Rumor: Alan Wake hiding in Steam registry, Remedy hints at PC release

by Alexander Sliwinski on Dec 13th 2011 6:00PM

Alan Wake may finally find the path to PC after almost two years of Xbox 360 exclusivity. Alan Wake forum users spotted telltale text in the Steam registry, indicating the game has (or had) some kind of presence on Valve's platform. This comes alongside Remedy's Executive VP Aki Järvilehto, passively mentioned the PC version to a Finnish website -- Just Push Start roughly translated him as saying there might be "some positive news to tell" PC fans in the near future.

During Alan Wake's lengthy development there was much back and forth about whether the game would ever launch on PC, with the scales eventually tipping toward console exclusivity.

Over a year later, and with a pseudo-sequel on the way for Xbox Live Arcade with Alan Wake's American Nightmare, we're hopeful for Alan's arrival on PC.

Via: Eurogamer
Source: AlanWake.com

Tags: Alan-Wake, pc, Remedy, remedy-entertainment

Reader Comments (56)

For all those who said that "exclusive titles" were a good idea........

@Hunter141072

Exclusives are fine, to an extent.

But Flashing Alan Wake to PC Gamers for 5 Years, having the PC as lead development platform, and having a PC version complete or near-complete but to find out at the END, that Microtard takes control of the publishing rights and forces the developer to release the game exclusively on the Xbox because Microsoft's exclusive lineup for their console is weak.

^Now this is what makes me mad.

It is almost as bad as Halo. Flashing Halo as a PC/Mac game only to find out that Microtard takes control of the game and decides to release it on their console for launch.

@Hunter141072

if your talking about its sales, it would of sold better if it didnt release near the monster known as RDR

@Hunter141072

Dumbest part is MS sabotaging their own Windows platform, as if they're so dumb they can't see Apple standing there waiting to do PC gaming better than MS. Bet it will have GFWL deleting saves all the time and generally interfering with the game.

@Dick Socrates
"Apple standing there waiting to do PC gaming better than MS"

Apple has shown little to no interest in bringing over the PC gaming crowd

@Faenix

games face releases against monsters almost in all their release dates, arkham had a monster called skyrim in front... both did good, both were released for all the platforms, both had success. if anybody thinks that a game like skyrim would´ve sold the same amount if it ´d been an exclusive title for any of the three main platforms then that person should never apply for the marketing section of Bethesda.

@Hunter141072

The game is still console-exclusive on the 360. PC doesn't count.

@Dick Socrates

yeah, i'm sure Apple is just chomping at the bit to innovate in the PC market by bringing casual games to those who have been playing them for free for years on their web browsers.

@xiLeShadow

I remember this well. I followed this game for quite awhile. I remember all the hype about how it was going to push the PC platform to the limit with it's light and shadows in the game. When the devs came out and completely disrespected PC users with some the stupid things they said I swore I'd never buy a game make by this dev.

I think PC gamers need to go back and see what the devs had to say about us, about how the PC platform isn't suited to scary games etc etc.

Go ahead and release it on PC, don't care, you lost me several years ago as a customer.

A lot of things are hiding in the Steam registry.

Well Fable 3 came to steam, and that was originally an Xbox exclusive.

@YouAintFatYouAintNotin
So did mass effect. It really has to do with who owns the IP, microsoft or remedy?

@CaramelZappa

Mass Effect was developed on PC and Xbox 360 at the same time. Just Microsoft started playing the Business-Gaming Politics game and decided to release the game as a timed-exclusive game.

@CaramelZappa
But Mass Effect released on PC and Xbox simultaneously, and it's not owned by Microsoft. EA is the publisher.

@Nolan North

Mass Effect 1 released at least 6 months earlier on Xbox 360.

@Nolan North

Mass Effect 1 was published by MS on the Xbox 360 (November 20, 2007), EA on PC (May 28, 2008).

Microsoft had exclusive rights to publish Mass Effect when it was released on Xbox 360 in November 2007. EA happened to buy up the Bioware-Pandemic partnership the previous month, hence EA published Mass Effect PC in May 2008. Presumably, something tying to the Microsoft exclusivity prevented Mass Effect from being released for PS3 even following the EA buyout.

Woohoo, facts

@darkinchworm
I should have known taking too long to post that would only end in someone beating me to the punch... :p

@xiLeShadow
My bad, was probably thinking it was just like Mass Effect 2.

To me what's more interesting about this is seeing a Microsoft Published game on steam. Previously, MS was stubborn and released games like Halo 2 or Gears 1 on GFWL and Retail only. Alan Wake coming to PC is surprising as it is, but MS caving and offering games on steam? I find that hard to believe. Then again, there are plenty of games available on steam that also use GFWL.

That said, I loved Alan Wake, and if it did happen to show up on steam, I'd buy it again.

@CaramelZappa
They probably just came to their senses and realized that they'd scrape up a lot more money by publishing games on Steam also. They never really had a "killer app" for GFWL, not pushing the hype train behind anything really. EA's mass hype behind Battlefield 3 paired with a forced reliance on Origin is helping them out, but for how long?

some of these kind of scarier games do really really well on PC, especially high quality titles. This should have been on PC in the first place, since I remember the first trailers and builds shown were running on a PC with crazy good hardware, stuff that never seemed to show up in the 360 version.

@HighFiveJesus
I scratched my head when they justified cutting the PC version because a horror game like this was "a better experience on console"

Hell no, a horror game like this is better when I'm completely immersed, close to the screen, with headphones on. Not laying around on the couch in the family room. I guess it's personal preference, though.

@CaramelZappa That still wouldn't be enough to actually make Alan Wake scary.

@Faceless Troll

What would make it scarier is playing this game at 60+ Frames per second at 1920 x 1080p+ Resolution.

Much Better than Xbox 360's 30 Capped Frames Per Second and at a Horrible 540p rez.

@xiLeShadow

Well. No. It still wouldn't be scary.

@Faceless Troll
What if you're scared of high resolutions and framerates?

@xiLeShadow
Aren't RAGE, Dante's inferno, and a few other games running 60fps on the 360?

@HighFiveJesus
I'm not even talking about technical graphics, just the tech demo showing the really cool dynamic physics and real time rendering. Seemed like they completely walked away from using those as something to draw in PC enthusiast types.

@Giovanni117

xiLeShadow is just a sad troll.

Maybe its just what's left from

Yessssssssss

Maybe its just what's left from when Alan Wake was supposed to be a Xbox and OC release.
Also comment fail.

@GeraltRivia *PC

Grr. Never commenting from my phone again.

Good news, always wanted to play this.

Well Microsoft has a great legal team so I'm sure "most" of the games they publish they try to own the game it's self or at least the publishing rights.

When & if it does come to PC, it will be Thur Gfwl or the new Xbox eco system they have planned. Either way its a win.

They should just call it Alan Sleep now, since its nothing groundbreaking like it was supposed to be.

@(Unverified)
That was about as funny as a cancer diagnosis.

@darkinchworm

Cancer isn't funny? O_O

@tendoboy1984
My point exactly :p

Or were you disagreeing? Ah, screw it.

The game will most likely be published by Microsoft, since they own the Alan Wake IP.

Nice.

Alan Wake is the only reason I still keep my 360 around. If I can play it on PC, I can sell my 360 and make back some of the money I wasted on it.

@houstons85

You don't like Halo, Forza, or Gears? Those are the only Microsoft exclusives I'd get if I had a 360.

@houstons85

man, don't lie houston. i've seen you comment before, and find it very hard to believe that you even own a 360 at all.

One less reason for me to reinvest in a 360. Maybe if Kinect gets some more good games outside of Dance Central and Gunstringer...

Now to wait for the eventual Steam sale. If they mark it at $50 Day One, though, I'll be a bit miffed. Making us wait, lying, cancelling, and then bringing it back at full price would be pretty shoddy.

But $30? Hrmmm, I could get behind that.

@TheKbob

Wow, so many Xbox haters. No love for Halo, or Gears, or Forza, or Fable?

@tendoboy1984

Halo was great,... I loved it on the PC and the original Xbox. Gears was great... until 2 jumped the shark and the multiplayer crapped the bed. DiRT is my racing series (PC versions are gorgeous), and Fable sucked after the first one.

Plus, I like investing $400 in hardware that doesn't break. After mine bit the dust, I went back to PC gaming.

My name is Alan (for real), and I am now awake.

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