First released for the Xbox 360, Alan Wake was easily in my opinion the best non-RPG exclusive for the platform. Although developer Remedy Entertainment since released Control for PlayStation consoles which did allude to the game in its downloadable content, you were unable to play the original game on non-Xbox/PC hardware. At least… until now.
Remedy Entertainment has confirmed that the psychological action-thriller Alan Wake will be available on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 from 5 October 2021. This will be through the Alan Wake Remastered collection, which features the original story (plus all originally released DLC) in one collection, with all-new 4K visuals, updated environments, cutscenes, and a brand-new making-of commentary.
About Alan Wake
Alan Wake, a bestselling writer, comes to behind the wheel of a crashed car. It’s night. He is in a primordial forest outside the small town of Bright Falls, Washington. Wake has hit his head. He is missing a week. His photographer wife, Alice, is missing. The couple came to the idyllic Bright Falls to heal, a departure from the pressure cooker of their celebrity life in New York City. Wake hasn’t been able write in a long time. Their relationship has seen better days. Now Wake finds pages of a novel he seems to have written, even though he can’t remember writing it. The story is called “Departure”. It’s a horror story. He is the main character in it. In the story, Bright Falls is taken over by a Dark Presence. The story is coming true. Locals, possessed by supernatural darkness, stalk Wake in the forest. As his journey spirals deeper into the darkness of the night, Wake tries to hold on to the tattered remnants of his sanity, to find answers to the nightmarish mystery he faces. Using the light of his flashlight as a weapon, he is forced to fight for his life, and the life of Alice.
