The release of the project is scheduled for 2023, and a little earlier, in 2021, a remaster of the first part has already been released, which will allow you to enjoy the beginning of the story in high quality on modern consoles. Whether or not Remedy and Epic Games take THQ up on its offer remains to be seen, but the ball is firmly in their court now that someone else is willing to do the work on a physical release.Īlan Wake 2 launches for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC on October 17.Alan Wake 2 is the long-awaited part of the cult horror from Remedy Entertainment, first released in 2010. We’d love to go at it again! Full circle and all,’ it tweets. ‘Just because one person (or company) does not love physical, there is plenty who still do. In the wake of the fan uproar, THQ Nordic has now publicly offered to publish a physical version of Alan Wake 2, directly tweeting at Remedy.Īs it points out, it published the physical copies of the first game’s PC version and is happy to be involved with Alan Wake once more. Let’s also not forget that the original Alan Wake was struck from digital stores due to expired music rights if the same ever happens to Alan Wake 2, then it’ll become completely inaccessible to anyone who hasn’t already bought it. It’s also easy to imagine it wasn’t really Remedy’s choice and that the decision was made by publisher, and Fortnite creator, Epic Games. I may not play Starfield because of the lack of 60fps - Reader’s Feature
Some are even swearing off the game entirely.
‘We did not want to ship a disc product and have it require a download for the game – we do not think this would make for a great experience either,’ says Remedy.ĭespite Remedy’s best efforts to spin this decision as a positive, Alan Wake fans are clearly angry and disappointed with the decision. The third and final reason is that Remedy didn’t want to ship a physical version that would still require a digital download, like some modern games do. For the record, Alan Wake 2’s standard edition costs £39.99 on PC and £49.99 on consoles.Ī deluxe edition that comes with an expansion pass and some extra cosmetics is being sold for £54.99 on PC and £64.99 on consoles.
Remedy also argues that not releasing a disc version saves money and means they don’t have to make the game more expensive to buy. Not to mention the industry is unsubtly trying to drag us into an all-digital future with Sony and Microsoft’s current consoles offering cheaper digital-only hardware. First is the uncomfortable truth that more and more people are moving towards buying their games digitally. There are also no plans for a physical release, so this isn’t a Metroid Prime Remastered situation where it’ll launch digitally first and then as a boxed release later on.Īs for why this is the case, Remedy’s reasons are threefold.
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