Alan Wake ending to “leave doors open” for the sequel

Remedy Head of Franchise, Oskari Hakkinen, has said that the ending to Alan Wake will be “conclusive” but also “leave doors open” for the sequel.

“You want to think of this as Season 1,” Hakkinen told VG247, “so to speak, of a TV series. This will have a satisfactory and conclusive ending, but we will leave doors open, just as they do in Lost or 24, where they have a satisfactory ending to the season but they leave some doors open for the larger story.

“Just the same here. We’ll have the satisfactory and conclusive ending, and should this be successful then we will do Season 2.”

He said that downloadable content on the way for the game should be thought of as the bridge between the first game and the potential second.

“You should think of the DLC as more of a bridge between Season 1 and Season 2,” he said. “Specials, if you like. So, like Friends has a Christmas special, and the Easter special, so to speak.”

It’s already been confirmed new episodes will be released on Xbox LIVE after the game releases. However, no other info has been provided as of yet.

Alan Wake launches exclusively on Xbox 360 on May 18 in the US and May 21 in the UK.