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Remedy Entertainment confirms a partnership to provide motion capture animation...

By Chris Leyton
Posted: 12/05/2009

We don't expect to see Alan Wake surfacing this year; perhaps we might see a glimpse at E3, but we're not holding out too much hope as they've been dashed too many times before.

Still it appears that development is at least progressing, with confirmation appearing in Develop that Remedy Entertainment have teamed up with Imagination Studios to provide motion-capture animation.

The motion capture studio has previously worked with numerous Scandinavian developers, most notably assisting with DICE on Battlefield: Bad Company, along with IO Interactive, Massive Entertainment, Starbreeze Studios and GRIN.

Announced in 2006, Alan Wake has been surrounded by rumours of cancellations sparked by the media blackout imposed shortly after the game's unveiling. Only the briefest of details have emerged since, leaving many to believe it's little more than the 21st century's Duke Nukem Forever.

Let's just hope Remedy have taken one hard look at the state of 3D Realms and realised: good things come to those who wait, but there's a limit on how long we're actually prepared to wait.

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	By: freeradical Added:Wed 19th Aug 2009 17:50, Post No: 36 I'm with post 35.
	By: Anonymous Added:Wed 19th Aug 2009 16:21, Post No: 35 no Open World - no purchase!
	By: Anonymous Added:Sat 18th Jul 2009 05:47, Post No: 34 I happy with this direction. The one drawback to sandbox games is that it's hard to tell a compelling story in that context. Compare Bioshock or Dead Space to TES IV: Oblivion or Farcry 2 or Fallout 3. As great as sandbox games are I think this new direction will make Alan Wake much more satisfying as a story and as a thriller.
	By: freeradical Added:Sat 11th Jul 2009 01:30, Post No: 33 OnLive and similar ventures could change all of that. Publishers will be clambering all over the PC if cloud gaming takes off.
	By: humorguy Added:Fri 10th Jul 2009 20:27, Post No: 32 The Anonymous post below wasme - login problems.
	By: Anonymous Added:Fri 10th Jul 2009 20:26, Post No: 31 For a couple of years nowI have been flamed and even banned at one gaming site for saying AAA mainstream PC gaming is on it's last legs. I say this as a 20 year PC gamer who has never owned a console. I say this eith a sad heart. But it's what I beleive. This is just another one of many signs that what I have predicted is coming true. Last year Gamespot reviewed just 52 PC games, the year before it was 98. The average review score in 2008 was 68%,in 2007 it was 75%. Retail stores around the world are having clearout sales. There'll still be the odd indie game,and of course we have easy pc retro gaming thanks to DOSBox and sites like GOG, but no longer will there be the headlines and the mainstream coverage of PCgaming as we have had for the last 15-20 years. It will be on the periphery, like stamp collecting is today, or folk music. Not gone completely, but a lot less visiable to the general gaming marketplace. I wouldn't be surprised if we get this same situation with Borderlands - and they'll be more. It's so so sad, but it has to be said so there is a just a miniscule chance of change happening at the last minute....
	By: Glyndwr Added:Thu 09th Jul 2009 13:30, Post No: 30 STOP working on AW? After I've waiting over four years for it? No way...I'd rather play a crap AW and be disappointed than never play it at all. That would be like having a family member disappear - I need closure!
	By: SegaBoy Added:Thu 09th Jul 2009 12:38, Post No: 29 I'm beyond caring about Alan Wake now. Evidently Remedy revealed that game way, way too early... It looked awesome three years ago, but everything has come on a long way now. The only way Alan Wake can possibly suceed is by being a great game - I'm not entirely sure whether shining lights before shooting the enemy sounds like a particularly great or innovative combat mechanic. I've got a better idea - STOP working on alan Wake and put Remedy back on Max Payne 3 - that way we might actually see Payne heading back to where he belongs.
	By: Glyndwr Added:Fri 15th May 2009 19:26, Post No: 28 Hello??? knocks on Remedy's window Anybody at home...bet they're on another vacation!
	By: SegaBoy Added:Fri 15th May 2009 15:30, Post No: 27 Is anybody at Remedy actually AWAKE?