One of the things that makes Alan Wake 2 a masterpiece is its ability to juggle multiple tones. It’s a dark detective story. It’s a metafictional surrealist horror story. It’s got humor, scares, and even a full-on musical number. Remedy flexed their tonal muscles earlier this year with Alan Wake 2’s first DLC, Night Springs, […]
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The plan is for the Alan Wake and Control video games to get potential small and big screen adaptations from Annapurna, an official press release from Remedy Entertainment details. Today’s press release announces, “Remedy Entertainment Plc (“Remedy”) announces a strategic partnership agreement with Annapurna Pictures (“Annapurna”). Annapurna will finance 50% of the development budget for […]
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Remedy continues to rack up the wins with its properties. Though this time, it’s not an accolade. Fresh off of the success of Alan Wake II and its sales, Remedy has announced that they’ve acquired all publishing, distributing, marketing, and other rights to their sci–fi thriller Control from publisher 505 Games. The deal also includes […]
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It’s been almost two years since Valve released their powerful Steam Deck handheld console. Since then, it’s been clear that Steam Deck verification has been a priority selling point for games of all sizes. If you’re looking to take your horror on the go, here are eight games that will run on the Steam Deck. […]
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Veteran film and television star James McCaffrey, who was best known to video game fans as the voice of Max Payne in the Max Payne series, has passed away at the age of 65. Initially announced by friend and The Blob actor Kevin Dillon on Dillon’s Instagram, McCaffrey’s passing was later confirmed by TMZ via […]
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People tend to conflate Lovecraftian horror with tentacled sea-monsters and secretive fish cults, but one of the absolute best of the author’s weird tales features almost none of the aesthetic elements traditionally associated with his writing. Following a college student who befriends a paranoid musician condemned to play strange melodies every night in order to […]
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As they did back in the summer, the Epic Games Store has made Remedy Entertainment’s award-winning action thriller Control available for free as part of the free-game-a-day holiday celebration. As with the previous games, you’ve got until 11:59am ET tomorrow to grab it. Unfortunately, this is not the Ultimate Edition of the game, but that […]
“Beyond the shadow you settle for, there is a miracle illuminated.” Those words by Thomas Zane spoken in Remedy’s Alan Wake are not as often quoted by fans as some other go-to lines–something like “It’s not a lake, it’s an ocean” comes to mind as a fan-favorite. But I nonetheless had Zane’s line on my […]
Remedy reports that not only has their superb sci-fi thriller Control reached over 10 million users, but they’ve begun work on that new game with Epic Games doing the publishing duties that may be another Alan Wake title. All of this comes from the developer’s latest financial report, which has seen their revenue increased from […]