Alan Wake remains 360 and Vista-exclusive
Remedy Entertainment‘s visually stunning psychological thriller game Alan Wake is without a doubt one of the most hushed-up games ever announced. Why hushed-up? Well, Remedy remains tight-lipped about their brainchild, and the details that they release come just oh-so-sporadically.
Though we’ve given you the preview months ago, apparently there’s been some changes (and not just with the release date, I tell ya) with how the game will play out on your consoles and PCs.
Now with the sporadic updates in mind, we’re happy to inform you that our resident internet hounders were able to come across the following info about Alan Wake via Helsingin Sanomat:
- Alan Wake will be one of the games to be demonstrated on Windows Vista, and thus enabling Microsoft to put a firm hold on Remedy and the game production. Remedy’s lead game designer, Petri Järvilehto, says, “Microsoft has huge machinery for games production. If a team of 80 voice actors are needed from the States, they can provide it. Their test laboratory is also fantastic.”
- All the game characters have been modelled after actors, some of which will also be lending their voice talents in the game. All these actors are American, except for main character Alan Wake who’s modelled after the Finnish actor Ilkka Villi.
- And to answer PC gamers’ question, yes, the game will indeed be heading to PCs, although it will be Vista-exclusive.
- “Alan Wake will require either the Windows Vista operating system or Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming console as its platform. The game will not be translated for other consoles.”
However, this newfound deal with Microsoft is in no way seen by Remedy as a hindrance (what with the game being 360-exclusive and all), according to the developers, this exclusivity will even simplify and speed up their work on the game. Well, that’s it for now folks. As for when we’ll be getting the next update…let’s just say don’t hold your breaths, but rest assured we will keep you posted.
Remedy Entertainment‘s visually stunning psychological thriller game Alan Wake is without a doubt one of the most hushed-up games ever announced. Why hushed-up? Well, Remedy remains tight-lipped about their brainchild, and the details that they release come just oh-so-sporadically.
Though we’ve given you the preview months ago, apparently there’s been some changes (and not just with the release date, I tell ya) with how the game will play out on your consoles and PCs.
Now with the sporadic updates in mind, we’re happy to inform you that our resident internet hounders were able to come across the following info about Alan Wake via Helsingin Sanomat:
- Alan Wake will be one of the games to be demonstrated on Windows Vista, and thus enabling Microsoft to put a firm hold on Remedy and the game production. Remedy’s lead game designer, Petri Järvilehto, says, “Microsoft has huge machinery for games production. If a team of 80 voice actors are needed from the States, they can provide it. Their test laboratory is also fantastic.”
- All the game characters have been modelled after actors, some of which will also be lending their voice talents in the game. All these actors are American, except for main character Alan Wake who’s modelled after the Finnish actor Ilkka Villi.
- And to answer PC gamers’ question, yes, the game will indeed be heading to PCs, although it will be Vista-exclusive.
- “Alan Wake will require either the Windows Vista operating system or Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming console as its platform. The game will not be translated for other consoles.”
However, this newfound deal with Microsoft is in no way seen by Remedy as a hindrance (what with the game being 360-exclusive and all), according to the developers, this exclusivity will even simplify and speed up their work on the game. Well, that’s it for now folks. As for when we’ll be getting the next update…let’s just say don’t hold your breaths, but rest assured we will keep you posted.