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Title: 'Alan Wake II' will drop on October 17th for Xbox Series X, PS5 and PC Post by: HCK on May 25, 2023, 04:05:02 pm 'Alan Wake II' will drop on October 17th for Xbox Series X, PS5 and PC
<p>Alan Wake II, the sequel to Remedy Entertainment's 2010 cult hit, is scheduled to come out on October 17th, 2023, for Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 5 and PC. There are two playable protagonists in Alan Wake II: Wake himself and FBI agent Saga Anderson. The sequel is a single-player psychological horror experience, just like the original.</p><p>In the new game, Anderson is investigating a rash of ritualistic murders plaguing the small town of Bright Falls in the Pacific Northwest. She connects the incidents to the disappearance of horror writer Alan Wake (who vanished 13 years ago, appropriately), and things get spooky very quickly from there. Meanwhile, Wake is trapped in the Dark Place, attempting to write his way out of a hellish, surreal prison. Wake's world is full of shifting spaces and looping realities, while Bright Falls is a picturesque canvas ripe for hidden horrors.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><div id="b22d54d2c61e4453b8bfc623e93b68bb"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q0vNoRhuV_I?rel=0" style="top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no"></iframe></div><p>"After certain events have transpired, fans can play Wake and Anderson’s respective stories in any order they choose," a Remedy Entertainment spokesperson said on the <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://blog.playstation.com/2023/05/24/alan-wake-2-launches-on-ps5-october-17/">PlayStation Blog[/url]. "Their journeys echo and foreshadow each other, in this intense atmospheric story, taking players on two separate dark and disturbing paths."</p><p>In a FAQ, Remedy said that the game will exclusively be a digital release and not available on disc, <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/24/23736784/alan-wake-2-disc-digital-release">The Verge[/url] reported. Reasons cited are that a large number of titles have shifted to digital, it will help keep the price down and it didn't want a download on top of a disc. It's full explanation is below. </p> <p>There are many reasons for this. For one, a large number of have shifted to digital only. You can buy a Sony PlayStation 5 without a disc drive and Microsoft’s Xbox Series S is a digital only console. It is not uncommon to release modern games as digital-only. Secondly, not releasing a disc helps keep the price of the game at $59.99 / €59.99 and the PC version at $49.99 / €49.99. Finally, we did not want to ship a disc product and have it require a download for the game — we do not think this would make for a great experience either.</p><p><strong>Update 5/25/2023 1:48 AM ET:</strong> In a FAQ, developer Remedy Entertainment said that Alan Wake II will exclusively be a digital release and not available on disc. The article has been updated with that information.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/alan-wake-ii-will-drop-on-october-17th-for-xbox-series-x-ps5-and-pc-210405566.html?src=rss Source: 'Alan Wake II' will drop on October 17th for Xbox Series X, PS5 and PC (https://www.engadget.com/alan-wake-ii-will-drop-on-october-17th-for-xbox-series-x-ps5-and-pc-210405566.html?src=rss) |