IDK, the first chick had horse's teeth.

OT: Alan Wake looks awesome. Best looking console game this gen so far.

@Mirson I dunno, I'm just not seeing the charm yet I guess. Many a games look to have better graphics to me :/

I dunno what it is though :P After seeing Killzone 2 with it's incredible particle effects and wicked lighting engine, other games just seem more "tame" ish. I dunno :P The lighting in that pic just looks really off, it reminds me of like an old cover for some grahics card @_@

I like the atmosphere/look of the game. Also the dude has a nice coat.

@Mirson Yeah I suppose that shot's not bad. The worlds just feel so lifeless though :P I don't really like the look of the game much. I guess it's not bad though graphics wise.

Yeah I think that's part of it :P Without it being in motion you can't really deduct much. It just looks like a over for a hardy boys book xD Uncharted was different, since it was shot outside, you got to see tree's and color and it felt like you were immersed in a jungle just by screenies alone ^^ This is showing a city, and while I'm sure it needs to be empty for the gameplay elements, it just REALLY feels empty @_@

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wake

Story

Alan Wake is a bestselling horror writer. Early on in his career, his fiancée Alice was his muse. Just prior to meeting her, he had started to have strange dreams which he used as material for his first book. The book was a big success, a dream come true. But then Wake’s fiancée vanished without a trace. Wake was devastated. He couldn't write any more, his dreams stopped and he began to suffer from insomnia. At the beginning of the game, Wake travels to a sleep clinic to seek treatment for his condition. The secluded clinic is located near the small town of Bright Falls, Washington, far away from the stressful urban lifestyle. Receiving treatment at the clinic, Wake is able to sleep again. At the clinic, he meets a mysterious woman who is the very image of his missing fiancée, uncannily so. At once, his dreams return, this time as terrible nightmares. Wake begins to write again: a new book based on those nightmares. But something is horribly, horribly wrong. Impossibly, the town of Bright Falls starts to change to something awful that bears a close resemblance to Wake’s new book. Wake ends up fighting for his life with a gun and a flashlight in his hands, trying to understand what’s happening.

Gameplay

The dark forces (enemies) coming to 'take care of' Alan Wake are vulnerable to light. So the most useful weapon of all is actually the flashlight. You will be able to place booby traps which will illuminate when executed, etc. Light will weaken or hurt Wake's enemies, and creatively taking advantage of any and all light sources within Alan Wake's grim world is touted to be one of the more interesting aspects of play.

A cinematic trailer for the game was shown on 15th October 2008, just before the Max Payne film premiere.

Like Max Payne before it, the title Alan Wake is a philosophy. Combining the main character's first initial with his last name forms "A. Wake," or "Awake".

Remedy Entertainment also promised a free-roam 3-dimensional city, similar to the Grand Theft Auto series.

"The basic idea with the free-roaming world is that we give the player goals, and then the player can go about achieving those goals in the way he chooses. Alan Wake is more tightly character-driven and story-oriented, meaning that the player’s goals and missions are closely focused around Alan Wake and his story. Also, the setting, the tone and the game being an action thriller all set it clearly apart from the GTA games." – Sam Lake

"Intense cinematic action is something that we love to do, and Alan Wake features tense combat gameplay as well, but all things considered the game has a lot more emphasis on adventure and exploration than what Max Payne did. Driving is an integral part of the game" - Petri Järvilehto.

There will be no multiplayer in this game. "We'd much rather give the players a great single-player game, than a mediocre single and multiplayer game." -Petri Järvilehto.

Game sounds pretty awesome :P

I've been waiting for this game since '07. Also, I wonder when they'll show 360 gameplay? I want to see the difference between it and it's pc counterpart.

 It will be extremely close in detail of the world. The main difference will be resolution. The 360 version will be 720p as shown in the OP.

What strikes me is how incredible the games environment looks. The fact that the following pick is a gameplay screenshot as stated by the guy from Remedy is scary. Really looking forward to this game.

A CONFIRMED gameplay screenshot. Damn.

This game + Heavy Rain + Kingdom Under Fire 2 are the best visual looking games of 2009!