Alan Wake 2 gets an October 2023 release date

Publisher Epic Games and developer Remedy Entertainment have announced an Alan Wake 2 release date of October 17, 2023.

The release date was revealed at the end of a new trailer which premiered during the PlayStation Showcase on Wednesday and is viewable below.

In an accompanying PlayStation Blog post, Remedy communications director Thomas Puha confirmed that the game will feature a co-lead protagonist and second playable character called Saga Anderson.

“A string of ritualistic murders threatens Bright Falls, a small-town community surrounded by the Pacific Northwest wilderness. Anderson, an accomplished FBI agent with a reputation for solving impossible cases, arrives to investigate the murders. Soon the events spiral into a nightmare when she discovers pages of a horror story that start to come true around her. Somehow the events seem to lead to Alan Wake, the horror writer who went missing 13 years ago,” Puha said.

“Alan Wake, a lost writer trapped in a nightmare beyond our world, writes a story in an attempt to shape the reality around him and escape his prison. With a dark horror hunting him in the Dark Place, Wake is trying to retain his sanity and beat the devil at his own game.

“The game begins with Anderson coming to investigate the murders in Bright Falls with her veteran fellow agent Alex Casey. After certain events have transpired, fans can play Wake and Anderson’s respective stories in any order they choose. Their journeys echo and foreshadow each other, in this intense atmospheric story, taking players on two separate dark and disturbing paths. We are excited to allow players to decide how to experience the story of Alan Wake 2.

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“Our team has hand-crafted several unique locations for players to explore. Anderson’s story takes place in the Pacific Northwest, consisting of three hubs: the small town of Bright Falls, the stunning primordial forest surrounding the mysterious Cauldron Lake, and the run-down town of Watery. And finally, the Dark Place is a shifting, looping reality where Wake’s story takes place.”

In an update on the game’s development published earlier this year, Remedy said Alan Wake 2 had reached the stage where it can be played from start to finish.