Alan Wake 2 arrived in October 2023 with plenty of expectations, following up on the fan-favorite Alan Wake 13 years and two console generations later. Studio Treatment (Management, Quantum Break, Max Payne) produced an all-timer survival horror sport that actually looks like a singular expertise you will not discover anyplace else.
Alan Wake 2 appropriately picks up 13 years of in-game time after the unique with a narrative break up between two characters: the titular horror author Alan Wake caught within the Darkish Place and Saga Anderson, FBI agent investigating unusual goings-on within the space of Vivid Falls. With vibes of Twin Peaks, The X-Recordsdata and extra darkish cult horror, Alan Wake 2 is an unbelievable sport, folding in bits of the so-called “Remedyverse” as Wake’s universe absorbs materials and characters from Management and different video games within the studio’s lineup. And if it hasn’t been spoiled for you, there is a musical quantity (significantly) within the sport, as has turn into a practice with Treatment’s oeuvre, that can make you pump your fist in raucous pleasure.
Treatment surprise-released the primary DLC growth, Evening Springs, in mid-2024. The second, Lake Home, is coming in October 2024. These require the Enlargement Cross, which is included within the digital or bodily Deluxe Version — in brief, simply improve to or purchase the Deluxe Version of Alan Wake 2 to get entry to each.
Learn our Alan Wake 2 assessment.
Launch date: Oct. 27, 2023
Style: Thoughts-bending survival horror third-person shooter
Developer: Treatment Leisure
