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The developers ofAlan Wake 2have officially released the patch notes for the game’s first update, which affects all consoles and PC, and mostly focuses on solving bugs and known issues.Alan Wake 2is a survival horror game, and while it has a perfectly scary atmosphere, it can be let down by glitches, so developers are rushing to fix everything quickly.
While it’s fair to say thatAlan Wake 2received a pretty good overall reception, it’s not free from technical issues. For instance,Alan Wake 2reviewscomplained about bugs, such as Saga Anderson’s case wall getting glitched, and a few game-breaking bugs like black screens blocking progress, for instance. So, these recent updates are a good first step to improve the overall experience.
Now, Remedy Entertainment has unveiled the official patch notes forAlan Wake 2. Each update has a different name depending on the platform: Xbox Series X/S (1.0.0.4), PS5 (1.00.05), and PC (1.0.6), and also fix different issues. All of them are focused on solving undisclosed bugs, but the PC patch also changes the error message when third-party apps stop the game from starting, for example. The Xbox update, on the other hand, deals with unique and UI-related graphical issues. In the post where the patch was announced, the team also affirmed that they are currently asking for player feedback to fix other technical issues and keep patching the game. They also claimed to be already aware of a specific bug in which audio is cutting off on Xbox and stated it’s being worked on. The update was rolled for PC and PS5 during the weekend and went live on Xbox Series X/S on Monday.
While essentially everything in this update is related to fixing bugs,Alan Wake 2fans can expect more interesting additions in the near future. A few days ago, Remedy confirmed thatAlan Wake 2would get a New Game+ mode. In this update, the players would be able to retain all their upgraded weapons, play at higher difficulty levels, and access new content via an “alternative narrative.”
Apart from this,Alan Wake 2will receive free DLC. The game’s director Sam Lake affirmed that these DLC drops will be pretty significant, but did not unveil many details about them so far. Additionally,Alan Wake 2will get two paid expansions, which will be called Night Springs and Lake House.
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A string of ritualistic murders threatens Bright Falls, a small-town community surrounded by Pacific Northwest wilderness. Saga Anderson, an accomplished FBI agent with a reputation for solving impossible cases arrives to investigate the murders. Anderson’s case spirals into a nightmare when she discovers pages of a horror story that starts to come true around her.Alan Wake, a lost writer trapped in a nightmare beyond our world, writes a dark story in an attempt to shape the reality around him and escape his prison. With a dark horror hunting him, Wake is trying to retain his sanity and beat the devil at his own game.Anderson and Wake are two heroes on two desperate journeys in two separate realities, connected at heart in ways neither of them can understand: reflecting each other, echoing each other, and affecting the worlds around them.Fueled by the horror story, supernatural darkness invades Bright Falls, corrupting the locals and threatening the loved ones of both Anderson and Wake. Light is their weapon—and their safe haven — against the darkness they face. Trapped in a sinister horror story where there are only victims and monsters, can they break out to be the heroes they need to be?
