Alan Wake publishing rights reverted to Remedy

From GameWatcher: "Alan Wake has long been in an odd sort of publishing limbo, where Remedy wished to make new games, but simply couldn't, due to various legalese that is as arcane as it is dense. Now, though, the company has regained full publishing rights!

At the moment of writing, Alan Wake publishing rights have reverted to Remedy in relation to their 2.5 million euro royalty gain in the form of a one-time income. Does this mean there are more Alan Wake games coming in the future? We don't know, but we are excited."

[DarkOcelet]

Hell yes! Now lets get Alan Wake 2 after Control!

[sushimama]

You know what would be funny? If the rumors were true and Sony aquired Remedy and they released Alan Wake 2 as a PS5 exclusive. I've seen so many Xbox fans ask for Alan Wake 2 and it always falls on deaf ears.

[DarkOcelet]

I would rather just Alan wake 2 comes to all platforms plus Alan wake 1 and American Nightmare making their way to the ps4 and the next-gen consoles. Not every game has to be exclusive and sadly exclusivity didn't help Remedy with their sales i just want them to make their games available to as many people as they can so they can keep making awesome games.

[VenomUK]

Alan Wake PS4 Ultimate Edition with all the dlc, I'm up for that.

[Donnie81]

Sony is to poor to acquire a headache remedy much less the studio. Out of the big three there’s only one buying studios right now and it sure isn’t Sony

[Ju]

"Sony is to poor"...of course it is.../s

[MasterCornholio]

@Donnie

Sony is currently looking to aquire new studios. And as for Microsoft they haven't been aquiring really large and expensive studios so I can see Sony doing the same quite easily.

"President and CEO Jim Ryan stated Sony’s strategy to acquire first-party studios for more exclusives. Knowing Sony, we could be looking at potential studios that are considered to be the best in the business."

https://www.player.one/sony...

[KyRo]

Donnie, there was a article just this week saying how Sony want to buy timed exclusives ready for the PS5 so I'm not really sure where you've got the impression that Sony is to poor. This isn't the same Sony it was 10 years ago which was in a ropey financial situation.

[majiebeast]

Microsoft only buys bargain bin studios that can churn out mediocre trash for gamepass.

[MasterCornholio]

@Donnie

Oooo look what just got submitted.

https://n4g.com/news/227603...

:)

[AmUnRa]

No, not gonna happen, the game ( franchise probably) is now full in the hands of Remedy so the realese of next game will be multiplatform. However, a release of the first Alan Wake on the PS4 is possible😉

[Hyperstrada]

They gave out the Alan Wake games free when I bought QB. I didn't like them much. I stopped playing not far into the game. I am not sure why so many Xbox fans ask for Alan Wake 2. QB was ok Control looks ok.

[agnosticgamer]

@Sushimama
Where are the rumors Sony will buy Remedy link, please? Whether Sony acquires or Remedy simply makes the sequel on their own I would love that. And Sony looking into acquisitions doesn't mean they are buying Remedy.

[Babadook7]

"Tragic irony" you mean.

[x_xavier_x]

@sushimama

Why would that be funny? Explain to me the basis for finding humor in your scenario.

[Silly gameAr]

That would actually be kind of missed up.

@donnie81
A company with billions is too poor? Where do they make guys like you at? Made me feel like this was the ps3 and xbox360 gen again, where Sony was supposedly going to go belly up.

[hiawa23]

Put the games on all platforms. Better for all gamers and the industry, imo.

[DJStotty]

@majiebeast

So the developers of Hellblade - senuas sacrifice (Ninja Theory) is a trash developer now?

[Kribwalker]

Game was amazing. bought it at launch and been waiting for a sequel. If it comes to ps4 you should buy it, and hopefully now a sequel will be made

[DarkOcelet]

I already have it both Alan wake and American nightmare on both Xbox and PC and actually just replayed both games on Steam almost two weeks ago. And definitely agree that the game was amazing. Lets hope Mr.Scratch makes a comeback when Alan wake 2 happens.

[GameStallion]

Woot! Can’t wait, the story kind of left on a see what happens in Pt. 2 note.

BTW wondering who they got the rights back from though, just curious. Article doesn’t say unless I missed it.

[DarkOcelet]

Microsoft had the publishing rights for Alan wake. Hope that answers your question :)

[zsquaresoff]

Maybe now they can release it for Ps4. Always wanted to play this game but didn't want to buy an Xbox for it.

[coretone]

It's also for the Windows PC, If that helps at all.

[Livingthedream]

Lol, sorry just all the PS FANBOYS always say they don't need an Xbox cuz the games are on PC as well.

[badz149]

@Livingthedream

what's so funny about it? it's the truth. I've never own any xbox in my life but I have both Alan Wake games on PC. not my cup of tea but I just got them for cheap before it was pulled out from Steam store back then.

it's Xbox fanboys that are feeling insecure about their purchase because non-xbox owners are getting all their "exclusive" games and not having to pay a dime for XBL Gold as MP is free on PC.

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

@Living

Yeah that would be me. I still dont need an Xbone. You must have a rotting brain if you think this is made up lmao. Like for real? Im not spending $400 on something for no reason.

[Imalwaysright]

It's a game that many PS fans would love.

[aconnellan]

I hope it does come to the PS4, it’s a great game.

That said, I have a genuine question (unrelated). You said you wanted to play it, but didn’t want to buy an Xbox for it, which is fair - but isn’t that the kind of problem MS wants to solve by having their games launch on PC as well (and the xCloud when it’s out)? And yet people instead say “but now it doesn’t give people a reason to buy an Xbox”.

Isn’t making their exclusives more accessible to people who don’t want to drop hundreds of dollars for the console a good move for gamers? Or is there something that I’m missing?

[Rude-ro]

The issue is the words “their” & “exclusives”..
Most are just paid for and or rented for an extended period of time.

Halo, forza, and NOW, gears of war(first ones were ea games paid to be exclusive)

The point is, they do not have the games at all.

The only valid conversation to this day for Microsoft is all about the 360 days and most those games were not Microsoft’s either.

[OMGitzThatGuy]

I was under the impression that all PS4 gamers owned gaming PCs the way they try to justify themselves not buying an Xbox One

[ILostMyMind]

You are missing PlayStation. If Microsoft wants to make their exclusive games more accessible, drop them on PlayStation.

[UltraNova]

We should not use the term exclusive when it comes to MS anymore. IPs, that's the word.

To answer your question if they had desireable exclusives they would entice more people to buy their console. That would lead to a Gold sub, then to more games simply because no one would buy a console for one or two games they might like. That would lead to more more engagement thus more money for MS, but as long as those one or two MS games I might be interested in can be accessed elsewhere (with no subs required) I' wouldn't buy a MS Console.

[DJStotty]

Exactly Microsoft releasing their games on other platforms, just creates another game sale for them.

And after all, the software is where the money is made not the hardware.

[NarutoFox]

Played it on PC. It's a good game

[darthv72]

I play it on 360, xbo and pc. It's worth a play. Get it on pc for cheap if you dont want to play on xb.

[italiangamer]

Ok now this is interesting, add the recent tweets from Shu Yoshida visitng Remedy and their developers visiting Naughty Dog and Insomniac and we should have a good dose of speculation on our sight.

[MajorLazer]

Alan Wake is a truly fabulous game

[Ju]

They should re-release it for PS4 and see what that does. I'd be curious.

[Bronxs15]

That’s a good idea. I think it would sell gangbusters in PS4 and cement an assertion out there that PS4 is a platform full of gamers that just want great games and great games sell well there.

No one buying PS4 for 4K graphics and UHD playback like the one x. It’s the choice console of people they love great games and variety from persona to Spider-Man.

[gam3r_4_lif3]

@bronxs15 gamers that only play games if its on their preferred device sounds more like fanboys. A gamer would have found a way to play the amazing AW by now.

[rainslacker]

@Gamer

Not everyone is going to buy every console just to play every game out there. One console is actually enough for any one person, because there is more than just exclusives to play. Some people go the extra mile, like many of us, but the vast majority do not.

So, it's not a matter that they are choosing to not play it because it's on another console, it's because they choose not to buy another console which can play games which aren't on their preferred console.

[AngainorG7X]

That's good

[SyntheticForm]

This one of the best things I've heard in gaming in quite some time.

[on_line_forever]

The first one was so good

[Abnor_Mal]

Never played this series, but always heard good things about it though.

[SyntheticForm]

It's a really great single-player story game. Action-adventure kinda horrorish.

[Father__Merrin]

Remedy should be acquired by Sony to make single player story games. They could start with Alan wake remaster

[Potnoodle999]

I always expected/expect they will thrive and PlayStation in ways they never seemed to on Xbox. Their games just fit in more in the ps ecosystem. I think Having their games was like a tick box exercise for MS. Like, yep, got our high quality sp games that take 4-5 years to build!

[gam3r_4_lif3]

Would you guys make up your minds MS have no games or they are just doing a tick box exercise.

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

gam3r - ms has no games, that's why they've been on a buying spree. They've admitted as much themselves.

Maybe Sony helped Remedy re-aquire the publishing right to AW. ms fans have been screaming for AW2 for how long, ms couldn't find a way to monetize it. That's want a sequel was never done.

Shu visiting Remedy should be enough indication, but Rrmeedy visiting ND and Insomniac is HUGE.

[Spurg]

Making Alan Wake 2 is a must now.
Also people going on about Remedy exclusivly going to Sony have no grounds as they don't share a relationship. Remedy is currently making the Campaign for Crossfire X so they 2nd relationship with Microsoft is still strong.

[Godmars290]

Sony buys them and puts teams from Uncharted in charge of an Alan Wake reboot.

[LoveSpuds]

A multi-platform remaster of Alan Wake would be fantastic and just the thing to build excitement for a sequel, c'mon Remedy, you know it makes sense.

[on_line_forever]

Alan wake 2 on PS5 & PC 👍

[Imortus_san]

A Bad move from Microsoft.

[mark_parch]

good move for gamers though, Microsoft were never going to ok an alan wake to because the first didn't sell well even. I wish Microsoft would sell the banjo ip as well so we can get banjo threeie

[Imortus_san]

Company's like Sony, Capcom, Square, etc... all have IP's that are dormant for more them 10 years, Capcom as a ton with more then 20 years on, your argument is invalid.

[rainslacker]

Not really. MS wasn't doing anything with it.

[gamer7804]

I'd love to see a next gen version of alan wake 2. been waiting forever, I'm not sold on control doesn't seem to have much of a setting and story like Alan wake did.

[mark_parch]

agree, I have control on my radar but i'm not hyped for it. Alan wake had an incredible atmosphere, just walking around in that world was a joy.

[ApocalypseShadow]

You must have never played Psi-ops. If Control is playing anything like that, I'm in.

[gamer7804]

Have a psi ops original shirt actually given to me by one of the devs

[Abnor_Mal]

Now that's a game I wish could get a remake. Use to have so much fun replaying over and over, plus the danger room with the giant wrecking ball in the middle.

[Sophisticated_Chap]

This is good news. It was only a year ago I believe, where Alan Wake went on sale again, after being taken out of circulation digitally for a couple of years, due to some of the music rights in the game having been expired. Microsoft was cool enough to pay to renew the rights to the music, so that the game could be sold again.

This article really doesn't shed too much light on the ownership of the I.P., which Microsoft obviously agreed to hand over to Remedy. I'd like to see Sony follow suit, and hand ownership of the Resistance I.P. back to Insomniac, that we perhaps we could see the resistance series on PC, and god forbid, even on Xbox. As it sits right now, the Resistance I.P. has been buried.

[Moe-Gunz]

The rumored Sony acquisition looking more and more likely

[mrmikew2018]

i'm pretty sure the Alan wake series are coming to the PS4 or the PS5 now.

[StormSnooper]

Seems a PS5 release would be logical.

[Fist4achin]

Exciting! I loved Alan Wake and I would love to see more. Bring it!

[gangsta_red]

The first Alan Wake had a lot of potential and Ioved the episodic TV theme. But the gameplay seriously suffered from monotony similar to what I heard from their other game Quantum Break.

It would be great if they could go back to this game and maybe make it a semi open world or open world like they originally had planned instead of the linear, repetitive gameplay the first one had.

[Orionsangel]

Does this mean the Alan Wake games will return to the Steam store?

[Bigman4k]

That's a good thing

[xX1NORM1Xx]

Yessssssssssssss hopefully we get switch and PS4 ports and the pc version goes back on sale so we can all enjoy this great game it’s one of my favourite 360 games! When the pc version was about to be delisted I brought all my friends a copy.

[xX1NORM1Xx]

Ok turns out the pc version was already relisted a year after it was delisted my bad, I didn’t keep up on it because I already had it on 360 and pc.

[jbrock11]

If anyone hasn't watched the Alan Wake mini-series that they put out with the original, do yourself a favor, drop what you're doing and GO WATCH IT NOW. If they follow a similar story/feel for the 2nd game as that mini-series, it's gonna be one of the best horror games in years.

[Wulfer]

You'll get it about 6 years later so, you've got time to play another game!

[rivaldoo777]

Remedy games will probably perform really well when they come to PS4 as we all love SP story driven games. I hope they have good relation with Sony. Even great studio like insomniac suffers when they release game on other platform lol. Just come to PS and make your game shine.

[Noskypeno]

So is Sony going to rob all the Games now? Is Spiderman just the beginning?

[rivaldoo777]

No, what you talking about? I'm talking about the audience that Sony have compared to other platforms. MS nor Nintendo games dont support cinematic story driven games. Remedy games are a good fit to Sony.

[autobotdan]

Watch Nintendo buy out exclusivity rights

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Yes yes

[ScreamKween]

Alan wake is an incredible game.

[AK91]

This....................THIS A DREAM COME TRUE. I would LOVE to play Alan Wake 2, hope it happens SO many fans would be happy.

[QuePasa87]

I'm glad to see they haven't forgotten about AW. Maybe there is hope for AW2...

[Knightofelemia]

Surprised Microsoft never snagged the Remedy studio I am tempted to throw Alan Wake in and re run the game

[DeadlyAzuril]

Incredibly overrated game. The combat was boring and the storytelling was done in such a way that it boggles the mind who came up with it.

Telling the player what happens next in the pages, ruining all surprise for the player. Who thought that was a good idea?!

I played through it all and the DLC. Remedy know how to make compelling systems.. But got what a bore. Keen for control though looks cool. I'd like to see them get another crack at max payne

[Inzo]

Rumor going around that this is the exclusive Remedy and Sony are in talks about.

[Kribwalker]

do you honestly believe MS would give up publishing rights without some provision that alan wake 2 would have to be on xbox as well? I really doubt they’d say “here have your game back, and take it exclusively somewhere else”

[Christopher]

They wouldn't be giving up publishing rights then if there was a provision like that in said ownership? I mean, if they don't have the right to say no to Microsoft, then they don't truly have the publishing rights.

I think what you mean is if there was a separate contract where Remedy agreed to continue to publish their games on Xbox for a specific number of years (5 or 10 is usual). That's about all they could do, they couldn't give up the rights and then demand how they utilize those rights otherwise. It would require a new contract.

As far as @Inzo's comment, hard pass. I think they want to go third-party entirely.

[JonTheGod]

PS4 REMASTER PLEASE!!