With the seemingly piss-poor adaptation of Max Payne currently showing in your local cinema, it comes as a reminder of Remedy Entertainment’s next big offering:  the long-awaited Alan Wake. After being in development for what seems like an eternity, it’s looking like we’ll be seeing this pretty little survival horror surface sometime in the first half of the new year. Well, hopefully, anyway.  An exact date is yet to be set. When asked for more information on this, the team at Remedy have been replying with "when it’s ready."

The basic storyline goes something like this. Bloke writes best selling book. Bloke loses muse. Bloke starts suffering from insomnia (see, his name is A. Wake. As in awake. Genius). Bloke goes to clinic in a quiet little town. Bloke starts having nightmares. Nightmares become reality. Shit goes down.  

Sounds pretty good to me.  

Being nightmares, they aren't too keen on light, so this will be one of the main weapons at Alan’s disposal. Expect lots of swish cinematic sequences, free-roaming environments and token driving elements; but, unfortunately, no multiplayer. The trailers released earlier this year have looked pretty stunning, but after taking so much time developing Alan Wake, do Remedy run the risk of seeming outdated when the game is finally released? Hopefully, we shall find out pretty damn soon.