To celebrate the game's 10th anniversary, we sat down with Matthew Porretta, the incredible voice actor behind Alan Wake, to talk about his experiences and memories.
To celebrate 15 years of Poets of the Fall, we spoke to Director, Akseli Tuomivaara, about creating the Alan Wake-inspired music video, War. [Photo by Tiia Öhman].
Over the past eight years, I've had the pleasure of interviewing some amazing devs and actors inc. Cam Rogers, Kathy Tong, Fred Berman, Ilkka Villi, and Christopher Forsyth.
Following the Alan Wake Remastered patch released last month, Remedy has announced a follow-up for PlayStation owners to help fix an additional issue that snuck through.
The mini update (1.0.0.5) fixes the audio mixing resulting from the previous patch for the PS4 and PS5. News of the fix came through the studio's Twitter page last week.
If you haven't yet updated Alan Wake Remastered, the December update also included improved title stability, fixes to the Episode 2 lift clip, general visual fixes, and a solution for the rare bug that played cinematic audio in mono.
You can find the full list of changes, along with specialised fixes for PC and Xbox editions, HERE!
🛠️ Alan Wake Remastered will receive an update for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 today.
Update 1.0.0.5 fixes the audio mixing bug introduced in last week's update. Thank you for your patience while this issue was fixed! #AlanWakepic.twitter.com/SvRhYJGsmq
Earlier this month, Smilegate released a new trailer looking at their multiplayer campaign in CrossfireX. The cvideo spans a minute long and showcases the combat style, weapons, locations, and objectives that players can expect to find in the upcoming adventure.
CrossfireX is a collaboration between Smilegate and Remedy, with Smilegate developing the multiplayer section of the game and Remedy developing its single-player. The title is set to launch exclusively on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on February 10th.
CrossfireX is a free-to-play title coming exclusively to Xbox. The game includes an online multiplayer allowing teams of 2-16 players to join in on the action. It also features a single-player story mode developed by Remedy. The single-player experience will be available to purchase, with more details about the format and cost to come later. At the moment, there are conflicting stories regarding multiplayer access requiring Gold Membership across the Xbox and CrossfireX websites, but hopefully, we should get concrete news soon.
According to the developers, CrossFireX's single-player campaign sees a "sprawling global conflict between Global Risk and Black List" two private military groups. "Global Risk’s agents use advanced technology to fight for order and security, while Black List’s mercenaries fight to destabilize regimes in the name of freedom". Like a lot of Remedy's previous work, it isn't a straightforward battle between good versus evil but a battle between two morally-grey factions.
With its launch date fast approaching, momentum has been building on the marketing side. Last month, Remedy and Smilegate invited IGN, Easy Allies, and COGconnected to check out CrossfireX's single-player experience. You can read their impressions, HERE!
Official Synopsis: CrossfireX delivers an intense first-person shooter experience where players are immersed in a sprawling global conflict between the world’s two most formidable private military factions: Global Risk employs veterans of powerful armed forces who use advanced technologies to fight for order and security; Black List employs hardened mercenaries trained in guerilla tactics who fight to destabilize oppressive regimes in the name of freedom. Choose your side and complete objective-based missions across a variety of classic and innovative modes featuring tightly crafted gameplay and cinematic visuals
Remedy fans who purchased Alan Wake Remastered will be getting a new update this week which fixes a number of reported issues including as clipping, mono audio, and screen tearing. The patch will also be making general improvements to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC (The Epic Store).
If your platform of choice has updates set to automatically download, the update should be ready for you now. If you need to manually install it, it's estimated to be in the area of an hour to download for a number of players.
You can see the full list of changes below:
PATCH NOTES PS4: 1.0.0.4 | PS5: 1.0.0.4 | Xbox One: 1.0.0.9 | Xbox Series X/S: 2.0.0.5
Performance
Improved title stability
Progression
Fixed the Episode 2 bug involving the "Reach the top of the mill” objective, in which the lift clipped through the stairs
Sound
(XBOX ONE) Fixed the audio lag that was present in some cinematics
Fixed the rare issue where cinematics audio would play in mono
Congratulations! We've made it through another year, and it was a pretty intense one!
While things were off to a quiet start, things got busy fast. Not only did we have the reveal of Alan Wake Remastered AND Alan Wake 2, Remedy published their new webstore (with Bright Falls Blended coffee!), Poets of the Fall released a new single, Max Payne turned twenty, and Quantum Break turned five. If you thought that was hectic, Alan Wake Remastered was also released just over a month after its reveal, making its debut on PlayStation.
