According to Alan’s voice actor
That said, Porretta also told thepodcastthat they’re still “in the middle of working on it right now”, so I wouldn’t be surprised either if we didn’t get a date at all until much nearer the time. Have a watch of the video below (conveniently time-stamped at Porretta’s answer) to hear his full quote.
Whenever it arrives, I’m very much looking forward to Remedy’s “first ever survival horror game” after revisiting theirrecent remasterofAlan WakeThe 1st a couple of years ago - although to say that first gamedidn’talso dip its writerly toes into the survival horror genre is mildly absurd, what with its prevailing spooky dark forests, horrible crows and actually haunted farmyard machinery. You can’t tell me that possessed tractor wouldn’t look out of place in aResident Evilgame, I simply won’t have it.
Currently, Alan Wake 2 is set to be an Epic Game Store exclusive when it launches on PC, which isn’t all that surprising given that it’s being published by Epic Games. Whether it will ever see an eventual Steam release remains to be seen.Alan Wake Remasteredwas also published by Epic Games and remains exclusive to the EGS to this day - although given its relatively minor graphical touch-ups, you should probably just buy the original onSteamif you have a real hankering to revisit Bright Falls at the moment - especially when it’s 70% off for a mere £3.41 right now.