RUMOR - Alan Wake: Night Springs to be Next Title in Franchise, Xbox Live Arcade Title?

Very recently, Remedy had confirmed to Joystiq after being rumored that an Alan Wake 2 was indeed in development, according to an artist's resume after some speculation. Fact of the matter is that Remedy had told Joystiq that the next installment in the franchise was in fact being in development, but it was neither a sequel or form of DLC that was being worked on. Since then, many wondered what this project was all about to begin with, until an Xbox Live Arcade fan site, allegedly acquired some information.

The fan site, xblafans.com, has talked to what they call, "an extremely trusted source," about what many speculated about. Alan Wake: Night Springs was "confirmed" by this trusted source and also had given the site some screenshots, but xblafans.com was told not to put them up at all at this time.

The fact that this game is its own standalone game did throw me off a little, not to mention an Xbox Live Arcade game, but you never know. Remedy might just have something up its sleeves. It better be good!

New Alan Wake in Development, Neither Sequel or Form of DLC

Yesterday, we figured out that a new Alan Wake game was in development after seeing an artist's resume via Joystiq. From there we saw "Alan Wake 2" titled as one prjoect that is underway, but it's actually pretty interesting that Remedy, the Finnish developer behind the original and Max Payne games (not including the 3rd one, which is being handled by Rockstar Games), has had a statement regarding this rumor and that info has spread just like that.

Oskari Häkkinen of Remedy has stated today that there is indeed a new Alan Wake game on the way, but it's odd how Häkkinen described it. The following is the full quote from Remedy, replying to Joystiq's first discovery about this new project:

So referring to your most recent Joystiq post ... It's awesome to hear you say that Alan Wake appears in your hearts – I've read through all the responses on your site which is fueled with positive responses. It really would seem Alan Wake is very close to the hearts of the fans out there, and to ours too. To that point, it's a shame that this news leaked before our official announcement which will of course include the visuals and information to support it. Well, now that the cat is out of the bag, we owe it to you and the fans to shed a little more light before we get the chance to officially show them what the guys have been up to.

Fans of the franchise will be excited to learn that yes, more Wake is coming! But to be absolutely certain to avoid confusion, this next Wake installment will not be Alan Wake 2. But neither will it be DLC. The rest we're saving for our official announcement when we'll actually SHOW YOU.

We are really excited about this project which a slice of our team has been working on for the last months. It's something that'll definitely give more to the Wake fans out there, but just as importantly, this installment will also give an opportunity for players who aren't familiar with the franchise to finally jump on board.

We can't wait to show you more, bear with us. Release dates, platforms and pricing are unconfirmed as of yet, but Fall 2011 is probably a good guess. More coming soon!

So there you have it, straight from Remedy. This next installment is neither a sequel nor DLC, which leads to my assumption of this next installment to possibly a sort of spin-off. Only time will tell as we sit here and wait for an official unveiling.

Alan Wake 2 in the Works? Appears on Artist's Resume

Seems like the easiest way to tell if a title is in development and if someone's aboard the project is by checking their resume nowadays, eh? Althea Suarez Gata, a CG character animator has listed, via his LinkedIn profile, "Alan Wake 2" as a project that he's working on, discovered by Joystiq. His position for the project that he's working on is titled as, "In-Game Cinematic." Obviously sounding like real-time cutscenes, that's all there is about this potential game that could be revealed at E3 2011. Then again, if this has just recently started, then it's a bit too early to expect something like that.

As a fan of the original game, I'm pretty damn excited about this! Alan Wake was pretty underrated, in my opinion, and ever since there were talks about a sequel, I couldn't help but keep my eyes and ears open for such a well written and story-driven game.

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