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http://www.vg247.com/2011/12/06/alan-wake-xbla-isnt-fully-fledged-aw2-says-remedy/

Just in case you didn’t get it before, Remedy has reiterated its upcoming Alan Wake XBLA title, tobe shown for the first time at the VGAs this weekend, is not a full Alan Wake 2.

The Finnish studio made the remarks after event organiser Geoff Keighley said on Major Nelson’s latest podcast yesterday the XBLA game was “effectively” AW2.

Remedy, while noting the complement the GTTV presenter gave, was keen to set the record straight in case any confusion arose.

“I’m very glad that he’s excited about it, he’s obviously saying very nice things and we’re proud of the game,” said MikkiRMD, aka Remedy’s senior writer Mikko Rautalahti, on the developer’s forums.

“However, I think that since he invokes the “Alan Wake 2″ name, I should reiterate what we’ve said all along: this new game is not Alan Wake 2, and if we intended it to be that, we’d have named it that. (I know he means it as a compliment, and I appreciate that, I just don’t want there to be any confusion about it.).”

Rautalahti’s remarks are similar to those of the studio’s head of franchise Oskari Hakkinen, who said when it was announced that more Wake was coming that it wouldn’t be a full sequel.

Alan Wake XBLA, rumoured to be subtitled Night Springs, is unveiled this Saturday.



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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.





http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-08-alan-wakes-american-nightmare-spotted



American Nightmare?Drew McIntyre?



KylieDog said:
Looking at the price of the Alan ake DLC vs the length, if this is 1200 points and ends up being 90 minutes long I'll be annoyed.

Not like you to be angry KylieDog.

OT, American Nightmare is a great title!!