Shortly after its existence was revealed, however, the project was unfortunately canceled and Remedy began development on a new game, named Quantum Break. A spin-off game, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, was released in 2012 and gave gamers more of a chance to fall in love with the weird world Remedy had built.Īs is natural with most popular media, demand for sequels and a continuation of the story’s world was expressed, and work promptly started on a sequel, tentatively titled Alan Wake 2. Having released the first two Max Payne games just a few years earlier, Finnish studio Remedy, decided to set their sights on developing a psychological action thriller that was heavily inspired by the works of Stephen King and David Lynch, in particular, the groundbreaking TV show Twin Peaks.Īfter Alan Wake was finally released in May of 2010, it would go on to become one of the most highly-regarded horror games of its generation and go on to be remembered and loved by fans for the decade that followed. After the project’s announcement at E3 2005, development of the game got very complicated and it was eventually picked up for publishing by Microsoft shortly thereafter. Even though it was announced in 2005, it wouldn’t see a release until 2010.
If you were a horror gaming fan back in the mid-2000s, it’s unlikely you didn’t hear about Remedy’s Alan Wake while it was heavily in the news cycle.
