you something.
If the folks at Remedy hadn’t spent the last five years crafting the game, Alan Wake, to mesmerise the rest of us, the videogame world would have been poorer for it, and after spending the hours necessary to wind, weave, battle and flow your way through the enthralling narrative and satisfying gameplay, you will similarly agree that Alan Wake was worth every moment of your time.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Alan Wake.
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