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Remedy's Myllyrinne on Alan Wake's long development cycle

"Some of your parents might be aware of our previous work," jokes Remedy's Matias Myllyrinne -- the company's last game, Max Payne 2, shipped in 2003. According to Myllyrinne, it's been such a long time in part because "it's easier to iterate on a product than to bring something totally new."

The company has been working on Alan Wake ever since, and the project's scope and gameplay style have evolved over its many years of production. Myllyrinne spent most of his talk at DICE last week illuminating why and how the company had spent so long in development -- which is now finally finished.

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Gamer buys 4,000 copies of Alan Wake, none of them work

Alan Wake, from Max Payne and Control creator Remedy, is a horror classic, prompting one player to buy 4,000 copies that don’t even work.

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roadkillers30d ago

Kind of a goody story...

On a serious note, that is why I try activating gift cards asap. It's happened to me where the store didnt scan it right where the card was unusuable. Happened at Wally World.

gigoran829d ago

wait, that place is real? national lampoon wasn't kidding?

Tacoboto29d ago

I just bought two of the MonsterVerse Godzilla movies on 4K - both had digital copies expiring in 2023. Both were actually expired.

I'd be surprised but it's WB, of course they'd actually expire them

Knightofelemia30d ago

Usually most of those redemption card have an expiry date on them. If they expired all buyer did was buy recycled paper. And some of those codes are country locked to certain countries. I buy a card from the States I can't use it in Canada.

Chocoburger29d ago

Dumb and silly story. She wasted her money for no reason.

Is it really that hard to go to Steam or GOG. She spent $240, when its currently 70% off on GOG, and only costs $4.49.

Gee, I wonder, should I spend $240 on eBay, or $4.49 on GOG? 🙄

Rynxie29d ago

Most likely she wanted to resell a few or most of them. However, it was a too good to be true situation.

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Profchaos29d ago

So in short she paid $240.00 assuming usd for a bunch on unactivated game codes.

I still don't understand why I guess cause there's not a physical version and she wanted something for a collection or art project.

Rynxie29d ago

No, most likely to resell. However, she ended up getting screwed.

Asplundh29d ago

This is Alan Wake 1, it had physical copies.

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Previously On... Alan Wake

Alan Wake 2 continues the writer's story, 13 years later.

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A thermos is upending the Alan Wake community

Remedy has Alan Wake merch on sale, including a pretty blue thermos. Unfortunately, things haven’t gone according to plan, and many players who want a thermos find themselves without one, though it does appear that Remedy is attempting to fix things. Nevertheless, it has resulted in a lot of upset, illustrating just how much the thermos means to Alan Wake fans.

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