2 Feb, 2012

Alan Wake has been a long winding journey, and we are not talking about the story in the game. Instead, we mean his journey to the PC platform, but after many non-committals and cancellations, Alan Wake is finally coming to the platform where his game was first announced so many years ago. Alan Wake is set to arrive on Steam initially for $29.99 for the...

27 Jan, 2012

Previous Xbox exclusive Alan Wake will now also be coming to PC. Already slated for a release on Steam independently by Remedy, they have now signed a deal with Nordic Games for a boxed on-shelf PC release in Europe. The action thriller game still hasn’t got a firm release date as yet, but we are promised more details in the upcoming weeks. For those that...

24 Jan, 2012

Right, before you get too excited, the Xbox Live community has not been invited to Bill Gates’s house for tea and cake; I know, cheapskate right? But let’s get down to business now. There is going to be a House Party localised within in every one of your Xbox 360s. Much like the previous House Parties on the Xbox Live Arcade, this will see four games...

17 Jan, 2012

“We want your help in taking our artificial intelligence, character & enemy behavior to the next level,” says the latest job posting by Remedy Software. Lauded for its work on Alan Wake and the little spin-off Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, Remedy is ready to create the next triple-A title, and they’re calling it a...

14 Dec, 2011

I remember when Alan Wake was first announced as a game concept, it came to gamers not in Game Informer or even EGM but in the pages of Computer Gaming World magazine. It was announced as a PC exclusive from the team that brought us Max Payne 1 and 2. Somewhere along the way, Microsoft got involved with the publishing of the title and it became an Xbox 360...

12 Dec, 2011

While I loathe the Spike VGA awards as a farce towards real gamers, I do have to admit that they did a decent job with making them feel a bit more in touch with actual gamers. I also love the fact that game companies use this space to breakout new titles for the upcoming year. One such company was Remedy which showed off the first sneak peak for their new Alan...

4 Nov, 2011

With December quickly approaching, it’s just another reminder that the annual Video Game Awards presented by Spike TV are about to happen. Big announcements are already being hinted at, and amongst them is the full reveal to the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid RISING title, which was previously shown at E3 a few years ago. Also amongst the...

27 Mar, 2011

Remedy games have spoken out about how their psychological action thriller Alan Wake, which had cult television fans of the last 20 years or so going into involuntary wiggles of excitement was originally planned as multi-format release. The company has posthumorously acknowledged that signing a deal for exclusivity with Microsoft was a rather large risk...