We've assumed for awhile now that the second expansion to the most excellent third-person shooter Control, entitled AWE, would somehow cross over with Remedy's pre-Control cult hit Alan Wake. The title of the expansion is kind of a giveaway, for one thing, and various bits of Alan Wake lore is salted around in various spots throughout Control, too.During today's State of Play online presentation, Remedy made it official. First, the sound of a typewriter, and then an ominous warning: «Whatever you do, stay in the light,» an obvious reference to Alan Wake's gameplay, which involved hauling ass between light posts to avoid getting clobbered by the shadowy «Taken.» And then, for just a second, this guy:
We’ve assumed for awhile now that the second expansion to the most excellent third-person shooter Control, entitled AWE, would somehow cross over with Remedy’s pre-Control cult hit Alan Wake. The title of the expansion is kind of a giveaway, for one thing, and various bits of Alan Wake lore is salted around in various spots throughout Control, too. During today’s State of Play online presentation, Remedy made it official. First, the sound of a typewriter, and then an ominous warning: «Whatever you do, stay in the light,» an obvious reference to Alan Wake’s gameplay, which involved hauling ass between light posts to avoid getting clobbered by the shadowy «Taken.
