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Alan Wake 2is a sequel that fans of the original game have been looking forward to for more than a decade, and it is finally coming out in just a couple of months. The lore and characters in theAlan Wakegames may be extremely intriguing, but those are not even the most interesting aspects of them. The most impressive fact about the highly anticipated second installment in the series is that it was developed by a relatively small team, consisting of only 130 developers, and took over four long years to get completely finished.
This is probably whyAlan Wake 2is coming out 13 years after the first game, which was released back in 2010.
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Why Did it Take So Long for Alan Wake 2 to Finally Get Made?
AlthoughAlan Wake 2was initially announced two years ago at the 2021 edition of the Game Awards, its development still took much longer than fans expected, with many wondering what the reason for this long delay could have been.
Developer, Remedy Entertainment, has been sharing minor details about its upcoming title during these two years, but nothing substantial was revealed until much later. Because of this and the love that fans of the survival horror RPG genre have for the originalAlan Wake, gamers were getting restless and tired of waiting for more development updates about the highly anticipated sequel.
Understanding the potential frustration that fans were going through while waiting forAlan Wake 2, the follow-up to the now classic original, the developers have decided to reveal exactly how many people worked on the upcoming game and how much time, and probably blood, sweat, and tears, went into developing it.
Considering how intense and extensively well-thought-out the story of the firstAlan Wakewas, it makes total sense as to why Remedy was taking its sweet time with the sequel. Witnessing the story of a fiction writer go through supernatural sequences that felt terrifyingly dreamy absorbed the players from the first frame, and that is exactly what the developer is hoping to do with the second instalment.
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Alan Wake 2 Director Shares Intimate Development Details
One of the developers at Remedy recently told fans that the opening lines from the firstAlan Wakewere in fact gifted by none other than the horror maestro Stephen King himself. It is little details like these that make gamers appreciate the classic video game even more. Continuing the trend of sharing intimate development details, the studio’s Communications Director, Thomas Puha, recently took to Twitter/X to add further layers to fan anticipation forAlan Wake 2, which can be viewed below:
I’ll also say that somehow we are getting this game done with about 130 people on average for about 4 years of dev time (dev time is a very elastic term tho) for the quality level we got, is incredible. We are very, very far from 1st parties or other big studios resources.
— Thomas Puha (@RiotRMD)July 14, 2025
How long have you been waiting forAlan Wake 2? Will you be getting the title when it releases at the end of October? Let us know in the comments!
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Osama Farooq
Senior Gaming Content Editor / Critic
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Ever since Osama was gifted the glorious PS2 more than two decades back, video games have formed a major part of his life, ranging from spending hours playing through every single Dragon Ball game he could find to witnessing the gaming industry evolve into something extraordinary in modern times. Building his collection of PlayStation consoles throughout the years all the way up until PS5, he prefers single-player experiences like The Last of Us and Persona, while also letting off steam on a daily basis with casual EA Sports FC matches. But the current rise in online multiplayer shooters will never really appeal to his old-school self.
