Alan Wake 2 to use Windows Phone 7?

By Robert Purchese Published 12 January, 2011

Remedy investigating console-mobile bond.

The way Remedy's talking, Alan Wake 2 could have some nifty Windows Phone 7 crossover going on.

That's assuming of course that the studio's next big console project is Alan Wake 2, and that Microsoft dictates that Windows Phone 7 be used and not iPhone.

Following this morning's Death Rally iPhone/iPad announcement, Eurogamer probed Remedy's head of franchise development Oskari Häkkinen about what the move to mobile really means.

"No," he said, "Remedy is not moving its focus to the iOS platform.

"This is just a fun test case to learn the ropes of the platform and to be able to potentially utilise the mobile screen in the future in our bigger console projects."

"The iPad and iPhone are obviously platforms that have gotten a lot of recognition lately and as developers it's our job to be interested and investigate new and important platforms. Death Rally just turned out to be a natural fit," he added.

Death Rally will be released in March. It's a remake of Remedy's first ever game , which bears the same name.

Alan Wake 2, meanwhile, remains unconfirmed, although job postings at Remedy hint at such a project. Remedy previously revealed to Eurogamer that if the project does go ahead, it will be an exclusive for Microsoft and PC/Xbox 360. Needless to say that Microsoft would prefer such a project to ally with Windows Phone 7 rather than iPhone.

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Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (19) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • evild_edd #1 1 year ago

    "Needles to say that Microsoft would prefer such a project to ally with Windows Phone 7 rather than iPhone."

    Who's Needles? Wasn't he a character from Back To The Future? ;0)

    As for these crossovers to mobile platforms. My concern is that they often feel gimmicky and unnecessary. Not a problem I suppose (I don't have to buy them), as long as focus remains in releasing a polished main title that reaches it's full potential.

  • randompanda #2 1 year ago

    "Needles to say, I took some drugs".

    Classic Partridge.

  • mkreku #3 1 year ago

    Needles was a town in Wasteland, the best RPG ever made. Heathens.

  • davisorle #4 1 year ago

    Post deleted at 20:44:35 16-04-2012

  • mcmonkeyplc #5 1 year ago

    McFLY!

  • space_ace #6 1 year ago

    /remembers when "Alan Wake" was affiliated with Intel multicore or something, only to appear as an Xbox exclusive in the end

  • J0rdan_KZ #7 1 year ago

    Alan Wake, the game with the spookiest woods ever and not much else. So much promise, especially from the Max Payne developers. With any luck AW2 will be another horror-esk game that doesn't just rely on light puzzles/action for 8 hours.

  • matrim83 #8 1 year ago

    /Remembers when Halo was affiliated with Mac or something, only to appear as an Xbox exclusive in the end.

    Shit happens.

  • Zaltan #9 1 year ago

    Might as well make an Ngage game...

  • miiiguel #10 1 year ago

    WP7 is realy an excting mobile platform, it's sleek, classy, fast and not crazy expensive, has some above average/good games already with impressive graphics and preformance, with an awesome Live integration. On top of that it's a powerful and useful professional tool.

  • darleysam #11 1 year ago

    So at no point there did I read confirmation from Remedy of either Alan Wake 2 or the use of WP7 in it. Okay..

  • Smoped #12 1 year ago

    Wasn't there just recently an "Alan Wake 2 will support Kinect!"-"revelation" because Remedy were looking for programmers who had experience with motion control? To me all these things rather suggest that Remedy is probably taking the Double Fine approach of trying their hand at various smaller games while waiting for the next big project to be greenlighted.

  • Lord-Nicon #13 1 year ago

    oh man, this is going to be bad, why microsoft why?

  • dwalker109 #14 1 year ago

    Ahhhh, Windows Phone 7. Fuck word of mouth advertising, fuck making the best product out there, lets just spend lots on marketing. And tie ins. And other such shite.

  • humble #15 1 year ago

    An exclusive for *PC* and 360. Um yes, that sounds entirely believable considering what happened to the first game :´(

  • linksdad #16 1 year ago

    Dont waste too much time on it...

  • The-Bodybuilder #17 1 year ago

    At their development rate, they should aim for the windows phone 10 launch.

  • coomber #18 1 year ago

    There was absolutely no information in that story at all.

  • Kaminari #19 1 year ago

    Considering that Microsoft silently pulled the plug on Remedy, Alan Wake 2 is not gonna happen. Not in the next 6 years at least. Both companies are responsible in this fiasco -- Remedy for totally failing to deliver beyond the hype (Polyphony-style) and Microsoft for totally failing to manage them during those years.