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Alan Wake: Now With The Sweet Horde Mode You Never Asked For

Dave Oshry — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:30:00 EST

Yes, you read that right. Alan Wake now has a horde mode, and a rather good one at that. It seems that every game has one these days. However, is this something that Alan Wake fans want? More »

One, Two Alan Wake's American Nightmare Is Coming For You

Brian Crecente — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:00:00 EST

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Next year, Mr. Scratch is coming for you. More »

Original Alan Wake Coming to the PC

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:20:00 EST

Alan Wake is coming to the PC in 2012. We're talking about the original. Which came out on consoles in May 2010. And which was originally not "intimate" enough for PCs. Guess PCs got more intimate![PC Gamer] More »

Alan Wake Meets His Evil Twin in American Nightmare

Owen Good — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:02:36 EST

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This is Alan Wake: American Nightmare, the downloadable sequel to Remedy's 2010 narrative game for the Xbox 360. In it, the protagonist author Alan Wake fights against his murderous doppleganger. More »

Standalone Alan Wake Followup Coming to XBLA?

Owen Good — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:30:00 EDT

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The site XBLA Fans, citing "an extremely trusted source," says Alan Wake: Night Springs will be an Xbox Live Arcade release and not a retail release. XBLA Fans says it has seen screen captures of the game. More »

Max Payne 3 Developers Learned All About Brazil

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:40:00 EDT

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Upcoming action game Max Payne 3 is set in Brazil. Rockstar, the folks making Max Payne 3, are not a Brazilian studio, so that meant one thing: research. More »

Alan Wake Creators Reviving Death Rally On Your iPhone & iPad

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:40:00 EST

What's next for the developer behind Max Payne and Xbox 360 mystery Alan Wake? An iPhone and iPad version of their 1996 vehicular combat game Death Rally, coming in March. More »

Alan Wake Coming To XBL Games On Demand

Owen Good — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:00:00 EST

Alan Wake, which released May 18, arrives on the Xbox Live Marketplace's Games on Demand service six months later. More »

Alan Wake's "The Writer" Arrives In Time For Halloween

Owen Good — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:00:00 EDT

We've known since May that Alan Wake's second downloadable content extension would be titled "The Writer." Last night, Gametrailers told us it'll get here Oct. 12. The pack costs 560 Microsoft Points. More »

Reminder: Alan Wake Creators Live On Kotaku Talk Radio On Wednesday

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:40:00 EDT

Kotaku Talk Radio will be recording live on Wednesday. 11am Kotaku Time. 1pm ET. 10am PT. Host: Me. Guests: Matias Myllyrinne and Oskari Häkkinen of Alan Wake studio Remedy Entertainment. Call-in and live-streaming details will be on Kotaku at showtime. More »

Alan Wake: Building The Drama

Mike Fahey — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:40:00 EDT

As far as we're concerned, the main drama of Alan Wake is having to wait another day to play, but developer Remedy went to all the trouble of putting together this Building the Drama trailer, so here you go. More »

The First Alan Wake Add-On Is Free, But The Flashlight Will Cost You

Mike Fahey — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:20:00 EDT

Microsoft reveals that a free token good towards the download of the first add-on for supernatural thriller Alan Wake will come packed in every new copy of the game, which should offset the price of the official Alan Wake flashlight. More »

Alan Wake's Release Date...Pushed Up!

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Microsoft slipped us word this morning that Alan Wake's European release date has been changed. Thing is, it's been changed for the better. More »

Alan Wake Motion Capture Expert Calls Heavy Rain "Visually Uneven"

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EDT

PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain looks fantastic. Mark Carson, head of mo-cap specialist CaptiveMotion, told website VG247 that while the psychological thriller is "beautiful", it is also "visually uneven". Here's the quote: More »

Alan Wake & The Case Of The Murderous Midnight Tractor

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:30:00 EST

Darkness, a man in a jacket, flashlights...yup, Alan Wake is back with some new screenshots, to get you excited for a game that still feels like it's never going to actually come out. More »

New Alan Wake Screenshot Is Comfortable Following A Well-Worn Path

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:30:00 EST

Remedy Entertainment released a single screenshot for Alan Wake today. Just the one. Here it is. More »

Alan Wake Gameplay Comes To In All-New Video

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:40:08 EST

Miss last night's episode of GameTrailers TV? Then you also missed a bevy of gameplay videos of Remedy's Alan Wake shouting "Alice!" while Alice shouts "Alan!" followed by Barry shouting "Al! Al!" Oh and there's so much more. More »

Alan Wake on the Run, in the Dark

Owen Good — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:40:00 EDT

These five screens depict the innate agility of a bestselling author as one Alan Wake dodges helicopters, crashing cars and snipers up a forest ranger tower. This reminds me, I need to finish up that book proposal ... More »

Lots And Lots Of Alan Wake Gameplay Footage

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:30:00 EDT

This starts off as a developer diary. Don't let that bother you. For starters, the clip is full of in-game action. And secondly...their Scandinavian accents are just so soothing. More »

PC Version Of Alan Wake Is Up To Microsoft

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Alan Wake is coming to Xbox 360, that we know. But will it also be coming to the PC? Maybe. Just maybe. But if it does, that's a decision to be made by Microsoft, not developers Remedy. More »

Alan Wake Developer Will Comment On PC Version "Later"

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:00:00 EDT

People have been waiting for Alan Wake for a long, long time. Publisher Microsoft gave the game a vague "Spring 2010" release for the Xbox 360 version. That's nice, but what about the PC version? More »

Alan Wake Creeps Me Out

Brian Crecente — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:30:00 EDT

.html It's been a long time since we've first heard about Alan Wake, now that we're getting to see a bit more of it I'm pretty psyched. More »

Alan Wake Story Details, New Screens

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:20:00 EDT

Xbox 360 exclusive psychological action thriller Alan Wake is hitting Spring 2010, telling the story of a bestselling author's battle with writer's block. Obviously, that battle gets a little more interesting when shotguns are involved. More »

Alan Wake Shows Signs of Life

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Finnish developer Remedy began work on psychological thriller Alan Wake in 2005. It's 2009, and some are starting to peg the title as vaporware. A new announcement indicates otherwise. More »

Xbox Originals Getting Double Dose Of Payne?

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:40:39 EDT

Rockstar Games and Microsoft may be giving Xbox 360 owners a chance to brush up on their Max Payne history in advance of the release of Max Payne 3, courtesy of the Xbox Originals program. More »

A Handful Of Alan Wake Details

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Here we are, years on from the first unveiling of Alan Wake, and what do we know? Almost nothing! So while these new details are hardly major, their rarity makes them satisfying nonetheless. More »

Alan Wake Returns In Brand New Cinematic Trailer

Adam Barenblat — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EDT

Remedy Entertainment's "psychological action thriller" Alan Wake may continue to be a no-show at massive gaming events like E3 and Tokyo Game Show, but the new cinematic trailer released today proves that the Xbox 360 and Windows Vista (grrr...) only title is still in the works. Sure, the knees may be sharp, the valleys may be uncanny and the development may be worrisomely bumpy at times, but we're still excited to see Mr. Wake suffer. Logo's snazzy too! More »

New Alan Wake Trailer At Max Payne Finnish Premiere

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:00:00 EDT

Finnish developer Remedy will be showing a new Alan Wake trailer at the Finnish premiere of Hollywood flick Max Payne on October 15th says Website Pelaajalehti.com. A Finnish source tells game site VG247 that this is "100 percent true". So Finnish readers living in Finland, mark you calenders — October 15th! More »

Alan Wake Development Hasn't Gone Smoothly (But Is Still Going!)

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:20:00 EDT

Alan Wake! We miss you! You showed your face, got us all excited, then buggered off and haven't been seen for months. That kind of business normally leads to speculation that a game's been canned. Speculation Remedy want to dispel immediately, with a post on the game's official boards saying: More »

Alan Wake At TGS? "Not An Announcement"

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:40:00 EDT

Remember when we told you to pencil (yes, pencil) in upcoming Remedy title Alan Wake for the Tokyo Game Show? As Kotaku's own Mike McWhertor pointed out a mention that it would be at TGS appeared in a Windows branded contest that actually dates from last year. Over on the Alan Wake Forums, Remedy has posted: More »

Alan Wake To Appear At TGS For Sure (Maybe)

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:20:26 EDT

Remedy's Alan Wake was noticeably absent at E3 2008, a void left even more dark and encompassing by the inclusion of titles like You're In The Movies. Fear not, fans of mysterious mysteries, as the Xbox 360 and Windows Vista title is going to make its next public appearance at Tokyo Game Show at the latest, according to one web site. More »

Being Alan Wake Is Kinda Like Hollywood!

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:00:00 EDT

What's it like being Alan Wake? No clue! But maybe actor Ilkka Villi knows — he is Alan Wake. The character was modeled after him. He's visited developer Remedy several times since 2005 when shooting started. (Interesting to note that the last session was in 2007!) Villi had no idea that video game productions were so big, adding: More »

"Consider Alan Wake Vista Exclusive"

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:40:17 EST

Two questions: Got Windows XP? Want to play "psychological action thriller" Alan Wake? Yer fucked. The game will be available on the Xbox 360 and Vista later this year. Says Markus Maki at developer Remedy: More »

Remedy Denies Alan Wake Was Canceled

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:40:04 EST

The rumor that EGM exec Shane Bettenhausen hath wrought upon Microsoft Game Studios warranted response from not only Rare, butAlan Wake developer Remedy, who writes on its official forum: "This rumor has nothing to do with Alan Wake as we're busy developing the kick-ass game you've been waiting for (unless someone forgot to tell us about it... )" More »

The Amazing Quad-Core Technology of Alan Wake

kotaku.com — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:40:13 EDT

Remedy is known for their games about grimacing, constipated protagonists with incompetent puns for names. First, Max Payne. Now Alan Wake, or, you know, isn't that clever, A. Wake? More »

E3 Will Be Wake-less

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:21:51 EDT

Max Payne developer Remedy says there will be no Alan Wake at this year's E3. The developer is itching to show progress on Wake, an action-thriller game. Remedy's Matias Myllyrinne said, "We want to keep the momentum going on the development side and are not showing the game at E3." He did hint at E3 time frame announcements. How exciting. More »