Alan Wake Hampers June 2010 Competition

I saw something in the latest issue of NAG when I got it on Thursday, and that was an two page spread near the end of the magazine. I talked about a competition where you can win Alan Wake Hampers.

The first prize is a Collector’s Edition of Alan Wake, along with an Xbox 360 Elite, a Mini Mag torch, and some Halloween goodies like false vampire teeth and so on.

The 2nd and 3rd runners-up get the standard edition of Alan Wake for Xbox 360, and the Mini Mag torch.

I like the idea of the torch seeing as light plays quite a big role in the game from what I’ve seen. My brother has one of those torches – but the big one – and let me tell you could easily club some attacker over the head and they’d know about it.

To enter the competition, just SMS “light” sans quotes to 36560. SMSs cost R5. Winners will be notified via SMS, and the competition ends on Wednesday, the 30th June, 2010. Only people from SA can enter.

The competition is sponsored by wantitall.co.za

Alan Wake Hampers June 2010 Competition

Alan Wake Novel, Based on the Game, Now Out

Alan Wake was released for Xbox 360 just last month, with the PC version said to be too much effort for a little studio like Remedy, developers of the title.

Alan may be a best-selling author suffering from writer’s block in the game, living the events of his book, but in real life, late last month saw a tie-in novel, which I personally hadn’t heard about before, arrive.

It’s a 320 page novel written by Rick Burroughs, and it’s naturally based on the game. So for everyone who didn’t get a chance to play the game, can head over to Amazon and grab it for about $10.

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Source: Remedy Alerts [Twitter]

Alan Wake Novel, Based on the Game, Now Out

NAG June 2010 Issue Out Today

Last week the NAG June issue ran into some complications and was delayed for a week. just like they said however, Monday NAG put up a post and in it was the usual cover for the issue as well as the contents page to see what’s in it, and what’s on the Cover DVD.

There’s a feature on Call of Duty: Black Ops, the latest in the series which is set to possibly be one of the biggest ever, maybe even more so than Modern Warfare 2. There’s also some stuff on the new XCOM game which was announced this year, as well as Halo: Reach and Alpha Protocol, which came out this week.
Reviews include one on Alan Wake, Metro 2033, Supreme Commander 2, and Splinter Cell: Conviction.

Great cover by the way, don’t you think?

The cover DVD has the usual stuff on it like drivers, patches, an lots and lots of videos and trailers. There are a few demos on there too, including The Whispered World.
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Sources:
NAG June 2010 issue [NAG Online]
[NAG Magazine] June 2010 Issue [NAG Online Forums]

NAG June 2010 Issue Out Today

Video Games Coming out This Week [May 16-22, 2010]: Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Alan Wake

This week has a lot of games coming out. It’s the high point of Q2 2010 now, and Alan Wake is coming out for the Xbox 360. The PC version is no more, as the studio, Remedy, said it couldn’t handle two versions of the game, because it was too small.

Red Dead Redemption, by Rockstar, is also out this week for consoles, and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is also arriving too. I’ve forgotten how many games in the PoP series Ubisoft has managed to milk out over the past several years. The PC version will be out next month.

So it’s definitely a console week then.

Available links go to game detail pages at retail and digital distribution outlets like Amazon and Steam, etc. You can also check out my Amazon aStore for the latest and greatest games released this year.

[PC]

Dragon Age: Origins - Darkspawn Chronicles 
Fantasy Earth Zero [Free MMO]
Legio
Runaway: A Twist of Fate
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Episode Two - The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Shrek Forever After
Split/Second
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection

[Xbox 360]

Alan Wake
Alan Wake Limited Collector's Edition
AQUA - Naval Warfare [XBLA]
Attack of the Movies 3-D
Dragon Age: Origins - Darkspawn Chronicles
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Red Dead Redemption
Shrek Forever After
Split/Second

[PlayStation 3]

Dragon Age: Origins - Darkspawn Chronicles
Gundemonium Recollection
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Red Dead Redemption
Rocket Knight [PSN]
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Episode Two - The Tomb of Sammun-Mak [PSN]
Shrek Forever After
Split/Second
Supermarket Mania

[PSP]

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Supermarket Mania

[Nintendo Wii]

Attack of the Movies 3-D
BIT.TRIP RUNNER [WiiWare]
Boot Camp Academy
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Shrek Forever After
Trauma Team

[Nintendo DS]

Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow
Frogger Returns [DSiWare]
Imagine: Animal Doctor Care Center
Looksley's Line Up [DSiWare]
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Shrek Forever After

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Sources:

The Release List of 5/16 - 5/22: Red Dead Redemption, Alan Wake, Prince of Persia and More [Shacknews]
New Releases Week of May 16, 2010 [Gamespot]

Video Games Coming out This Week [May 16-22, 2010]: Red Dead Redemption

Alan Wake for the PC? No. For Real This Time.

                                    “Alan Wake for PC! Where are you?!”

Alan Wake has been development for a hell of a long time, and years ago it was planned that it would make an appearance on the PC as well as the Xbox 360. Then it fell off the radar and seemingly into the abyss for a while before resurfacing a while later. Then last year the decision was left with Microsoft as to whether the game would see people playing it on the PC, seeing as Remedy didn't really seem to give a damn much.

But now the decision is final: Alan Wake will not be released on the PC after all.

"Some games are more suited for the intimacy of the PC, and others are best played from the couch in front of a larger TV screen. We ultimately realized that the most compelling way to experience 'Alan Wake' was on the Xbox 360 platform, so we focused on making it an Xbox 360 exclusive. Both Microsoft and Remedy have long histories in PC game development. This decision was about matching this specific game to the right platform."

And I was just talking about it the other day to my brother, saying how good it looked. That it might just be the best horror game I’ve seen in quite a while. I personally think it’s rubbish – the whole explanation they gave. I’m sure Alan Wake would have fitted in quite nicely on the PC. It looks like nobody could really be bothered in the end.

Oh, well. Plenty of other non-exclusive titles that’ll hit the PC this year anyway.

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Source: Eurogamer

Alan Wake for the PC? No. For Real This Time.

Alan Wake for PC Petition

Speaking of petitions, it seems that Alan Wake fans at www.alan-wake.de have undertaken a petition to get Microsoft to release the game on PC. Currently the game is set to be released only on Xbox 360.

The fate of the PC version was in doubt for some time, and eventually it was revealed that work on it had been cancelled.

An account on Twitter, remedyalerts, highlighted the effort, but VG247 discovered that the account did not belong to Remedy, but in fact another fan community at www.brightfalls.net.

Anyway, if you've got five minutes, go ahead and sign. I did. I always do- when it's for a good cause anyway. I really like the look of Alan Wake from what I've seen in the trailers.

Sources:

Remedy Community Highlights Petition to Save Alan Wake PC
http://twitter.com/remedyalerts
http://www.petitiononline.com/AlanWake/petition.html
Alan Wake PC Petition

Alan Wake for PC Petition