This time we’ve been blessed with a bunch of new screenshots (see ’em here, probably of the PC version) as well as a real time video (here) demonstrating the game’s technology and environment at an Intel press conference yesterday.
Since it’s been a while, the story of Alan Wake is essentially as follows: Alan Wake is a horror novelist who gets his ideas from the nightmares he’s had since meeting his wife for the first time. One day she goes missing, and the nightmares stop. Soon, Alan finds he can’t sleep.
Unable to write, Alan starts scouring the countryside for his wife and runs across someone who looks almost identical to her in the sleepy town of Bright Falls. Creepier than that, he starts having nightmares again, only this time he isn’t sure what’s real and what isn’t as his nightmares start to become reality once it gets dark.
The screenshots have some really nice close-ups of Alan himself as well as a few examples of the weather and day cycles.
It’s a shame that we’ve still not seen anything in the way of gameplay, but these screens at least confirm that there’ll be driving and gunplay involved.
Given Remedy’s track record, this is another one to keep a close eye on. It’ll probably disappear from view again for a while, but next time we catch sight of it, you’ll hear about it right here.