Alan Wake 2 Confirms New Feature for Later This Year
Remedy Entertainment has confirmed that Alan Wake 2 will be adding its long-awaited Photo Mode as part of a free update «somewhere around spring» of this year. Survival-horror game Alan Wake 2 was released last year to critical acclaim and won multiple awards at The Game Awards 2023. Remedy has released multiple updates for the game since launch, including a rather substantial one that added a New Game Plus mode.
The Alan Wake 2 New Game Plus mode was added in an update called The Final Draft, giving fans plenty of reason to go back through the survival-horror adventure thanks to the promise of a new ending and fresh content. While some may have assumed that Remedy was done releasing big free updates for Alan Wake 2, another one is on the way later this spring.
Remedy recently took to Twitter to thank fans for sharing «stunning screenshots» of the Pacific Northwest and The Dark Place, the two settings where players spend most of their time in Alan Wake 2. Remedy promised that players will be able to get «even more creative» with their screenshots once Photo Mode comes, confirming that the feature is planned for an update dropping this spring. Spring 2024 is from March 19 to June 20, so fans should be able to expect Photo Mode to come to Alan Wake 2 within the next four months.
While fans no doubt appreciate the free Alan Wake 2 updates that Remedy has released for the game since its launch, others may be growing anxious for news about the game's premium DLC expansions. Remedy has remained mostly quiet about what the Alan Wake 2 DLC has in store, but fans do know that the expansions are called Night Springs and The Lake House. It's quite likely that more information on the Alan Wake 2 DLC will come to light at some point later this year.
It will be interesting to see if the free updates and paid DLC do anything to draw more players to Alan Wake 2. Despite the critical acclaim enjoyed by the game, Alan Wake 2 has yet to recoup its development costs. This is despite the
