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Petri Alanko’s Soundtrack for ‘Alan Wake 2’ Now Available for Streaming and Purchase
With it being the 14th anniversary of the original Alan Wake today (flash back to Luiz’s article on the game’s 10th anniversary), Remedy Entertainment, Epic Games and Laced Records have a treat for fans with the release of the soundtrack from Alan Wake 2 today! The 35-track album, composed by Petri Alanko, is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and other major music services for streaming, as well as for purchase on iTunes, Amazon, and more.
Alanko, who also composed the original Alan Wake soundtrack, says that working on Alan Wake 2’s soundtrack was like “coming home”. “[Working on the soundtrack was] comparable to meeting old friends after so many years, seeing everything had changed a bit – and that longing feeling had its place among the building blocks of Alan Wake 2‘s soundtrack.”
“From a composer’s point of view, the soundtrack has no filler, with each musical cue emphasizing a certain sequence of events that fans have experienced on screen. I hope the result is as pleasing to you as it is to myself, and trust me, I carefully thought about the soundtrack. To me, be it a movie soundtrack or a video game soundtrack, it should work as an entity in and of itself.”
The soundtrack includes four songs performed by the artist Poe and written specifically for the game by her and Creative Director Sam Lake, as well as the song ‘Yötön Yö’ (‘Nightless Night’), written by Lake and performed by Martti Suosalo, who plays Ahti in the game.
Alan Wake 2 (come on, we all love it) is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Epic Games Store. We’re currently waiting on the first of two story DLCs that are currently in development.
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Upcoming “Unholy Alliance” Update for ‘Cult of the Lamb’ Adds Local Co-op and More [Teaser]
Cult of the Lamb players will be getting more free goodies later this summer with the Unholy Alliance update. Coming August 12, the update introduces a brand new playable character in the Goat, which coincides with the game allowing local co-op.
With the Unholy Alliance update, the entire Cult of the Lamb campaign will be playable in local co-op. Players will also be able to enjoy special 2-player versions of existing mini-games, such as Fishing and Knucklebones, as well as choose from a selection of weapons, tarot cards, curses, and corrupted relics as your cooperative crusades progress.
The Lamb and Goat can also swap weapons, deal extra damage when fighting back to back, and even deliver a critical hit when their attacks are in sync. Good news for those who prefer to stay alone in their corner: they will be able to benefit from various new powers.
In addition to the addition of cooperative play, the Unholy Alliance expansion adds several tarot cards, relics, buildings, fleeces, character traits and quests, as well as the addition of new secrets to discover.
More information on the update will be released as the launch date creeps closer. Cult of The Lamb is available now on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and the Nintendo Switch.
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