Alan Wake in 2008?

Author: Brett Thomas
Published: 5th December 2006
Comments (13) Stumble
Rumours are flying that Alan Wake won't see the light until 2008, but developer Remedy won't comment.

Rumours are flying that Alan Wake won't see the light until 2008, but developer Remedy won't comment.

Alan Wake is one of those titles that has been an unsung hero of "Next Gen." The graphically gorgeous game is being developed by Remedy, the same company that brought us Max Payne. Indeed, many people have been looking forward to this title, despite its lack of press in comparison to Halo 3 and Gears of War.

Unfortunately, it looks like you may be waiting a little bit longer. Rumours are everywhere that the game will be delayed out to 2008, which will likely dishearten many enthusiastic gamers. Until then, it looks like we'll be getting our fix with screenshots. Since there is little in the way of fact, it is assumed this will be for both the PC and the XBox 360 versions of the game.

Neither Remedy nor Microsoft are commenting on the release rumour, which is largely to be expected. DailyTech notes that it's unfair to call it a delay, and they're technically right - a release date for the game has never been announced. Of course, we did get a bit of a teaser at IDF 2006, when Intel ran the program to the awe of attendees on its Kentsfield setup.

Are you looking forward to Alan Wake? Is the delay a put-off to you, or simply more time to perfect another great game? Tell us your thoughts in our forums.
Quote M4RTIN 5th December 2006, 16:28
arrgh thats been one of the games ive been really looking forward to, more so that crysis which is just a dull game with good graphics
Quote DougEdey 5th December 2006, 16:37
Nice little halo smiley in the quote...
Quote Kipman725 5th December 2006, 16:50
the trailer for this was very impresive and it looks to have some new ideas so I was looking forward to it :(
Quote glaeken 5th December 2006, 17:28
Hmmm.... the plot suspiciously reminds me of the movie In the Mouth of Madness. But nonetheless, it still looks like a pretty interesting game - with a stunning landscape and sky.
Quote aggies11 5th December 2006, 18:01
2008, does this mean it could be a DX-11 game?.... :P

This game is still too early in development to have any expectations on a release. Add in the fact that it's fairly ambitious, and I could easily see "another delay" to q4 2008.

I'd rather have it "good" than "fast", but having both never hurts either ;)

Aggies
Quote Springs 5th December 2006, 19:39
never even heard about it.... looks good tho
Quote FooSai 5th December 2006, 19:52
Look at it this way....
Now we have time to for bugs to be worked out of vista, and more choice in DX10 graphics cards to be out and about, multi core prices to drop even more (entry level quad core )

This game isn't being made to run on a core2duo e6600 and 7900 SLI config, you'd probably be dissapointed if you ran it on that (and that is still better than what i have now). This will give us all time to upgrade to something with the umpff (that's a technical term) that this game will need for the settings to be knocked up above low.
Quote -SD- 5th December 2006, 20:00
http://www.alanwake.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20029&postcount=7
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Originally Posted by PetriRMD
Yes. We haven't announced anything on the release date. Once we do, you'll definitely hear about it here.

I'm really happy with all the recent progress O:-)

Just another rumour on the loose (AGAIN), that's all...
Quote Narvi 6th December 2006, 10:25
The screenshots on their site look good, but they don't look very realistic. I assume they are going to fiddle around with it a bit before releasing in 2008.
Quote will. 6th December 2006, 11:59
I love the silly name :p

Like i say about all games, if they are worth waiting for so that they are not buggy or short I don't mind. I have wow and DoD source to keep me happy in the meantime.
Quote Narvi 6th December 2006, 12:18
Actually, now that I think about it, the reason I thought the screens looked bad was because I was associating it with bad CGI movies. So, in reality, the screens look awesome. Amazing.
Quote LazyGee 6th December 2006, 18:39
Oh no :-( I was really looking forward to it... I kind of expected to see it in early 2007!

What am I going to feed to my 8800GTX? (suggestions welcome ;-)
Quote DXR_13KE 6th December 2006, 20:46
at least its not Duke Nukem Forever.....
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