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Fans of Remedy Entertainment and its renowned IP Alan Wake, may have been taken by surprise at Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal, when the studio showed off its new game, namely Quantum Break. We have some story details about the game but other than that, a vague trailer and three screenshots, we know nothing about the mysterious new title.
So what’s the deal, then? What the heck happened to Alan Wake 2? The Remedy’s creative director Sam Lake explains the situation in a new video, the content of which can be found immediately below:
The next big game from Remedy won’t be Alan Wake 2. For a lot of you that can come as a surprise and as a disappointment, and I wanted to give a bit of perspective to that.
After the first game, we worked hard to make the sequel happen. But you know these games are huge undertakings and many things need to fall in place: the right partners and the funding. From the creative perspective it would be awesome if we could just create cool stuff and not worry about minor details like money. But we all know that that’s not the case.
When Alan Wake came out it was not a huge hit on day one. It has been doing really well since then. It’s become a cult classic, which is really nice. The Alan Wake franchise has moved more than 3 million copies since, which is a nice figure. But when the game was released that was not the case immediately, and even though we worked hard on it, the sequel was not happening. The time wasn’t right for that.
[We could have developed] a less ambitious sequel, but we felt that wouldn’t have done justice to you guys, to us – we want to be proud of everything we create – and certainly wouldn’t have done justice to Alan Wake.
More about Remedy Entertainment’s Quantum Break will be revealed at E3 2013.
Video Thirst: No Alan Wake 2 Because Of Money
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