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Game data
Metacritic 83- Released
- 2010-05-14
- User rating
- 4.09 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Adventure, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360
- ESRB
- Teen
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Game details · IGDB
Alan Wake is a psychological horror action-adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment. The narrative centres on Alan Wake, a bestselling thriller novelist experiencing writer's block. He travels to the small town of Bright Falls with his wife, Alice, seeking a change of environment. Shortly after their arrival, Alice vanishes under mysterious circumstances. As Alan searches for her, he discovers pages of a thriller novel he does not recall writing. The events described in these pages begin to manifest in reality, and Alan encounters hostile supernatural entities known as the "Taken,"…
- Released
- 2010
- Genres
- Shooter, Adventure
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- The Alan Wake Engine
- Developer
- Remedy Entertainment
- Publisher
- E-Frontier, Legacy Interactive, Namco Bandai Partners, Microsoft Game Studios, Remedy Entertainment
Key facts
- Developer
- Remedy Entertainment
- Publisher
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Director
- Markus Mäki
- Producer
- Jyri Ranki
- Designer
- Mikael Kasurinen
- Programmer
- Olli Tervo
- Artist
- Saku Lehtinen
- Writers
- Sam Lake Mikko Rautalahti Petri Järvilehto
- Composer
- Petri Alanko
- Platforms
- Xbox 360 Windows PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X/S Nintendo Switch
- Release
- 14 May 2010 Xbox 360 EU : 14 May 2010 NA : 18 May 2010 AU : 20 May 2010 Windows NA : 16 February 2012 AU : 16 February 2012 EU : 2 March 2012 Remastered PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S WW : 5 October 2021 Nintendo Switch WW : 20 October 2022
- Genres
- Action-adventure , third-person shooter
- Mode
- Single-player
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.alanwake.com
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- Commons category
- Alan Wake
- title
- Alan Wake
- publication date
- 2010-05-14
- Alexa rank
- 1398156
- review score
- 86/100
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Article
Alan Wake is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game was released in May 2010 for the Xbox 360, with a Windows version following in February 2012 and a remastered version released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows in October 2021, as well as a Nintendo Switch version in October 2022. The story follows bestselling crime thriller novelist Alan Wake as he tries to uncover the mystery behind his wife's disappearance during a vacation in the small fictional town of Bright Falls, Washington, all while experiencing events from the plot of his latest novel, which he cannot remember writing, coming to life.
In its pacing and structure, Alan Wake is similar to a thriller television series, with episodes that contain plot twists and cliffhangers. The game consists of six episodes, and the storyline continues in two special episodes, The Signal and The Writer, that were made available as downloadable content (DLC) in the year of the game's release. Additionally, a six-episode live-action web series called Bright Falls acts as a prequel to the game, and a number of related books also expand upon the Alan Wake story.