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Alan Wake's American Nightmare, the standalone follow-up to the original psychological action thriller, is now 800 Microsoft Points ($10) on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The game was previously 1200 MSP ($15), which continues to be its price on Steam.

Developer Remedy has moved on to Quantum Break, but there is the possibility that Mr. Wake's influence will be felt in the upcoming game.

The next game from the makers of Alan Wake and Max Payne was one of the few games that Microsoft showed at the Xbox One reveal. But details were scant. Now, at today’s E3 press event, Remedy Entertainment’s Sam Lake showed a bigger glimpse of the game. The main hero’s name is Jack Choice and he’s survived a failed experiement that had made the spacetime continuum go all screwy. Jack appeared to be able to sift through a time-frozen tableau, interacting with a scientist in peril and plucking a gun from mid-ir as he readied to face attackers. Quantum Break looks like it might be a weird hybrid of Prince of Persia and the 24 TV show.

Do you have between one and infinity dollars? Are you waiting for Alan Wake to be ‘bundled’ up with the expansion and extra materials, where the costs are distributed between the developers and charity? Those are some very specific conditions you have there. Gaming welcomes you, but if that’s your criteria for every game then you might want to relax it a bit. Just buy games in sales and give money to charity, okay? This week’s Humble Bundle sale presents Alan Wake, Remedy’s love letter to Stephen King novels and lovely naps. But it’s more of a nap that a baby has, where it wakes up screaming and smelling of poo, because the bundle also marks the end of Remedy’s work on an Alan Wake sequel.(more…)

Remedy's Sam Lake explains why Alan Wake won't return, and what the future holds for the series.

Remedy Entertainment showed off a mid-warping glimpse into their next-game during today's Xbox event.

#pc When it released for PC in February 2012, Alan Wake came with no mod tools. Developer Remedy Entertainment said tools wouldn't be released because of their complexity, and their dependence on third-party tools which would presumably require permissions or licenses. More »

Alan Wake Music Video
18.7.2012 - Announcement
Now including the iconic soundtrack music video "War" by Poets of the Fall featuring Alan Wake.
After getting the update from Steam you can find the WMV and MP3 files from the following folder:
\steamapps\common\alan wake\bonus

Alan Wake v1.06 release notes:

* Added a Very Low graphics setting to enable the game to run on lower performance GPUs. This disables MSAA and grass (thats dependent on it) and disables fading between LOD levels.
* Fixed Alt+Tab crash on some systems.
* Fixed a very rare startup crash.
* Fixes some cases where the game started to main menu but users could not select any menu entries. This was caused by the keybinds.xml being corrupted.
* Fixed some cases of handling custom My Documents paths where game could crash if that was mapped to the root of a drive.
* Fixed the minor DLC1 black cubes in the mirror graphical glitch.
* Please see our forum for up to date troubleshooting and update information: http://forum.alanwake.com/showthread.php?t=7759

Remedy man Sam Lake has tweeted: “It’s all true. “It will happen again, in another town, a town called Ordinary.” It’s happening now.” This seems to be a tease for a new Alan Wake game, judging by the link he provided with it, which is packed with Wake references.

But will it trundle onto PC in a timely fashion this time around? Signs point to yes. And I’ll interested to see what they do to make Alan Wake 2 stand apart from both the original, and American Nightmare, when that happens. (I wonder if they would go back to that plan of an open-world design?)

It took Alan Wake ages to find his way to PC but his second adventure arrived almost immediately after its XBLA release. At this rate, the planned full-blown sequel will arrive in 2007, long before it surfaces on the Microbox 7.20. But if American Nightmare isn’t a sequel, what is it? An arcade, action-orientated spinoff? An experimental short story? A fever dream? Expect spoilers for the first game as I tell you wot I think.

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In light of this week's announcement of Alan Wake's American Nightmare coming to PC on May 22, the marketing minds at GOG have discounted the original Alan Wake and are promising discounts on pre-orders for Remedy's follow-up. Alan Wake is priced at $14.99 until 8:59pm GMT on May 15, while American Nightmare is $13.49 - or, if you already own Alan Wake or purchase both games at once, $11.24.

For the rest of this weekend, GOG is slashing prices on 1C Company's line of classics, which includes Space Rangers, Star Wolves, Fantasy Wars and Fantasy Brigade: Star Battles in Space. Each is half-off until May 14 at 3:59am GMT.

... Okay, we may have made that last one up.

Last week, Joystiq featured the six original episodes of Night Springs -- the Twilight Zone-inspired series featured in Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake. But a new week deserves a new set of mysteries and Joystiq has three never-before-seen episodes of the popular series debuting exclusively all week.

Tonight's episode is the final -- and perhaps most mind-bending -- of the never-before-seen series. Allow us to introduce you to "The Doomed Samaritan."

Last week, Joystiq featured the six original episodes of Night Springs -- the Twilight Zone-inspired series featured in Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake. But a new week deserves a new set of mysteries and Joystiq has three never-before-seen episodes of the popular series debuting exclusively all week.

Tonight's episode... "What's in a Name."

Remember back in October when it was rumored that Alan Wake 2 was in production for the next Xbox? While we still can't confirm Alan Wake 2, we now know that Remedy is indeed hiring for the next generation of consoles. The developer has posted the hiring notice in the Alan Wake community site, stating that Remedy is "looking for world-class talent to work on an unannounced project targeted at future generation consoles."

The fact that the notice was posted on the Alan Wake site could be a hint as to what the next project will be, though it's important to note that the site also hosts forums for Remedy's other games, including American Nightmare, Death Rally and the first two Max Payne games. Still, Remedy has made it quite clear that there will be more Alan Wake, so a next gen entry to the series is definitely a possibility.

Speaking of Alan Wake, you know Joystiq has exclusive, never-before-seen episodes of Night Springs, right?

Last week, Joystiq featured the six original episodes of Night Springs -- the Twilight Zone-inspired series featured in Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake. But a new week deserves a new set of mysteries and Joystiq has three never-before-seen episodes of the popular series debuting exclusively all week.

Tonight's episode... "Eternal Endurance."

The Twilight Zone-inspired series within Alan Wake -- dubbed "Night Springs" -- was popular among fans. Each short episode not only helped to expand Alan Wake's universe, but it also led to the downloadable spin-off Alan Wake's American Nightmare, in which the character of Alan Wake was caught in the middle of a Night Springs episode arc.

Six original episodes were featured in Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake, and Joystiq has the exclusive season pass. Today, perhaps the best of the original series run: "Quantum Suicide." After the break is the final episode from Alan Wake, "Absence of Creativity."

But the season extends beyond its original run of six, and Joystiq has more Night Springs coming with new, never-before-seen episodes landing exclusively next week.

The Twilight Zone-inspired series within Alan Wake -- dubbed "Night Springs" -- was popular among fans. Each short episode not only helped to expand Alan Wake's universe, but it also led to the downloadable spin-off Alan Wake's American Nightmare, in which the character of Alan Wake was caught in the middle of a Night Springs episode arc.

Six original episodes were featured in Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake, and Joystiq has the exclusive season pass. Today, a brutal episode about free will, dubbed: "Taken In His Prime."

But the season extends beyond its original run of six, and Joystiq has more Night Springs coming with new, never-before-seen episodes landing exclusively next week.

The Twilight Zone-inspired series within Alan Wake -- dubbed "Night Springs" -- was popular among fans. Each short episode not only helped to expand Alan Wake's universe, but it also led to the downloadable spin-off Alan Wake's American Nightmare, in which the character of Alan Wake was caught in the middle of a Night Springs episode arc.

Six original episodes were featured in Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake, and Joystiq has the exclusive season pass. Today, we feature the third -- and perhaps strangest -- episode of the bunch: "Dream of Dreams."

But the season extends beyond its original run of six, and Joystiq has more Night Springs coming with new, never-before-seen episodes landing exclusively next week.

Alan Wake v1.05 release notes:

• Fixed crashes with Alt-Tab in SLI configurations.
• Fixed saving of assigned keys so that both Numlock on/off states work and can be defined separately.
• Fixed command line handling so that invalid input does not cause the game to enter unresponsive (No World Loaded) state.
• Added better error messages to File IO operations to track down some problems.
• Please see our forum for up to date troubleshooting and update information: http://forum.alanwake.com/showthread.php?t=7759

Some of the most memorable moments in Remedy Entertainment's thriller, Alan Wake, sprang from episodes of a short, Twilight Zone-inspired television show hidden throughout Bright Falls.

"Night Springs" fleshed out Wake's world and also helped inspire the downloadable spin-off, Alan Wake's American Nightmare, in which the hero is caught in the middle of an episode arc. Six original episodes were featured in the original Alan Wake, and Joystiq has the exclusive season pass.

Today, we seal the Night Springs series with a kiss in "Family Occasion."

Update 3 - Alan Wake v1.04 release notes:

• Added support for Nvidia SLI. This requires an updated profile from Nvidia (available March 20-21th).
• Major improvements to Stereoscopic 3D support.
• Added Direct Aiming to control options (previously a command line parameter, that still works and overrides the menu setting).
• Added command line -freecamera that allows toggling between normal and a gamepad controlled free camera by pressing right thumb stick (overrides the camera side toggling). This was added as many fans said they want to see the whole world that we have built. Use at your own risk.
• Added Czech text only localization.
• The floating particle words in The Signal and The Writer are now correctly localized for all languages.
• Fixed the controller Back button to resume correctly from viewing manuscript pages.
• Added an experimental mouse sensitivity adjustment command line option -sensscale for users with very high DPI mice. By adding e.g. -sensscale=0.2 command line parameter, that number is used to scale the in-game mouse input. You can use still use the slider in the menu, which will get multiplied by the number defined.
• Please see our forum for up to date troubleshooting and update information: http://forum.alanwake.com/showthread.php?t=7759

Some of the most memorable moments in Remedy Entertainment's thriller Alan Wake were episodes of a short, Twilight Zone-inspired television show hidden throughout Bright Falls.

"Night Springs" fleshed out Wake's world and also helped inspire the downloadable spin-off Alan Wake's American Nightmare, where the hero was caught in the middle of an episode arc. Six original episodes were featured in the original Alan Wake, and Joystiq has the exclusive season pass.

Today, we feature one of the most chilling episodes: "Man in the Mirror."

Over two million copies of Alan Wake have been sold across Xbox 360 and PC...

At GDC 2012, Remedy Entertainment handed Joystiq two copies of the PC Collector's Edition for Alan Wake. We're passing them on to our readers!

Distributed by Nordic Games in Europe and Legacy in North America, the Collector's Edition includes a number of bonuses. Like the Xbox 360 Collector's Edition, Alan Wake's retail release for PC includes a behind-the-scenes DVD, 'The Alan Wake Files' book, and more. There are also exclusive PC bonuses, like additional music on the soundtrack disc, Bright Falls postcards, and stickers.

For a detailed look at the Collector's Edition, check out our unboxing video above. Find out how to enter the giveaway after the break.

#paneldiscussion Part of Panel Discussion's mission is to look at the ways and places where comics and video games intersect and here in Crossover, we'll be talking to game creators about the comics stories and creators who've shaped their sensibilities. More »

"Alan Wake has been good to us, financially." That's what we were told by Remedy's head of franchise development Oskari "Ozz" Hakkinen in an interview last month. Now, Ozz has revealed just how good Alan has been to the company, telling CVG that the original Alan Wake has now sold two million copies across Xbox 360 and PC.

Despite a "slow start," said Hakkinen, "it's turning into something really positive," something that has "definitely had legs." Hakkinen hinted Alan Wake definitely has a future, echoing sentiments we heard at DICE earlier this year.

Be sure to read our recent interview for more on Alan Wake's rocky road to success.

#alanwake After extending a collector's edition launch on Steam by a week, Remedy Entertainment has found a publisher for the boxed edition of its Alan Wake release for the PC. More »

Remedy Entertainment and Nordic Games have snagged Legacy Interactive to distribute the boxed PC version of Alan Wake in North America and will begin shipping the title on April 3. This deal took some careful planning, it appears, as Remedy previously extended the Steam collector's edition launch deal for an extra week while North American fans waited for a physical launch announcement.

Similarly to the Steam version, the boxed PC edition of Alan Wake includes two DLC packs, The Writer and The Signal, and supports stereoscopic 3D and multiple screens.

Update 2 - Alan Wake v1.03 release notes:

* Add Latin-American Localization support (download the Free DLC from Steam and add -locale=esm to Alan Wake's Steam launch options to use it)
* Added -directaiming command line parameter that removes all mouse acceleration (enables also -rigidcamera automatically)
* Improved low level mouse reading routines to make the control cope better with low and variable frame rates. This also removes the reported jerkiness when -rigidcamera was enabled. You may need to re-adjust your mouse sensitivity in the menus!
* Removed auto-aim that was accidentally enabled in the previous build
* Added a frame rate limiter to menus & videos to prevent cards running at 1000's of fps (reduces stress on the graphics cards)
* Reduced CPU use when game doesn't have focus
* Fixed "first run" on a 2nd PC overwriting saves & statistics downloaded from cloud
* Fixed crashes when using alt-tab to change out of the game when the game is loading
* Fixed DEVICE_CREATE_ERROR for users who have "custom DPI" set in Windows.
* Fixed one specific case of "File IO Failure" issue when unable to write to My Documents
* Fixed camera to remember it's side preference (tab key)
* Fixed Cursor Key / Numpad assignment issues
* Fixed screen brightness back to original when changing process
* Fixed some cases of "back" and Return to Game functionality so that it doesn't need 3 presses
* Thanks for your feedback! We are still working on improvements & fixes, please see our forum for up to date troubleshooting and update information: http://forum.alanwake.com/showthread.php?t=7759

Alan Wake v1.02 release notes:

• Fixed problems of game not moving forward and gameplay not triggering properly after videos.
• Fixed flickering trees on Nvidia
• Real Traditional Chinese translation for added PC strings.
• Fix that the Developer Video Commentary volume is more sensible
• Fix that Localized cinematic audio volume is at correct volume and adjustable
• Fix that controller vibration works (note that it's disabled by default)
• Fix that blur occasionally got re-enabled even if -noblur command line option was specified
• Added "-rigidcamera" command line option for those who are sensitive to the default mouse/camera controls.
• Added possibility to bind mouse buttons 4 and 5
• Unofficial support for running the game in lower resolutions than 1024x768 using command line options
• Prevent binding controller keys to keyboard actions (prevents odd problems)
• Better CPU thread assignment for 3-Core AMD machines (smoother gameplay)
• Big thanks for the PC fans out there! We are constantly working on improving the game based on your feedback, please keep it coming!
• See our forum for up to date troubleshooting and patch information: http://forum.alanwake.com/showthread.php?t=7759