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With the increasing buzz aroundAlan Wake 2leading up to its release, Remedy Entertainment has an opportunity to capitalize on the franchise’s return to the popular gaming world by producing more novels based on the character and series. A series of tie-in novels based onAlan Wake 2and the overall IP following its return after a 13-year wait would be the perfect way to keep up the current momentum for the series, while also allowing the studio to expand on its rich lore and world-building for any future or relatedAlan Wakeprojects.
Producing additional novels set inthe world ofAlan Wakewould be especially fitting given the nature of the main character as an author. Remedy has previously declared its plan to have all its properties relate to each other under the banner of the “Remedy Connected Universe.” This would include any additional cross-media content, which the studio is well-known for producing alongside and often inside its games.
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Alan Wake Should Have His Own Novel Series
Remedy has already produced multimedia content forAlan Wake. A tie-in novel based on the original game’s events was published near its release in 2010. However, it differs in various minor ways, and is not generally consideredofficialAlan Wakecanon. There was alsoBright Falls, a live action miniseries serving as a prequel of sorts, released around the same time. It expanded the world, if not the story, beyond the core of the game itself and introduced a number of interesting elements that could serve as inspirations going forward. Later in 2018, Remedy revealed that talks were in place for anAlan WakeTV adaption. Since mid-2022 though, there have been no further updates or developments on its status.
With so much existing source material to draw from, Remedy has a lot of potential directions to take if they do decide to create newAlan Wakenovels. One interesting angle would be to have them written from Alan’s point of view, perhaps even in his signature “style.” Another would be to produce real world versions ofAlan’s Wake’s “Alex Casey” series, thehard-boiled noir detective thrillersthat the character is famous for writing in-universe as part of his backstory. Both possibilities would lend themselves well to enhancing the world ofAlan Wake.
Latter Remedy titles contained multimedia components, like thelive-action sequences inQuantum BreakandControl. Notably inQuantum Break, these were 22-minute “interactive” episodes in which players could choose between various branching narrative paths. This created “ripples” that affected later scenarios, impacting things like alternate versions of scenes to the fate of certain characters. Actions and decisions during gameplay also changed minor details and interactions within these sections.Alan Wake 2has already been shown to contain similar live-action elements, though to what extent players have agency over them like in previous titles is not quite clear.
Remedy has its work cut out as it prepares to juggle all these elements in future content. Though the idea ofthe Remedy Connected Universeis good in theory, balancing so many increasingly intricate details across such a broad range of properties and media has its possible drawbacks. Remedy must be mindful to keep everything consistent, particularly given the nature ofAlan Wake’s setting.
For now though, fans will have to wait and see where the characters and overall story end up at theconclusion ofAlan Wake 2. Plot developments as well as critical and audience reactions will likely influence Remedy’s decision of whether it considers producing more novels for the series, and if so, what direction to take them in.
Alan Wake 2releases Jun 08, 2025, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
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