Treatment Leisure has introduced that its single-player psychological survival horror recreation Alan Wake 2 will launch on October 17.
The official gameplay reveal trailer was shared final night time throughout the PlayStation Showcase (Could 24), confirming that the sport will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC by way of the Epic Video games Retailer later this yr.
The upcoming sequel will function the return of horror novelist Alan Wake, however will even function a second playable protagonist — FBI agent Saga Anderson. The official trailer may be watched beneath:
In Alan Wake 2, Anderson can be investigating a string of ritualistic murders within the city of Brilliant Falls, however will quickly fall right into a nightmare when she discovers pages of a horror story that begin to come to life. “In some way the occasions appear to result in Alan Wake, the horror author who went lacking 13 years in the past,” the plot description reads.
Gamers will expertise two “separate darkish and disturbing paths” as they take management of Wake and Anderson.
Following the announcement, Treatment Leisure confirmed that Alan Wake 2 wouldn’t have bodily editions and can be a digital-only launch on all platforms.
The FAQ (by way of Eurogamer) reads that there are “presently no plans to launch Alan Wake 2 on disc”. Treatment defined additional, saying “a big quantity” of gamers “have shifted to digital solely. You should purchase a Sony PlayStation 5 with out a disc drive and Microsoft’s Xbox Sequence S is a digital solely console. It isn’t unusual to launch trendy video games as digital-only.”
Alan Wake 2 can have two digital variations at launch — a regular version costing £39.99, and a deluxe version at £54.99.
In different gaming information, Capcom has unveiled the primary gameplay trailer of its extremely anticipated fantasy role-playing recreation, Dragon’s Dogma 2 — set to launch on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.