There’s been a not-insubstantial outcry of concern from fans of the Alan Wake franchise following the announcement that the series’ next installment, Night Springs, would be an XBLA exclusive. Worried parties shouldn’t fear a sea change in the original game’s setup — on the game’s forums, Remedy community manager Peter Papadopoulos explained it will be “structured like a full release,” asking posters to “wait for the official announcement before making up your mind.” But … but we’ve already rolled out our Jump to Conclusions mat!
Remedy CEO Markus Mäki also chimed in on the forums, adding, “If you’re thinking about this in terms of some kind of a, I don’t know, super simplified ‘we still use the name but changed everything about it’ version of Alan Wake, let me just say that this is not the case. That’s all I’m gonna say.”
Other than these defensive statements, all we have to go on is the meager announcement from yesterday, as well as the supposedly leaked title screen acquired by XBLAFans this past May, posted above. We’ll have to wait until the VGAs to see the game in action — or, as the title screen would seem to hint at, in “Arcade Action.”
Alan Wake: Night Springs developer defends decision to go XBLA originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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