Originally announced as a PC and Xbox 360 game back in 2005, Remedy Entertainment broke the hearts of desktop warriors around the world when later in its development cycle, it announced that the game would only be released for Xbox 360.
The developer never lost hope though, and apparently thanks to endless nagging, Microsoft finally let them bring the game to PC – albeit two years after the Xbox 360 version was released.
“What I’m trying to say, to speak from the heart, PC gaming is part of Remedy’s heritage, back from the first Death Rally that was made in a basement to Max Payne 1, which was made partly in a basement, and Max Payne 2. Announcing Alan Wake on PC was always an important factor for us,” said Remedy head of franchise development, Oskari Hakkinen to Eurogamer.
“We were like a nagging little kid,” Hakkinen explained.
“Time is a factor, and having a good relationship with Microsoft. And also [inbound XBLA exclusive] American Nightmare coming out obviously extended that relationship with them.”
“It was just a number of discussions with the right people, and then them saying, ‘Yeah, we see you want to do that. We see it’s important to you. We can let that happen there.’”
Hakkinen also confirmed that the game will never be released on PS3.
“I know you’re never going to see Alan Wake or Alan Wake’s American Nightmare on PlayStation,” Hakkinen said. “Those are Xbox exclusives.”
Alan Wake is available on Steam – right now.
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