Guest Preview – Demo of Alan Wake

Alan Wake: A mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a game Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Remedy Entertainment Release: May 18, 2010 (NA); May 21, 2010 (EU) Ladies and gentlemen, Alan Wake has entered the building… Finally. Very few games illicit the kind of anticipation created by the near-mythical title of Alan Wake. I say “near-mythical” because, after being introduced to many “oohs” and “ahhs” at E3 2005, it all but fell off the proverbial map and into the black hole of Duke Nukem Forever. Developer Remedy Entertainment quieted the pessimists in 2008 with a trailer, shown with the debut of the Max Payne movie and the promise of a 2010 release. But even this “proof of life” made controversy because, rather than making a world-wide splash like most games, it was a near-private affair when it was only seen in Remedy’s home-nation of Finland. The rest of the

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Microsoft CES Keynote Gaming Highlights

Tonight’s Microsoft keynote live from CES started out rough and didn’t end much better than it began. A power outage caused the feed to run 30 minutes late, and featured two 3 minute time wasting videos featuring Seth Meyers (SNL’s Weekend Update). The stream was also plagued with audio issues. After hocking various computers from makers like Sony, Asus, and Lenovo, braving the “student role-play” as we got a tech demo on Media Room features for Media Center users, Robbie Bach entered the stage to bring in the big finish….. Right? Mr. Bach started off with reminding us that Mass Effect 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction are coming to the 360 in the next two months. He confirmed two content packs for Modern Warfare 2 that will be exclusive to Xbox 360, as well as confirming that Fable 3, Crackdown 2 and Alan Wake will be in our homes by

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