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Alan Wake gets 21st May Euro date

New trailer sets month in stone.

Microsoft has announced an 21st May European release date for Remedy's action thriller Alan Wake. North Americans get the game slightly earlier on 18th May.

There's a new trailer fresh from Microsoft's X10 San Francisco event that you can watch over on YouTube. Video assets are supposet to turn up official several hours later.

Check out Eurogamer next Thursday, 18th February for embargoed hands-on coverage of the game.