Summary
Alan Wake 2’s The Lake House DLC has been given an October release window by developer Remedy Entertainment. Last month,Alan Wake 2’s director Sam Lake appeared on the Summer Game Fest stage to announce a physical and collector’s edition of the smash-hit horror sequel coming this October. Simultaneously, Lake revealed the imminent release ofAlan Wake 2’s first DLC, Night Springs, which went live a day later.
Split into three distinct hour-long vignette chapters,Alan Wake 2’s Night Springs gives players control of three characters within itsTwilight Zone-inspired TV show world. Diner waitress andAlan Wake’s number one fan, Rose Marigold’s segment is basked in wonderfully surreal pink and teal hues as she jaunts through the woods surrounding Bright Falls to save the tortured writer. Jesse Faden, protagonist of Remedy’s 2019 action hitControl, leads another, creepier chapter set in Watery’s Coffee World at night that eerily parallelsControl’s story. Bright Falls Sheriff Tim Baker leads the final episode, which takes place on a video game set and takes the character on a wild existential journey spanning different video game genres.
In arecentAlan Wake 2FAQ, Remedy Entertainment revealed that the game’s second DLC, The Night House, is planning an October release. While no actual date was given, it’s possible that the expansion is looking to coincide withAlan Wake 2’s physical releaseon October 22, though this hasn’t been officially confirmed.
When Is Alan Wake 2’s The Lake House DLC Planning to Release?
Part of the FAQ gave a brief description of what fans can expect from The Lake House, describing the building as a “mysterious facility situated on the shores of Cauldron Lake set up by an independent government organization to conduct secret research…” This makes it seem like the DLC will have something to do with either the small Federal Bureau of Control (FBC) hut or the Witchfinder’s Station, both found inAlan Wake 2’s Cauldron Lake area. Whether The Lake House will be split into three chapters like its preceding Night Springs DLC is unknown. However, Night Springs' status as a TV show justifies its episodic structure; The Lake House may turn out to be a single, straightforward experience.
With a sequel toControlconfirmed to be in development, and considering the DLC’s strong likelihood of FBC involvement, there’s a possibility that The Lake House could besetting the stage forControl’s upcoming follow-up. Night Springs has already brought Jesse Faden into the fold, albeit within the Night Springs TV show; perhaps she’ll have another role to play in The Lake House as well. With the DLC now aiming for October, fans will only have a few more months to wait to find out.
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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?
