Alan Wake 2 was probably the greatest video games of final yr, and now gamers have a cause to start out up the sport once more. And this time, it has little or no to do with Alan Wake himself.
Night time Springs is a brand new DLC for Alan Wake 2, and it’ll function acquainted characters to gamers of the “Remedyverse” video games. Spanning over three “episodes” gamers will take management of The Waitress who seems to be like Rose Marigold from the video games and is obsessive about Alan Wake, The Actor who seems to be like Sheriff Tim Breaker from Alan Wake 2, and The Sibling who bears a putting resemblance to Jesse Faden, the principle character from 2019’s Management.
The trailer gives the look that the characters of the DLC are presupposed to be completely different than their in-game counterparts, to go together with the very Twilight Zone-like expertise of Night time Springs, which is an TV present function within the Alan Wake video games. It’s unclear how this new content material will tie into the precise sport as of proper now.
Sam Lake, the artistic director and author of the sport, made the announcement on Friday’s Summer season Sport Fest, though the Alan Wake 2 Twitter account teased the information earlier within the week.
Coming with the DLC on Saturday are just a few new additions to the sport corresponding to new trophies and achievements for the DLC and a Photograph Mode.
Lake additionally revealed that there will likely be pre-orders for bodily editions of Alan Wake 2. The Deluxe Version comes with the sport and completely different in-game skins and outfits, and it comes out on Oct. 22 for $80, in keeping with Enterprise Beat. There’s additionally a Restricted Collector’s Version of the sport made by Restricted Run Video games, and it’ll embrace the Deluxe Version content material, a Collector’s Version field, a duplicate of the Angel Lamp from the sport, an Ocean View Resort Keychain and key, a Espresso World pin set and an Alan Wake 2 artbook. The restricted version comes out in November and can price $200.
Alan Wake 2’s Night time Springs DLC comes out on Saturday for PS5, Xbox Collection consoles, Steam, and Epic Video games Retailer. The brand new content material is a part of the sport’s Growth Cross, which was included with the deluxe version of Alan Wake 2. These with the usual version will pay the $20 for the improve.