Alan Wake

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Alan Wake is a psychological action thriller, a unique new take in the world of gaming. The game is set in an idyllic all-American small town and its surroundings in the state of Washington. Alan Wake, the game\'s protagonist, is a bestselling horror writer, who writes a novel about his darkest nightmares. In the game, those nightmares come true. As with Remedy\'s previous games, story and atmosphere are fundamental elements.


GAME INFO publisher: Microsoft developer: Remedy Entertainment genre: Action MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS n/a	ESRB rating: T homepage: www.alanwake.com/ release date: Feb 16, 12 (released)	Tweet

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ACTIONTRIP'S REVIEW It's the year 2012 and PC gamers will now get a chance to play Alan Wake. Remember, this was a five-year-long development process, during which Remedy Entertainment repeatedly showcased the game on the PC platform. At some point, Microsoft stepped in and the title was turned into an Xbox 360-exclusive...

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»	Jun 02, 05 Alan Wake Hands-On Sam Lake, the writer of Max Payne, has used the opportunity to present us his new hero at this year's E3. His name is Alan Wake and he's a writer by vocation; there is nothing extraordinary about that... » MORE

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»	May 09, 2012 Alan Wake American Nightmare to PC First there was Alan Wake for the 360. Then there was Alan Wake's American Nightmare. Then there was Alan Wake for the PC. Now, Remedy Entertainment is bringing American Nightmares to PC gamers everywhere (on May 22, to be precise). » MORE

»	Feb 28, 2012 PS Vita Game Best-Seller in UK, MW 3 Best on Steam Contrary to the traditional news stories releated strictly to the weekly UK top-selling games, I thought it would be a good idea to include the Steam best-sellers as well. » MORE

»	Feb 23, 2012 Alan Wake We play through the PC edition of Remedy's well-known episodic 'psychological thriller' and, well, after all these years it had better be good. Here's the usual snip: Having arrived to Bright Falls, his wife Alice vanishes and Alan starts to search for her frantically. » MORE

»	Feb 22, 2012 Mornin '12 There's dense fog outside. The entire city is enveloped in thick motherfucking fog. I'm playing Alan Wake (PC), which is mostly strolling through foggy surroundings. » MORE

»	Feb 16, 2012 Mornin '12 Sorry for the lack of updates yesterday, people, but as I've explained yesterday, we had to relocate our offices and as I'm sure you all know moving days are a pain in the ass. » MORE

Jan 23, 2012

Alan Wake Specs Revealed
Oops, missed this one. Anyway, Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake is on its way to PCs and will be available for purchase through Steam. Check out the system requirements: OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7 (see below for Windows XP) PROCESSOR: A dual core processor is required: - AMD: Athlon X2 2.

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»	Dec 14, 2011 Could It Be? Alan Wake PC? The ever-watchful vigilant eye of the PC gaming community spotted a listing in Steam's registry, indicating the possibility of a PC version of Remedy's Alan Wake. » MORE

»	Jul 07, 2011 Mornin '11 Nothing. There's absolutely nothing to play. Nothing. My God, and all we have to look forward is Call of Juarez: The Cartel. Okay, it may be a good game (the last one was - though I still prefer the Western setting). » MORE

»	May 10, 2011 More Alan Wake This Fall, But Not Alan Wake 2 I never played the original Alan Wake. The feedback from critics and fans was plenty of reason not to, and I have a busy life outside of playing games, because like most residents of Albuquerque, I know that meth won't sell itself. » MORE

Apr 04, 2011

Possible Signs of Alan Wake 2
Remedy Entertainment creators of the horror themed game Alan Wake posted a job ad for a senior level designer to join its "AAA console team." Apparently, according to the job ad, Remedy's looking for a person to work on a game that's a "well-balanced mix of compelling narrative and intense action.

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»	Jan 24, 2011 Silent Hill: Downpour First Screens Recently Konami renamed the new Silent Hill game, so now they're calling it Silent Hill: Downpour. Apart from the teaser cinematic, which was released last year, there simply wasn't any media from the game. » MORE

»	Dec 15, 2010 Time Chooses Alan Wake as GotY It would appear that Time magazine has chosen what they think is the best game in 2010. Well, people, according to them, it's none other than the Xbox 360 exclusive, Alan Wake. » MORE

»	Sep 28, 2010 Alan Wake 'The Writer' DLC Trailer After 'The Signal' Remedy plans to release the second -- and the last -- downloadable content for the Xbox 360 exclusive Alan Wake. The DLC is called 'The Writer' and is set to launch on October 12 (at $7). » MORE

»	Sep 16, 2010 Alan Wake to Feature Depeche Mode According to the folks behind Alan Wake, the upcoming DLC for the game is set to feature 'The Darkest Star' by globally recognized electronic band Depeche Mode. » MORE

Jul 27, 2010

Alan Wake - The Signal Available on Xbox LIVE
Alan Wake, the 360-exclusive psychological action thriller from Remedy, receives downloadable content entitled The Signal today. Here's the world from MS: Now is the time to descend into madness as you explore the dark and twisted world of The Signal, the first Game Add-on for Alan Wake.

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»	Jul 19, 2010 Crackdown 2 Tops UK Charts Well, it would appear that Red Dead Redemption is no longer the top-seller in the UK. First spot on the weekly UK sales charts is currently held by Microsoft's Crackdown 2, which is followed by Ubisoft's Dance on Broadway (oh boy. » MORE

»	Jul 07, 2010 Alan Wake Soundtrack This Month If any of you are interested, Sumthing Else Music Works will be introducing 'Alan Wake Original Score' featuring the music from the 360-only psychological horror. » MORE

Jul 06, 2010

Alan Wake Sells A Meager 145,000
That's really disappointing. In fact, those are some of the poorest sales figures of a high-profile game I've seen in a long time. Take-Two Interactive CEO Ben Feder recently mentioned that Red Dead Redemption "sucked the oxygen out of the room" at retail upon the game's release.

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»	Jul 02, 2010 Red Dead Redemption Rules May Sales NPD group revealed the sales data for May 2010. As expected, Rockstar's Red Dead: Redemption is on the very top of the chart, as last month's top-selling game. » MORE

»	Jun 29, 2010 Alan Wake 'The Signal' DLC Media Remedy Entertainment released screenshots and a trailer (the shortest ever) for their upcoming downloadable content, Alan Wake 'The Signal' - due out on July 27. » MORE

»	Jun 07, 2010 Mornin '10 So, I decided to have give Alan Wake another go. For this playthrough I decided to go with the 'Nightmare' difficulty (you unlock the difficulty by completing the game once). » MORE

»	Jun 01, 2010 UK's Weekly Game Sales Here's what Brit gamers prefer playing lately. The charts below show sales for the week ending May 29, 2010. PC Only 1. Football Manager 2010 2. » MORE

»	May 24, 2010 Red Dead Redemption Tops UK Charts As we've reported this weekend, Red Dead Redemption has outsold a number of recently released titles, including Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII. » MORE

May 22, 2010

Alan Wake Sales Slightly Disappointing
MSBOX World has the word that Remedy Entertainment's recently released action adventure, Alan Wake, didn't do too well sales wise. The Xbox 360 exclusive from MS and Remedy managed to shift 88,177 units, which is considerably less than other platform-exclusive games that hit the market within the past few months.

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»	May 13, 2010 Alan Wake 'The Signal' DLC Dated Remedy's psychological action thriller Alan Wake is set to hit stores throughout Europe on May 14 and North America on May 18. The first downloadable content for the game has received an official release date as well. » MORE

»	May 10, 2010 Alan Wake The 5-year-long wait is over and Alan Wake is finally upon us. For those of you who didn't know, this game was brought to you by the creators of Max Payne. » MORE

»	May 08, 2010 Mornin '10 Holy crap, it's gonna be a nice month for us gamers. Alan Wake, Lost Planet 2, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Iron Man 2... Hm, something's wrong with what I just wrote. » MORE

»	May 07, 2010 Mornin '10 I keep seeing these weird shapes in the darkness every time I turn the lights off in my bedroom. Everything around me becomes sort of blurred with each passing moment and I... » MORE

»	Apr 29, 2010 Alan Wake With Free DLC, Launch Trailer Released Microsoft offcially confirms that Alan Wake players will be able to spend "some extra quality time in Bright Falls," extending their stay in the creepy town set in the Pacific Northwest. » MORE

»	Apr 28, 2010 Mornin '10 Traveling through time... Pure fiction, to be sure. And yet most people would give anything for an opportunity to head back through time itself and possibly undo something they regret doing. » MORE

Apr 23, 2010

Alan Wake Live Action Prequel Announced
As the launch of Alan Wake draws closer, Remedy Entertainment intensifies its marketing campaign for the upcoming psychological thriller. They've released a brief video announcement, which introduces an approaching series of live action shorts.

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»	Apr 21, 2010 Mornin '10 Hm, I really don't know what came over me. What made me think that any of you guys will be playing Crysis 2 on a system other than the PC? Now, I know most of you are... » MORE

»	Apr 10, 2010 Mornin '10 Got a few titles coming our way in the next few months, including Splinter Cell: Conviction, Alan Wake, Red Dead: Redemption and more. Well, the three aforementioned games are just the ones I'm looking forward to the most. » MORE

»	Mar 16, 2010 New Alan Wake Screenshots Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake will be released on May 18, 2010, as an Xbox 360 exclusive. Feast your eyes on the new screenshots: click to view full gallery click to view full gallery Five years. » MORE

Feb 15, 2010

Alan Wake PC Petition Kicks Off
As you'd expect one of those usually pointless "bring-back-something-something" petition started. This time Alan Wake fans started one of those petitions to, hopefully, convince the developer and publisher of the upcoming action horror thriller to release the PC version after - which they officially canned.

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»	Feb 12, 2010 Alan Wake X10 Trailer During it's X10 event, Microsoft made an official announcement, saying that Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake will be launching on May 18 in North America and May 21 in Europe as an Xbox 360 exclusive. » MORE

Feb 11, 2010

Alan Wake Finally Gets Official Release Date
Here's the official word from MS and Remedy Entertainment: “Alan Wake (Remedy Entertainment Ltd.). Launching May 18 in North America and May 21 in Europe, nightmares come to life in this Xbox 360 exclusive that will establish a new gaming genre, the gripping psychological action thriller.

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»	Jan 27, 2010 Alan Wake to Blur the Line Between Games and TV Alan Wake -- the psychological adventure from MS and Remedy -- is going to be the closest thing that gaming has ever come to a TV thriller; Microsoft said recently. » MORE

»	Jan 15, 2010 Alan Wake Screens, Small But Cool Yeah, I think despite of a certain people thinking the overextended development process of Remedy's Alan Wake, it could still make an impact on the game market. » MORE

Jan 11, 2010

Alan Wake Trailers
Remedy Entertainment just released several trailers for Alan Wake. The gameplay footage was compiled from last year's E3 and Tokyo Game Show. Here's the 'Police Escape' trailer: You can also check out the Alan Wake E3 '09 Extended Gameplay footage part 1 and part 2.

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»	Jan 08, 2010 Halo: Reach Biggest Seller in 2010? We've barely begun to scratch the surface of gaming in 2010 and some are already predicting that Bungie's upcoming Halo: Reach will be the biggest selling game throughout the year. » MORE

»	Sep 24, 2009 New Alan Wake Screenshots The online Tokyo Game Show brings a wave of new media on various titles, including Microsoft's long-in-development psychological thriller, Alan Wake. » MORE

Aug 18, 2009

Alan Wake Completed, Remedy Says
It took them long enough, but it seems Remedy Entertainment is putting the finishing touches on their hugely awaited horror themed game, Alan Wake. Remedy managing director Matias Myllyrinne said that Alan Wake is "all done, we're just polishing at this point.

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»	Aug 19, 2009 Alan Wake 'Sam Wake' Interview (Trailer) The development of Alan Wake has finally been completed, as confirmed by Remedy yesterday. Well, it's about time. Mind you, the game still has a vague Spring 2010 launch window. » MORE

»	Aug 04, 2009 Alan Wake PC Petition Fans who were waiting for Alan Wake all these years seem to be extremely upset about Remedy's and Microsoft's decision to cancel the PC edition of Alan Wake. » MORE

»	Jul 15, 2009 Alan Wake PC Dead? Despite our sincerest wishes that Microsoft and Remedy would bring the long-awaited game Alan Wake both to the PC and 360, it doesn't appear to be likely at this time. » MORE

»	Jul 08, 2009 Alan Wake PC Should Take A Bit Longer Alan Wake, the long-awaited psychological thriller from Remedy, is evidently being geared towards the Xbox 360 edition. Yep, it's been confirmed that the 360 version is the development's team top priority (hm, I wonder why). » MORE

Jun 01, 2009

Alan Wake E3 '09 Trailer, Game Dated
Look when I said "dated" what I really mean is sort of dated. Alan Wake, the long-awaited psychological thriller from Remedy Entertainment, is going to land in stores during Spring 2010, as revealed during Microsoft's E3 press conference today.

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Feb 23, 2009

Alan Wake Plot Details Leaked
IGN reports about Alan Wake plot details that got leaked on Remedy's official Alan Wake forums, supposedly posted by the community manager. The text from the game's story has been pulled, of course, though the dudes at IGN still have it in their news section.

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»	Nov 18, 2008 Cool-looking Deus Ex 3 Concept Art Earlier this month a batch of images from Deus Ex 3 surfaced - some of them were concept art, while others were actual in-game snaps. The art style appeared very promising and the screenies left us very optimistic about the project. » MORE

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