News – Alan Wake 2 is not a sequel or DLC

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">Since the release of <em>Alan Wake<&sol;em> last year many gamers have been left wondering whether series creator Remedy Entertainment would release DLC content or even a sequel&period; <em>Alan Wake <&sol;em>was released amidst massive anticipation and received mostly positive reviews&period; So a sequel would not be a bad idea for any studio looking to build a franchise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">According to a report from <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2011-05-10-the-next-wake-is-not-alan-wake-2">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&comma; Remedy Entertainment has confirmed that a team of developers have been working on a sequel of sorts since at least April of this year&period; But in an odd twist the so called sequel is not a sequel at all&comma; nor is it a DLC pack for the first game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"><em><strong> &&num;8220&semi;Fans of the franchise will be excited to learn that yes&comma; more Wake is coming&excl; But to be absolutely certain to avoid confusion&comma; this next Wake instalment will not be Alan Wake 2&period; And neither will it be DLC&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em> said Oskari Hakkinen&comma; Head of Remedy Entertainment&&num;8217&semi;s Franchise development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;05&sol;alan&lowbar;wake&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-2520 alignright" title&equals;"alan&lowbar;wake" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;05&sol;alan&lowbar;wake&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"226" height&equals;"127" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">This of course leaves a lot of us wondering what it is exactly&period; Hakkinen went on to say&comma; <em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s something that&&num;8217&semi;ll definitely give more to the Wake fans out there&comma; but just as importantly&comma; this installment will also give an opportunity for players who aren&&num;8217&semi;t familiar with the franchise to finally jump on board&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">It appears they want to appeal to a new audience with this game while still not alienating the original fan base&period; The game won&&num;8217&semi;t necessarily be <em>Alan Wake 2<&sol;em>&comma; we will refer to it as such&comma; but it will most likely be it&&num;8217&semi;s own game with a similar or completely different story arc&period; What we do know is that Remedy Entertainment was not planning on commenting on <em>Alan Wake 2<&sol;em> until later this year and they only responded to Eurogamer&&num;8217&semi;s request for an interview after an artist who allegedly worked on elements of the new game posted details of his work on his LinkedIn profile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">Hakkinen was hesitant to go into any further details but said that <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Fall 2011 is probably a good guess&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong> for when to expect it&&num;8217&semi;s release&period; In whatever form it ends up&period; A sequel&comma; a DLC&comma; a non-sequel DLC&comma; we look forward to more details on <em>Alan Wake 2<&sol;em> as they are revealed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;05&sol;200778-wakeheader&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2513" title&equals;"200778-wakeheader" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;05&sol;200778-wakeheader&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"434" height&equals;"245" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;