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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Alan Wake is not like Heavy Rain, Halo Reach, God of War III, Splinter Cell: Conviction or any of the other big 2010 games that are not named for their star character. That’s intentional.
Did you know the alternate names considered for the Alan Wake game? Did you know Remedy turned down a chance to put Wake in another game? No? Then you need to download this week’s Kotaku Talk Radio right now.
In advance of the Xbox 360 game’s release, Alan Wake developer Remedy brings word that the first downloadable add-on episode for the suspenseful adventure will arrive in July. It’ll be free, provided you have a new copy of Alan Wake.
Can the combined video game reviewers shed light on the quality of Xbox 360 exclusive survival game Alan Wake? Find out in the first (and only) episode of the Alan Wake Frankenreview.
Alan Wake promises to deliver a new style of storytelling to the Xbox 360: A “psychological thriller”, “riveting plot”, “multilayered character interactions”, all bullet points that scream: This game could be really bad.
The long-in-development Alan Wake, one of the most enigmatic titles in development for the Xbox 360, will finally be released on May 18, Microsoft announced today. Earlier this week, the game’s developers gave Kotaku a live demonstration. It was impressive.
