Developer Remedy has opened up about the possibility of an Xbox One port of Alan Wake, which they’re currently in talks with Microsoft to get approved. We’re a few weeks away from the game’s fifth anniversary, so the timing couldn’t be better, and despite its cult status, the game has certainly sold well enough to earn a current-gen port.
“I would love that to happen,” Remedy chief creative officer Sam Lake revealed in an interview with Polygon. “Nothing has happened yet, but we are discussing this possibility with Microsoft.”
That’s not exactly a confirmation, but if a green light from Microsoft is the only thing keeping it from happening, I’d say our chances of seeing more Alan Wake in the near future just got a lot better.
Lake went on to mention that this entirely hypothetical port doesn’t have any real chance of coming to the PS4 or Wii U, and that if it happens, those two excellent story expansions — The Signal and The Writer — would almost definitely be included. I recommend they throw in American Nightmare. That game deserves some love, too.
On the subject of Alan Wake 2, should Microsoft decide not to pick it up, Remedy is more than willing to take it to other platforms. According to Lake, the sequel “depends on many different things. I think that regardless of the platform, a good sequel — while it continues the story of the original one — it’s still something that someone who hasn’t played the original one can enjoy and jump on board and dive into the setting and the world and enjoy themselves.”
You can find the rest of the interview over at Polygon.
