Alan Wake's American Nightmare spotted

By Tom Phillips Published 8 December, 2011

New name for XBLA Night Springs?

The German video games rating board has leaked the title of a new Alan Wake game: Alan Wake's American Nightmare.

It's listed as an action-adventure game for the Xbox 360 and received a 16+ rating, reports Siliconera.

Is American Nightmare the upcoming Alan Wake game for Xbox Live Arcade?

Several previous reports had the title pegged as Alan Wake's Night Springs, suggesting a link to the paranormal television show penned by titular character Wake.

Has the title changed everywhere, or is this merely a European-only name change? We don't have long to wait and find out - the game gets a full reveal at the Spike VGAs this weekend.

Whatever it's called, the new Alan Wake has a "pretty damn impressive storyline that expands the original in some interesting ways," developer Remedy previously insisted, defending the decision to downsize the next entry in the series to a downloadable release.

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Comments (15) Latest comment 6 months ago

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  • Tyranix #1 6 months ago

    Because American nightmares are SO much scarier than nightmares in the rest of the world. IN AMERICA!

    Seriously though, Alan Wake is one of my favourite games of this generation even though I wasn't expecting to like it, so hopefully they stay on form with this xbla game. Can't wait!

  • Spong #2 6 months ago

    Fingers crossed on this one. I want it to be as good as the original, but being on Arcade makes me deeply suspicious that it's gonna be a ten-minute flash in the pan. Not only would it be crap for American Nightmare itself, but I'd hate for it to tarnish the rep of the original as well.

  • metallicorphan #3 6 months ago

    dumb name,it suggests that the first one wasn't set in America,which it was

  • rotmm #4 6 months ago

    Really excited for this, though with similar concerns about potentially being a short-lived XBLA experience as the other posters have mentioned.

  • snick #5 6 months ago

    Can't wait till the weekend.... anyone found any leaked video yet?

  • BEXANT #6 6 months ago

    Tom, where was the fantastic strapline! I am disappointed!

  • onyxbox #7 6 months ago

    I know I chime in on every AW thread but...

    I loved the first game... one of my faves of 2010 so I'm rather hopeful this will be a full blown game/sequel.

    #fingerscrossed

  • cheeky-sod #8 6 months ago

    <3 Alan Wake!

  • VibratingDonkey #9 6 months ago

    It's a play on the American Dream, in case you didn't know. I like it since it reminds me of Max Payne.

  • Liquidoodle #10 6 months ago

    If this is the name, I get it, it seems to me like it's taking the piss in a good way like how Night Springs did the same. Just think Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and you will probably get what I mean ;)

    Can't wait for this, I'm sure anyone with worries about it being short lived will be met with relief when they play it. I'm also guessing having it on XBLA for Remedy means guaranteed sales as people can't really lend it to others to play and can't take it down to the local shop to trade it in.

  • -cerberus- #11 6 months ago

    American Nightmare. For the love of... :rolleyes: Remedy are such cocksuckers.

  • Badassbab #12 6 months ago

    I like AW a lot but I hope they improve the script. Out of the darkness and into the light (or vice versa) = clinched dialogue.

  • metallicorphan #13 6 months ago

    @VibratingDonkey

    Thanks for that,I am actually liking the title more now

  • ollyn #14 6 months ago

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  • cloudskipa #15 6 months ago

    Oh dear, even in this comments section I see that people are doubting the quality of the game due to it being an XBLA title, something I don't expect to see on a gaming sire like Eurogamer.. Remedy and other people involved gone to great lengths recently to assure gamers that this is not the case. Why is there this stigma that surrounds XBLA that it only offers games with little to no lasting value.

    XBLAfans brought this up in their most recent podcast as there's still so many "core" (I say casual) gamers who don't venture into XBLA, or they think XBLA = Castle Crashers. I truly hope this Alan Wake game sells well on XBLA as I want to see the series continue into the next generation.