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Untitled Alan Wake project is an upcoming video game developed by Remedy Entertainment as a follow-up to the 2010 psychological thriller action game Alan Wake. The game will be published by Microsoft Studios, and will be released exclusively on the Xbox Live Arcade service – similarly to how Alan Wake was exclusive to the Xbox 360 video game console.

The game is not a sequel nor is it downloadable content for the original game. The new game will be revealed at the Spike Video Game Awards on December 10, 2011, with the first screenshot appearing on GameInformer on November 7.

Background and early information
Alan Wake has a structure similar to a thriller television series, which, together with the two downloadable content (DLC) episodes that were released for it in 2010, makes up "season 1" of a possibly larger story. However,, there have been no announcement about an Alan Wake sequel.

On May 10, 2011, Remedy Entertainment revealed they are working on a new Alan Wake game, after some information leaked out about the project before an official announcement. Remedy noted that it is not Alan Wake 2 and neither is it downloadable content. At the time, the company gave a Fall 2011 estimate for the release. In November 2011 it was announced that the new Alan Wake title will be available on the Xbox Live Arcade service, and will be revealed at the Spike Video Game Awards on December 10, 2011, with the first screenshot appearing on GameInformer on November 7. In their announcement, Remedy said, "Are you ready to become the Champion of Light?" It is rumored that the game will be titled Alan Wake: Night Springs.

During the days leading up to the publication of the first screenshot, Remedy employees made a number of comments on the official Alan Wake community forums about the new game. It was shared that the new title is "structured like a full release complete with a pretty damn impressive storyline that expands the originals in some interesting ways." Although no specifics were revealed, Remedy responded to fans who were worried that being an Xbox Live Arcade game meant that the amount of content in the game would be too small. Remedy claimed that there will definitely be enough "value for money" for the players of the game, and that fans "will be blown away by the proportion of things pretty soon".