Alan Wake 2 is now "playable from start to finish"
The team behind Alan Wake 2 has confirmed that the game is in "full production" and "is playable from start to finish".
Remedy Entertainment updated us on its progress in its most recent Investors Report. Whilst acknowledging a "revenue decline" in the last quarter of the 2022 financial year, the studio says that "the extended scope and budget related to the development of Alan Wake 2 (opens in new tab)" should make for better results this year.
"Alan Wake 2 is in full production. The game will soon have all content in place, and it is playable from start to finish," said (opens in new tab) CEO Tero Virtala.
"We will then move onto polishing the experience. Alan Wake is a unique brand that holds high value for the company today. Alan Wake Remastered has not yet generated royalties. However, we expect the sales to increase as the release of Alan Wake 2 becomes imminent and fans and new players want to experience the original story on new generation consoles."
The report didn't bring us any closer to a release date - or even a release window, for that matter - but it did reveal that Control 2 has "detailed concepts on the game vision and all creative areas including the gameplay, narrative, and art", whilst its secret live-service game, Codename Condor, "remains in the proof-of-concept" stage.
In a recent interview with GamesRadar+ (opens in new tab), Alan Wake 2 game director Kyle Rowley confirmed that players won't need to have played Remedy's other games (opens in new tab) – including the first Alan Wake game or the remastered version – in order to enjoy Alan Wake 2.
"When we were creating the concept for Alan Wake 2, it was very much on our mind that we wanted to create an experience that was welcoming to all,"
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