Alan Wake 2 was one of the best-received game releases of 2023 from a critical standpoint, and the title seems to have done well for Remedy from a commercial perspective as well.
In a new press release from the developer, the team has announced that Alan Wake 2 has shifted 1.3 million copies as of the beginning of February 2024 - making it their fastest-selling game so far. Considering the game seemed to get off to a slow start on Xbox, this is great news coming out of the Finnish development studio.
As a result of this early success, Remedy now considers Alan Wake an "established franchise", alongside Control which already has a sequel in development. Here's what Remedy CEO Tero Virtala had to say on today's news - including some hints on what's coming up from the team:
"The successful launch of Alan Wake 2 has supported our other game projects: Condor, Control 2 and Max Payne 1&2 remake have all increased development pace thanks to the personnel released from Alan Wake 2, and we expect these projects to reach their next development stages during the first half of 2024.
We now have two established franchises: Control and Alan Wake, which are linked through the Remedy Connected Universe. Growing and expanding these franchises will be a key part of our future."
The fact that Remedy considers Alan Wake an established franchise is good news for longtime fans - fans who had to wait over 13 years for a sequel to the original Xbox 360 game. If you'd like to read up on our thoughts on Alan Wake 2, we'll drop our full written review down below!
Are you looking forward to more Alan Wake in future? Tell us your thoughts in the comments.
[source investors.remedygames.com]
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@Kaloudz What do you mean "crossovers?"
Max Payne is locked behind Rockstar and I don't see it letting go of the IP.
Quantum Break is locked behind Microsoft. Remedy managed to get Alan Wake from Microsoft, so I guess there is precedent there to get that back.
But I would say Control and Alan Wake 2 already have "crossover". The AWE DLC for Control had Alan Wake. Alan Wake 2 has the FBC, Ahti, references to Jesse Faden.
I loved the original and am currently playing tru the 2nd game and loving it but been playing other stuff lately but have to get back into the game and get the story done. It's great game tons of personality though
Loved the game. Bought it day one to support the studio and don't regret it. I needed to do the homework and watch many YouTube videos explaining what the hell was going on...and to be honest to this day I still don't understand a few things. Even with that I had a nice time with the game.
Unrelated subject: is a banisher ghost of new ee n's review coming out. I'm really loving the game..
Wild to me that it's only sold this much but a small niche series like Granblue managed over a million in less than 2 weeks.
I thought the game was too long and the story didn't always make sense. Looking at the evidence board was not always easy to navigate either. Decent game but far from great.
half sad in a selfish way, that such a niche game can be their most successful without any physical release at all really is the death knell for my disc based gaming.
but good on them, rare that delevopers like them manage to stay afloat and original these days.
So glad to see this game doing well for them, definitely one of the best games I’ve played in recent years.
This game was an absolute masterpiece
It's amazing considering the original came out 14 years ago and was exclusive to Xbox 360. They've done a great job in reviving interest in the IP with the remaster and sequel.
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