Alan Wake 2 hits sale milestone as Remedy give Max Payne remake update

The developer down Alan Wake and Control has shared updates connected each of its upcoming games, including the Max Payne remake.

Alan Wake 2 whitethorn person been developer Remedy’s fastest-selling crippled ever, but it didn’t make immoderate existent nett successful the twelvemonth pursuing its launch.

As confirmed successful Remedy’s latest fiscal study however, that has present changed, with the sequel having surpassed 2 cardinal copies sold.

The fund of Alan Wake 2, which launched digitally successful October 2023 crossed PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, is estimated to person been astir €70 cardinal (£58m), making it reportedly 1 of the astir costly taste products to travel retired of Finland.

According to Remedy, Alan Wake 2 had ‘recouped its improvement fees and selling investments’ by the extremity of 2024, meaning the developer has present ‘started to accrue royalties’ from the title, though it remains to beryllium seen if this volition marque Alan Wake 3 a possibility.

Remedy’s best-selling crippled is Control, which scope 4.5 cardinal income successful November 2024. On the look of it, it seems improbable Alan Wake 2 volition lucifer it but that whitethorn beryllium imaginable if the crippled is brought to Steam, and gets a boost that way.

Remedy credits the motorboat of DLC expansions Night Springs and The Lake House for Alan Wake 2’s semipermanent sales, alongside a PS5 Pro update spot and the merchandise of a carnal version. However, nary different large additions are presently planned.

Elsewhere successful the report, Remedy confirmed Control 2 has entered afloat accumulation arsenic of this month. Max Payne 1&2 Remake, which is being entirely financed by Rockstar, is besides making ‘steady progress’ successful afloat production, though it’s unclear erstwhile it volition beryllium released.

The studio’s adjacent task is FBC: Firebreak, which is slated for 2025. The three-player cooperative archetypal idiosyncratic shooter was showcased during an Xbox Partner Preview past year, and is acceptable successful the aforesaid determination arsenic Control.

Remedy is nary uncertainty hoping to boost income of of some Alan Wake and Control with its planned TV and movie adaptations, which are being developed successful concern with Annapurna. The media institution is besides co-producing and co-financing the Control 2 game.

Speaking astir the concern erstwhile it was announced past year, Annapurna Interactive president Hector Sanchez said: ‘We cognize from acquisition that Remedy is simply a first-class games improvement partner, and we’re excited to stock their enactment with an adjacent wider assemblage by bringing the Control and Alan Wake universes to film, tv and beyond.’

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