“Alan Wake’s Return” Trademark Has Been Spotted

<p><em>Alan Wake<&sol;em>&comma; which was released in 2010&comma; ended on a cliffhanger&comma; as the titular hero began writing a new book entitled &&num;8220&semi;<em>Return&period;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; The ending was something of a tease for fans of the game&comma; and while a standalone game&comma; <em>Alan Wake&&num;8217&semi;s American Nightmare<&sol;em>&comma; was released&comma; people have been waiting for some news on <em>Alan Wake 2<&sol;em>&period; It looks like it may happen sooner than later&period; A trademark filing was <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;neogaf&period;com&sol;forum&sol;showthread&period;php&quest;t&equals;1189925" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">spotted<&sol;a>&comma; with the title <em>Alan Wake&&num;8217&semi;s Return<&sol;em>&comma; and filed by Remedy Entertainment&period; Very little is known  other than the filing&comma; but it is reassuring to see that Remedy is still active in potential plans for the return of <em>Alan Wake<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;100440" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-100440" style&equals;"width&colon; 800px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-100440" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;03232012&sol;AlanWake-2012-02-16-20-57-43-00&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Remedy Entertainment&comma; Alan Wake" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"450" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-100440" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Alan Wake<&sol;em>&comma; Remedy Entertainment&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>A year ago&comma; it was <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;features&sol;2015&sol;4&sol;20&sol;8450329&sol;alan-wake-2-prototype-video-interview" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">revealed<&sol;a> that following the release of <em>Alan Wake<&sol;em>&comma; Remedy had already been hard at work on ideas for a sequel and had even tweaked the engine and made a working prototype&period; Even though Microsoft published the original&comma; Remedy owns the rights&comma; and worked hard at shopping the sequel around&period; It would appear however that the interest at the time wasn&&num;8217&semi;t quite there for a sequel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After that&comma; Remedy had moved on to <em>Quantum Break<&sol;em>&comma; which has <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vg247&period;com&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;19&sol;break-out-the-champagne-quantum-break-has-gone-gold&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">gone gold<&sol;a> and is preparing to launch&period; It would appear that while the two games are very different thematically&comma; the ideas on episodic storytelling that Remedy focused on in Alan Wake are very much at play in <em>Quantum Break<&sol;em>&period; <em>Alan Wake<&sol;em> broke each chapter up in episodes&comma; and followed conventional television script structure as to how they plotted out each chapter in the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;100441" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-100441" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-100441" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;03231951&sol;alanwake&lowbar;07&lowbar;fight&lowbar;720p&period;png" alt&equals;"Remedy Entertainment&comma; Alan Wake" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-100441" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Remedy Entertainment&comma; Alan Wake<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Remedy are great storytellers and with how they paced <em>Alan Wake<&sol;em> as connected episodes one wonders if they would  with episodic releases&period; The episodic content release structure has become very popular thanks to Telltale Games&comma; and we have seen the latest <em>Hitman<&sol;em> resort to an episodic release structure&period; We have little to go on other than a name&comma; but when Alan Wake does return&comma; will it be as a full release or as smaller sized chapters&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;neogaf&period;com&sol;forum&sol;showthread&period;php&quest;t&equals;1189925">NeoGAF<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;