Remedy job ad hints at Alan Wake 2

By Robert Purchese Published 25 September, 2011

Staff wanted for "AAA console project".

A cluster of new Remedy job adverts has dropped interesting hints at what may be Alan Wake 2.

Four of the five positions mentioned a "AAA console project". And one specifically referenced Alan Wake.

"You will be working on the next iteration of Remedy's unique world-class rendering engine that was previously used in Alan Wake," outlined the vacancy for a 3D graphics programmer.

Microsoft hasn't announced a second Alan Wake game. In June Microsoft Game Studios' Phil Spencer said he didn't think Remedy had signed the possible project with a publisher, which suggested Microsoft may not be involved at all.

And that, in turn, suggested that a second Alan Wake game could be multi-platform.

All we've heard about the future of Alan Wake is that there is one; Remedy told Eurogamer in May this year that more Alan Wake is coming. But the next Alan Wake won't, however, be Alan Wake 2 or DLC.

Does that mean the next Alan Wake will be an iOS or Android game, then? The fifth job advert, for a game programmer, supports that notion.

"As part of the digital team we expect you to live and breathe games and have a real passion towards creating the best game experiences on various platforms," the vacancy read. "The target platforms include iOS & Android, PC and Consoles."

Counted as "beneficial" is experience making PS3, 360 and Wii games; experience with online multiplayer implementation; and experience with the Unity and Unreal game engines.

It could be that Remedy's next Alan Wake project will be an iOS/Android/social title. The "AAA console project" could theoretically, therefore, be Alan Wake 2.

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Comments (27) Latest comment 8 months ago

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  • MatMan562 #1 8 months ago

    So it could be anything basically?

  • el_pollo_diablo #2 8 months ago

    Coming Fall 2045

  • God_Octo #3 8 months ago

    I'm hoping its like an extended re-release of the first game for the PS3 and PC, like what they did when Mass Effect came over to PS3. That would be neither AW 1 or 2. Technically.

  • TheTrueSpin #4 8 months ago

    I really liked Alan Wake, although it was massively over-hyped. It felt like it could have been a truly epic game...

  • oceanmotion #5 8 months ago

    Shine a torch and change batteries using Kinect.

    I would like a sequel, it was quite a good game but not without problems. They should take another shot at it.

  • slivir #6 8 months ago

    Well, I loved it and actually thought it was unfairly criticised. I especially loved the episodic format. I wish more developers would try a new approach to storytelling like Remedy did. Hats off to them. Give me another one just like the first and I'll be as happy as a pig in mud.

  • GooseUK #7 8 months ago

    +1 @Matman562

  • jamieleng #8 8 months ago

    It's obviously a Death Rally remake. Duh!

  • Hindle #9 8 months ago

    Post deleted at 15:13:20 09-05-2012

  • 43n1m4 #10 8 months ago

    Great game, with some shaky reviews. Look forward to what will hopefully be a kind of sequel.

  • danidrums #11 8 months ago

    On megadrive maybe?

  • MisterM #12 8 months ago

    Wow, what a lot of horribly worded speculation and conjecture.

  • aphex187 #13 8 months ago

    Really do hope this comes to PC at last, still to finish the original but 3/4's through it's a gem of a game.

    *EDIT why would anyone neg this down?
    Edited by aphex187 at 25/09/11 @ 19:29

  • HeNiCiDe1988 #14 8 months ago

    man alan wake took so long to come out and then for me it was just a big dissappointment, I hope its something much better then allen wake regardless.

  • metalangel #15 8 months ago

    Are they going to hire a new wanking bear?

  • Smoped #16 8 months ago

    I'm sure the old wanking bear can still pull it off. And by pulling it off I don't mean...or maybe I do?

  • spongebob #17 8 months ago

    So, if it uses the same engine as Alan Wake it must be Alan Wake 2? Why would that be?

  • mkreku #18 8 months ago

    Alan Wake was incredibly linear, incredibly repetitive and annoying. But I am still interested.. maybe they will actually do the open world they promised all those years ago for the original?

    [link url=http://www.ghacks.net/2006/09/29/alan-wake-demo-running-on-intel-quad-core/
    ]http://www.ghacks.net/2006/09/29/alan-wa...[/link]

    It looks soooo daaaaamn goooood! Even today, still those original screenshots give me chills.

    [link url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fqb5VRtTL8
    ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fqb5VRtTL8
    [/link]

    "..a huge seamless and dynamic gameworld.."

    I want the game that Alan Wake was originally supposed to be: Twin Peaks in an open world!

  • Kami #19 8 months ago

    Alan Wake just had the issue that after so long, it felt like an exposed, freshly-cut tree. That is, you could kind of visibly see the rings of the multiple ideas and trends they had been influenced by over the numerous years of development. It's usually the same with any much-delayed project, I mean, Duke Nukem Forever changed gears with an almost audible clunk at times.

    So a new Alan Wake (or surely, based on the actual game, it would be Alice Wake this time?) they need to believe in their concept. The danger that befell Alan Wake was simply one of trying to get the game somewhere through borrowed concepts, it was unlike the game they seemed to have envisioned all those years ago. It was a bit of a collection of genre tropes, full of cliche and predictability. I would pin this down to the project being rushed in the last year or two of its development - someone in a suit probably walked in and said, "Do it this way and sodding well release it or you get no more money!"

    That said, I'm not entirely sure it is crying out for a sequel. I'd much rather see them try to take that original concept and refine it in a whole new game, than feel like they are suddenly limited by what actually happened with Alan Wake.

    It's a difficult one. I feel sorry for them, looking back at the ideas they had, and then looking at what they ended up with. That is probably a really depressing thing for them.

  • Rack #20 8 months ago

    Alan Wake Kinect no doubt.

  • dalealstick #21 8 months ago

    360's Alan Wake felt like a PC Port... it's a shame they couldn't release it on PC

  • darkmorgado #22 8 months ago

    I want the game that Alan Wake was originally supposed to be: Twin Peaks in an open world!

    Buy Deadly Premonition then.

  • fluff_the_tiger #23 8 months ago

    I highly doubt it will be Aw2, considering the poor sales if the first one.

  • darleysam #24 8 months ago

    So it's using their engine.. that's really open to anything. Says absolutely nothing about Alan Wake 2, or it being multi-platform/coming to phones.

  • Subdominator #25 8 months ago

    I'm sure they have publishers walking in and out of their offices on a daily basis, all hoping to be the one to publish Alan Wake 2. :D The IP is burnt, nobody will give them any money for a second game. Microsoft didn't even bother to put it on PC to get at least some of the money back they spent on the development.

  • dancingrob #26 8 months ago

    Deadly Premonition remade with the Alan Wake engine please!

  • kongzi #27 8 months ago

    I still like to see that open world Alan Wake materialize someday