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Alan Wake 2fans received an encouraging update after writer, director, and actor Sam Lake posted an image commemorating his final motion-capture work for the game’s DLC, suggesting that the expansions are nearing completion. Lake previously outlined the plans forAlan Wake 2’s post-launch additions.
Shortly beforeAlan Wake 2’s release in October,Lake detailedAlan Wake 2’s future DLC, which includes both free and paid content. Fans have already received some of this free content inAlan Wake 2’s New Game Plus mode added in December, AKA The Final Draft mode. Lake also confirmed that fans can expect two paid DLCs. Although the release dates for the two expansions are still unknown, fans recently received a promising sign.
Lake posted an image to his Twitter account of him celebrating his final day of motion-capture work forAlan Wake 2’s DLC. Lake serves as Detective Alex Casey’s mo-cap model inAlan Wake 2, so this seems to confirm that Casey will appear in at least one of the expansions. While Lake’s post is a promising sign, it does not hint at a release date for either of the DLCs, although fans could see news soon. The twoexpansions are titled Night Springs and Lake House. Night Springs, which is confirmed as the first DLC to be released, allows users to “play as several familiar characters” while progressing through multiple episodes ofAlan Wake’s in-universe Night Springs show, which heavily draws inspiration fromThe Twilight Zone.
Exact Release Date for Alan Wake 2’s DLC Still Not Known
Alan Wake 2’s second expansion, Lake House, sees users explore a mysterious house and go on two separate adventures as the realities of Saga Anderson and Alan Wake intersect again. Seeing that Night Springs' release date is still not announced, Lake House is likely not releasing anytime in the immediate future. Current speculation puts Night Springs around a late spring or summer release window and Lake House around a late summer or fall release window. But for now, fans will have to wait for more concrete news on the two DLCs.
As for other future updates, Remedy Entertainment confirmed thatAlan Wake 2will receive a Photo Modesometime this spring. The mode will presumably give users a new set of tools for taking screenshots of the game’s state-of-the-art visuals.
DespiteAlan Wake 2’s impressive graphics,Remedy recently introduced a surprising updatethat lowered the game’s minimum system requirements. Thanks to post-launch optimization, the AAA game can now run on eight-year-old GPUs, although fans will still want to utilize newer hardware to really letAlan Wake 2shine.
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A string of ritualistic murders threatens Bright Falls, a small-town community surrounded by Pacific Northwest wilderness. Saga Anderson, an accomplished FBI agent with a reputation for solving impossible cases arrives to investigate the murders. Anderson’s case spirals into a nightmare when she discovers pages of a horror story that starts to come true around her.Alan Wake, a lost writer trapped in a nightmare beyond our world, writes a dark story in an attempt to shape the reality around him and escape his prison. With a dark horror hunting him, Wake is trying to retain his sanity and beat the devil at his own game.Anderson and Wake are two heroes on two desperate journeys in two separate realities, connected at heart in ways neither of them can understand: reflecting each other, echoing each other, and affecting the worlds around them.Fueled by the horror story, supernatural darkness invades Bright Falls, corrupting the locals and threatening the loved ones of both Anderson and Wake. Light is their weapon—and their safe haven — against the darkness they face. Trapped in a sinister horror story where there are only victims and monsters, can they break out to be the heroes they need to be?
