After being pulled from Steam and the Xbox Marketplace for music licensing issues, Alan Wake is once again available on Steam, Humble and GOG and will soon be back on the Xbox Marketplace.



Big thanks to our partner and Alan Wake’s publishers @Microsoft who were able to renegotiate the rights to the licensed music in Alan Wake, so that the game can be sold again. — Remedy Entertainment (@remedygames) October 25, 2018

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Developer Remedy tweeted the good news , saying the game’s publisher Microsoft was able to renegotiate the rights to the licensed music in Alan Wake, allowing the title to be sold on Steam once more. Remedy also let fans know it would be coming back to Xbox “Very soon!” Though some were concerned the music in question would be removed from the game, the developer confirmed Alan Wake's music is still intact. A special promotion for the game is currently running on Steam, giving it an 80% discount and letting newcomers nab this supernatural thriller for a mere $3 USD. The same sale can be found on Humble and GOG Remedy announced in Spring 2017 that Alan Wake would be removed from digital marketplaces due to the expiring music license, giving the game a 90% discount at the time. As for a sequel, Remedy can’t make the next installments in either Alan Wake or Quantum Break without Microsoft’s approval . It was announced last month that Alan Wake would be receiving a TV adaptation helmed by series creator Sam Lake Though released on the Xbox 360, Alan Wake can be played on the Xbox One as a backward compatible title , so once it becomes available on the Xbox Marketplace again, gamers can also play it on the newer console.Outside of Alan Wake, Remedy is plenty busy working on its upcoming game Control , a third-person action-adventure title that combines "Remedy’s trademark gunplay with supernatural abilities."

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