Yep, it nonetheless appears nice

Dwell at Summer season Sport Fest 2023, Treatment Leisure recreation director Sam Lake took the stage to offer us the elevator pitch for Alan Wake 2: one of many least obligatory pitches of the fashionable gaming panorama. Alan Wake 2 appears incredible to this point, however on the very least, we bought an precise have a look at gameplay right now. On stage, Keighty reminds Lake that the sport was teased at The Sport Awards in 2021 for a “2023” launch. Effectively, it’s 2023, and it already has a date: now we all know what it truly appears like.

That is “early on” within the recreation, Lake confirms (in case you had been nervous about spoilers!), and Keighley calls it “uncooked unedited” footage. Saga (who has a pistol with a capability of 12 rounds within the trailer sequence) is the core focus, as they stroll up and enter a particularly creepy home, combating off enemies within the course of. There will probably be a “50/50 break up” between the 2 essential characters (Alan Wake and Saga Anderson), Lake says, and you’ll swap between them at “given factors” within the story.

Alan Wake 2 remains to be due out on October 17, 2023 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X/S.

Chris Carter

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