Alan Wake 2’s Lake House DLC takes cues from Annihilation and Alien

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It’s been a wild 12 months for Remedy Entertainment. Last fall, the developer was riding high when it launchedAlan Wake 2 to critical acclaim. Since then, the sequel has gobbled up awards and gotten more content, while Remedy itself has partnered with Annapurna to bring its franchises to the big screen. That whirlwind year is coming to an end, but not before one final victory lap. Alan Wake 2’s The Lake House expansion is out today, sending the horror game off in style.

It’s not just any expansion; it’s a crossover with Control that adds even more depth to Remedy’s shared game universe. Considering that all eyes are on Remedy these days, it’s a crucial link ahead of Control 2 and the series’ upcoming spinoff shooter,FBC: Firebreak. Ahead of today’s launch, Digital Trends spoke with director Kyle Rowley and DLC lead writer Clay Murphy about the project and how it fits into Remedy’s ever-expanding world. The team explained the balancing act of bringing another franchise into Alan Wake 2 while also making something that feels like it’s still part of that base experience.

“We’re looking at the world of Control through the lens of Alan Wake 2,” Rowley says.

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From Annihilation to Alien

During a preview event, Remedy showed off 10 minutes of The Lake House to press. In the slice, Agent Estevez of the Federal Bureau of Control, enters the DLC’s titular Lake House, which has previously been referenced in Alan Wake 2. It’s a research space created by the FBC to study Cauldron Lake and its supernatural occurrences. And right from the jump, it’s very clear that it belongs to both Alan Wake’s and Control’s world. When Estevez walks in, we get a little bit of the brutalist architecture that made Control so distinctive, but with an eerie