In a rare move, Remedy Entertainment has lowered the minimum PC system requirements for Alan Wake 2. The unexpected change arrived as part of the game's latest patch that Alan Wake 2 players can download as of March 6.
16.02.2024 - 12:27 / ign.com / Alan Wake / Tero Virtala
Alan Wake 2 has sold 1.3 million copies since going on sale on October 27, 2023 across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC via the Epic Games Store, making it developer Remedy Entertainment's fastest-selling game ever.
Alan Wake 2 had sold one million copies by the end of 2023, and shifted an additional 300,000 copies as of the beginning of February 2024, Remedy revealed.
Trumpeting Alan Wake 2’s ongoing sales, Remedy said the game had sold over 50% more copies and over three times more digital copies in its first two months than Control did in its first four months. Control has sold over four million copies since going on sale in 2019, generating net revenue of around €100 million (roughly $107 million).
“A great game can generate excellent long tail sales, and we expect this to be the case with Alan Wake 2 as well,” Remedy said in a statement.
“We will continue promoting and supporting Alan Wake 2 and are creating two paid DLCs that will expand the story. We are also releasing updates and carrying out other activities to support the game and its community.”
Alan Wake 2’s sales were a talking point late last year after the game failed to break into the top 20 U.S. game chart. But Alan Wake 2 had no physical release, and its publisher Epic Games does not provide digital sales data to sales tracker Circana, so Alan Wake 2 was never going to show up strong on the chart anyway.
Commenting now, four months after launch, Remedy CEO Tero Virtala said the company was “happy” with the start of Alan Wake 2’s sales, although it sounds like the game is unprofitable for now.
“The price point has also remained at a high level, and the game has already recouped a significant part of the development and marketing expenses,” Virtala continued. “We will continue to develop the game to serve existing fans and attract new players and expect the game to continue selling well.”
Virtala confirmed that Remedy’s other projects, Condor (a four-player co-op spin-off of Control to be co-published with 505 Games), Control 2, and the Max Payne 1 & 2 remakes, “have all increased development pace” thanks to staff coming on board from Alan Wake 2. These projects are now expected to reach their next development stages during the first half of 2024.
“We now have two established franchises: Control and Alan Wake, which are linked through the Remedy Connected Universe,” Virtala said. “Growing and expanding these franchises will be a key part of our future.”
In November, Remedy announced it had ditched the free-to-play model for a project called Codename Vanguard, which was set to be a free-to-play co-op game, but is now described as “a premium game with a strong cooperative multiplayer component”. This “reboot” resulted in a new codename:
In a rare move, Remedy Entertainment has lowered the minimum PC system requirements for Alan Wake 2. The unexpected change arrived as part of the game's latest patch that Alan Wake 2 players can download as of March 6.
Developer Remedy Entertainment has announced it has acquired the full right to the Control IP, something it previously shared with publisher 505 Games. Remedy reportedly paid 17 million euros for the privilege; however, 505 Games will remain publisher throughout 2024 while the transition takes place.
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Finnish games firm Remedy has bought the rights to its smash hit title Control.
Remedy Entertainment has acquired the full rights to the Control franchise as a whole from 505 Games, including both the already-released 2019 game, and any future projects. Those games include Control 2, co-op game Condor and anything else related to Control that Remedy cooks up.
Remedy Entertainment has confirmed it has acquired the full rights to the Controlfranchise from 505 Games, the company that originally published the 2019 title.
Remedy Entertainment has acquired full rights to the Control franchise from 505 Games.
Today, Remedy announced the acquisition of the full rights to the Control franchise from publisher 505 Games for €17 million, which is basically what the publisher had paid for the development of Control 2 and codename Condor to date. 505 Games will remain the publisher of the original Control through a transition period that will end on December 31, 2024.
Control has joined Alan Wake in being fully owned by developers Remedy Entertainment, as the studio announced they have acquired the complete rights to their supernatural shooter - including its upcoming sequel and co-op spin-off - from publisher 505 Games.
Remedy has officially gained complete ownership of the Control IP, signaling a new chapter for the franchise. After working with publisher 505 Games on Control, Remedy recently reached a deal with the publisher to hold full ownership of Control and its future sequels and spin-offs.
Remedy Entertainment has acquired the full rights to the Control franchise as a whole from 505 Games, including both the already-released 2019 game, and any future projects. Those games include Control 2, co-op game Condor and anything else related to Control that Remedy cooks up.