Alan Wake has to escape from The Dark Place in Alan Wake 2.
Alan Wake has to escape from The Dark Place in Alan Wake 2.
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Alan Wake 2 gameplay — hands-on horror in two different worlds

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Alan Wake 2 is coming on October 27 on the PC and consoles, and it was fun to get to play two different levels from the game and then interviewed Remedy Entertainment creative director Sam Lake.

It’s been 13 years since the original Alan Wake came out. That was one of my favorite games of all time. I gave it a 98 out of 100 in my review. That game was mind bending, as it told the story of a writer going insane as the pages of his horror novel came to life — even while he doesn’t remember writing it. While Alan Wake was an action adventure game, Alan Wake 2 is a survival horror title and a psychological thriller.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.