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Here’s How Alan Wake’s American Nightmare New Survival Mode Plays
After playing a few hours with it, I can say that Alan Wake’s American Nightmare‘s survival mode, officially dubbed Fight ‘Til Dawn, feels spiritually closer to Resident’s Evil‘s survivor mode than Gears of War‘s Horde mode. The emphasis is on surviving, not on mowing down schloads of enemies with your chainsaw gun (though if you…
By Elyas Gorogo-Baker Published February 17, 2012 -
Don’t Worry, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Won’t Shoot Away All the Story
In the previous developer diary about Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, the creative triumvirate of the Remedy dev studio said that they’re making this new Xbox Live game with more of an action focus in mind. But they’re back again to assuage any fears you might have about the minimization of the moody narrative that won…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 10, 2012 -
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Takes a Trip to the Desert in These New Screens
You won’t be seeing much in the way of trees in the upcoming Alan Wake game. Where Remedy’s first outing with the writer-turned-hero took place in the creepy forests of the Pacific Northwest, American Nightmare puts players in a haunted desert. New weapons—including what looks like a nail gun—and new enemies shop up in these…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 6, 2012 -
Release Dates, Prices For Alan Wake and the Rest of the Xbox House Party
The Xbox 360 “House Party” of new downloadable games is official: Warp ($10, Feb 15), Alan Wake’s American Nightmare ($15, Feb 22), Nexuiz ($10, Feb 29) and I Am Alive ($15, March 7). You get $10 in Xbox Points if you buy them all.
By Stephen Totilo Published January 23, 2012 -
Alan Wake Arrives for PC in February, and Won’t Use Games For Windows Live
The makers of Alan Wake said yesterday that the PC versionof the Xbox 360 exclusive will arrive in February. As it is self-published by Remedy, you don’t have to worry about it using the execrable Games For Windows Live: “Games for Windows Live will not be used; we will be fully supporting the Steam platform,”…
By Owen Good Published January 21, 2012 -
Alan Wake: Now With The Sweet Horde Mode You Never Asked For
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? I got to sit down with the new “Fight ’til Dawn” mode in Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, and…
By Dave Oshry Published January 15, 2012 -
Video Games Could Kill The TV Star
As game consoles become more like cable television boxes, maybe it’s time for video games to start becoming more like cable television shows. Earlier this year, major cable providers Comcast and Verizon both announced that they’d start delivering some of their programming directly through the Xbox 360, forgoing the need for a cable box for…
By Brian Crecente Published December 19, 2011 -
One, Two Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Is Coming For You
Next year, Mr. Scratch is coming for you. Fueled by a mélange of urban legend horror, Twilight Zone story and Quentin Tarantino pacing, in some ways Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is everything that 2010’s Alan Wake wasn’t. I sat down with developers from Remedy last week to talk about the upcoming download-only title and what…
By Brian Crecente Published December 19, 2011 -
The First Teaser for the Next Alan Wake is VeryShort
If you like teaser trailers that are shorter than your best burps, go watch the teaser for the new downloadable Alan Wake game. A longer trailer of some sort will air during the Spike Video Game Awards on December 10.
By Stephen Totilo Published November 10, 2011 -
Recognize These Video Game Faces? Here’s the Guy Who Drew Them
Darwin Yamamoto’s not that different than other gamers. He spends a lot of time looking at the faces—or, more accurately, the backs—of the medium’s heroes and heroines as they open up new worlds on his TV screen. But Yamamoto’s also an artist and user experience designer who’s done work on the look of Valve’s Steam…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 7, 2011 -
This Sure Looks Like the Title Screen to the Next Alan Wake
Earlier today we got confirmation that the next Alan Wake will indeed be downloadable, and that more details will be revealed at the upcoming Spike Video Game Awards. Back in May, Kotaku ran a rumor from the site XBLA Fans that the next Wake game would be called “Alan Wake’s Night Springs,” and that it…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 3, 2011 -
The next Alan Wake Will Indeed be an Xbox Live Downloadable Game
Mr. Xbox, Major Nelson, confirmed some rumor and speculation today, saying that the Alan Wake game that will be shown at this year’s Spike Video Game Awards will be a downloadable game. We’ll know more in the coming weeks.
By Stephen Totilo Published November 3, 2011 -
Science Determines the Xbox 360’s Scariest Video Game
Lots of video games claim to be scary. Amnesia, Dead Space, you name it, if it’s dark and things jump out of closets at you, it’s “scary”. Don’t let video game developers tell you what’s scary. Let science User experience studio Vertical Slice has conducted research into scary games, using a 500-person psychological database, six…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2011 -
Today, Canada Gets the World’s Best Xbox 360 Bundle
Starting today, and for a limited time, an Xbox 360 bundle will go on sale in Canada that is, well, better than any other I’ve ever seen for the console. For $300 consumers will be able to grab a 250GB Xbox 360 S along with download coupons for five full games. And those games are,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2011 -
Standalone Alan Wake Followup Coming to XBLA?
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. This is not entirely unforeseen; earlier this month, Wake studio Remedy told Eurogamer that another installment in the…
By Owen Good Published May 19, 2011 -
Alan Wake Developer Is Making…a New Alan Wake Game
Shocking! But the new Alan Wake isn’t a sequel. “Fans of the franchise will be excited to learn that, yes, more Wake is coming!” the game’s developer told website Joystiq. “But to be absolutely certain to avoid confusion, this next Wake installment will not be Alan Wake 2. But neither will it be DLC.” [Joystiq]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 10, 2011 -
Jesus Cares Not For Your Console Exclusive Arguments
Today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku comes courtesy of revered commenter JesusChrist, who believes the “more upcoming exclusives” argument to determine which is the superior console is not a valid one . Let us pray. Why do people need to use the “more upcoming exclusives” argument when debating why their console is better? Have we forgotten that…
By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2011
