The Sudden Stop: Remedy

15th September 2012
The Making of the Thriller Video Documentary

09:14 Rachel

Finally the weekend! And with it, the second behind the scenes video entitled The Making of the Thriller.

Last Friday, Remedy started posting the documentaries from the physical version of the Limited Edition boxset. As loading the three lengthy documentaries onto Steam wasn't exactly feasible, they found a way around it. The videos are unlisted but available to watch and be shared by the community.

Last Week's The Story of Remedy can be viewed HERE.

The Making of the Thriller focuses on the inspirations of the game. How the enemies were created and formed. And Matthew Porretta also makes a nice appearance. So what's not to like! Check out the video below.

8th September 2012
The Story of Remedy Video Documentary

11:27 Rachel

Fans who have purchased the Alan Wake Collector's Edition (or Bonus Content) from Steam may have noticed that several items were missing from their version compared to the physical Limited Edition on PC and XBOX360. The missing items are three videos documenting Remedy and the creation of Alan Wake.

As a 2GB update on Steam wasn't really feasible, Remedy are uploading the documentaries onto YouTube. So far only The Story of Remedy has been uploaded on the RemedyGames channel.

29th August 2012
Ilkka Villi and Matthew Porretta's Visit to Remedy

04:14 Rachel

A fantastic photoset has been posted on the official forums recording Ilkka Villi and Matthew Porretta's recent visit to the Remedy studios. Matthew was recording a commercial in Norway and extended his trip making sure to visit the developers.

Below are a couple of photos from last Friday. You can see the rest either via The Sudden Stop's Photo Gallery or at the forums.

From left to right: Ilkka Villi, Oskari Häkkinen, Sam Lake, Matthew Porretta, Saku Lehtinen, Mikko Rautalahti.

20th April 2012
11 New Job Positions at Remedy

09:41 Rachel

Remedy have now updated their website to include the second batch of jobs. There are 11 new job positions now available. They include:

Animation Programmer
Animation Tools Developer
Audio Programmer
Build Engineer
Lead Environment Artist
Level Designer
Scripter
Senior Environment Artist
Senior Facial Animator
Senior Outsourcing Artist
Technical Game Designer

The new positions will help Remedy focus on an unannounced project for next generation consoles. Full relocation for the jobs will be required, however this is something that the developers will help with.

For more details and for the job requirements, visit the Official Remedy page - http://www.remedygames.com/jobs

9th April 2012
Remedy's Screenshot Competition

10:37 Rachel

Remedy is currently running a competition over at their official forums. The challenge is to take an interesting, creative or funny screenshot from the Alan Wake games. The winner gets their photo printed and signed by Sam Lake (Creative Director and Lead Writer).

A couple of things to know....

Deadline:
April 15th - 3pm GMT

How to enter:

Take your screenshot
Email: community at remedygames dot com
Type in the email subject line; "Alan Wake Screenshot competition"
If you don't want your entry featured on Remedy's social media websites, to promote the competition, mention this in your email. Don't mention this in the subject line as your entry won't be picked up by the email filter.

Few extra details:

Open to ALL countries
No limit to the number of entries

Source: Remedy Forums

30th March
New Jobs Available at Remedy

20:52 Rachel

Remedy have recently posted, on their website, a number of new job vacencies. The increase in staff will allow the company to focus on future titles for next generation consoles.

Below is the list of the new jobs:

Tools Lead
Art Director
Animation Programmer
Animation Tools Developer
Audio Programmer
Build Engineer
Level Designer
Senior Facial Animator
Senior Outsourcing Artist
Technical Game Designer

For more details, check out the official site - Click Here

Remedy have stated that this is not the full list and a further batch will be added at a later date.

23rd March 2012
20 New Jobs at Remedy

09:44 Rachel

Remedy has recently announced that they will be advertising for 20 new positions at their company with the first batch of jobs appearing online as soon as Friday 20th March.

The company has also stated that the increase in employees will allow the developers to build a bigger team to work on games for future generation consoles. So far this is all they've said on the matter. Alan Wake 2 on the next XBOX, perhaps?

Living in Finland is a necessity and full relocation will be provided for successful applicants. More details will be posted at a later date.

Click Here to read details posted at the Remedy Forums.

28th August 2011
Tour of Remedy (Community Manager Visit)

17:13 Rachel

Earlier this month Remedy's Community Manager, Peter Papadopoulos, visited the Remedy's offices and posted his visit with photos at the Remedy Forums:

Hey guys I promised I would post up the pictures of my recent trip to the Remedy offices. I also promised I would post up a video tour of the offices.

I can, unfortunately, only deliver on one of those promises. I know! I'm a terrible, terrible person.

We had some issues with the video tour and my spare time is extremely limited at the moment as I'm working on some really cool things that you all will hopefully see soon. So it really is just a structuring of priorities and I hope that in the future we can release the video, but we're talking months - at least. I'll actually fill this post with screen caps from the video of some areas I didn't take pictures of, so it's not a complete loss.

In any case I can deliver on the photos and so I hope you all enjoy them. I'll write up a bit about each photo so you can get a bit of background on what you're actually looking at!