Moderators on the official Alan Wake forums have clarified that they have no idea when the media "blackout" on the title will end.
So much for the initial promise the blackout "won't continue for too much longer", which sent the Internet bananas earlier.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "All in all, it’s not hard to see why Alan Wake has received a bit of a cult following (there’s that famous foreshadowing again). It’s a title that blends themes and gameplay, while pushing the limits of storytelling by putting stories within stories and letting you read those stories before you get to that part in… the story. It has flaws, to be sure - the gameplay side can’t quite keep up with the rest of its ambitions - but overall it’s a great game that stands out among its peers and is undeniably… one for the books."
Remedy has announced a new Alan Wake book and more as part of their anniversary celebration.
Alan Wake, from Max Payne and Control creator Remedy, is a horror classic, prompting one player to buy 4,000 copies that don’t even work.
Kind of a goody story...
On a serious note, that is why I try activating gift cards asap. It's happened to me where the store didnt scan it right where the card was unusuable. Happened at Wally World.
I just bought two of the MonsterVerse Godzilla movies on 4K - both had digital copies expiring in 2023. Both were actually expired.
I'd be surprised but it's WB, of course they'd actually expire them
Usually most of those redemption card have an expiry date on them. If they expired all buyer did was buy recycled paper. And some of those codes are country locked to certain countries. I buy a card from the States I can't use it in Canada.
Dumb and silly story. She wasted her money for no reason.
Is it really that hard to go to Steam or GOG. She spent $240, when its currently 70% off on GOG, and only costs $4.49.
Gee, I wonder, should I spend $240 on eBay, or $4.49 on GOG? 🙄
Most likely she wanted to resell a few or most of them. However, it was a too good to be true situation.
So in short she paid $240.00 assuming usd for a bunch on unactivated game codes.
I still don't understand why I guess cause there's not a physical version and she wanted something for a collection or art project.
Bah... the internet is a web of deceitful lies....
Disappointed...
Im hoping to see some information at E3 or XO8 or trickle little bits of information every now and then. Also RIPHDVD stop trolling, I've banned you from the gamer zone.
Alan Wake is going to be one of the MOST epic titles of 2008. I saw the tech demo trailer back in 2005 and let me tell you, it was LEGENDARY!!!! I mean the cold hard stale look of Alan running around particles and day changing to night was AMAZING! THEN THEN the screenshots!!! The screens are still THE BEST MOST EPIC GRAPHICS I have EVER seen in my LIFE!
It puts to shame ANY new title thats been created since 2005, AND it holds up! I mean come on, what other titles have lens flares and bloom!? NONE!
This brings me to the EPIC STORY! Alan Wake WILL be the defining game of our lifetimes. Some had pong, others had mario. WE gamers will have Alan Wake. Max Payne was the best game that I have EVER exp.. best THING I have ever experienced in my lifetime! Its hard to believe that they can do it again with Alan Wake, but from the complete lack of information, updates, and or news. I am 100% CONVINCED that this story and game will be HUGE and EPIC. It takes place in this mountain town(sold already!) And you can walk around cars. PLUS you have a flashlight! From that i can deduct a few things.
- Alan Wake is a soldier of sorts. He does appear to be a war torn veteran, or he is fighting for the wrong reasons. The place where the story takes its cues is called "Mountain Town." Its a small town where people travel to, to get away from the real world. To escape. Inside of this world mysterious things go on, people turn up missing. But since Alan Wake doesn't care about people, it doesn't matter to him. He keeps his nose down, and minds his own business. Until one fateful night. His flashlight comes up missing.
- Alan Wake has set the bar for visuals in gaming. Even though yes, I haven't seen anything but a PC demo from 2005 I can tell these things. It will probably need a 20 core'd machine to run, Of course the 360 won't need an update to run a game this complex, Have you seen Mass Effect? Performance MEGATON, no framerate dips. Fully flawless stream loading, as well as multiple animations per character. Each Character has 1 run cycle, 1 walk cycle, and 1 talk cycle. EPIC. Alan Wake seems to employ the use of Quantum Physics and magic to calculate the particle systems and fully indestructible environments which appear to be very very high poly. This is all good news considering from what I've seen in the 3 screenshots of the game from day to night... that Alan Wake will take place on 1 single map. The Map of the entire WORLD is to be used as the sandbox environment for this title. This means that you can realistically walk from California to NYC if you wanted(stream loading) or take a bus/car/plane/transformer. It's surely going to be one of the most graphic heavy games we have seen in a while, and thats just based on lens flared screenshots, and what xboxBoB56 says on the Remedy forums.
-Infinite Gameplay. From what I can also tell is that Alan Wake is going to be made in the way to where every single interaction with the 200+ A.I characters is different by time of day/mood/or what you do. There is NO WAY to play the game the same way through twice, because it is randomly different each time. This means that you can play Alan Wake OVER and OVER and OVER again, because there are an infinite number of dynamically driven endings using the power of the 360. Core users don't need to be worried either, because this game will run on a super computer, as well as a core 360 without a HDD.
I wont lie, I think this one title. This SINGLE title will destroy every other title out there, and more than likely opposing game systems. Alan Wake is the biggest movement in videogames since the joystick. Its really going to define the way that we LIVE through games, because we will no longer be PLAYING.
Wait.... Oh I read the story wrong, I thought it said the Blackout was over... It says that story is debunked... Nevermind.
Good thing they came out and squashed it before the hype got too big. I want to see more on Alan Wake like everyone else but I understand them not trying to spoil too much and keep the game fresh and exciting when it hits.
But on the other hand people want to see progress of some kind to keep themselves excited about the title, they are going to have to show something sometime soon.