Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 07:50 BST

Spencer: Next Alan Wake project hasn’t been greenlit by Microsoft

Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer has told Joystiq the new Alan Wake project from Remedy hasn’t been greenlit by the group.

“I don’t know that they’ve signed it with anybody,” Spencer said to the site.

Remedy announced a new Wake title was in development last month, but wasn’t a full sequel to Alan Wake 2 or DLC for Alan Wake 1, which Spencer said “didn’t sell as well as we would have liked.”

Rumour has pegged it as an XBLA title called Night Springs.

Despite what happened, he added it wouldn’t have an outcome on its professional relationship with Remedy.

“I’d love to work with Remedy again,” said Spencer. “We have ongoing conversations with them.

“I think the stuff they’re doing now they wanted to incubate, Mattias [Myllyrinne, Remedy boss] and the team. They wanted to incubate internally. Like I said, I don’t think they’ve signed it with anybody.”

We’ll shoot a mail to head of franchise Oskari Hakkinen and see what the story is.

9 comments

onlineatron
10/06/11, 7:34 am

I want a Night Springs adventure game, and I want it now!

Quiiick
10/06/11, 8:45 am

My advice to Remedy:
Don’t deal with Microsoft alone. Create the new “Alan Wake” game for multiple platforms!

onlineatron
10/06/11, 8:50 am

Who owns the IP? I would’ve assumed Microsoft would, given how much money they put behind the first game.

Gekidami
10/06/11, 8:54 am

^ Remedy do.

Blerk
10/06/11, 9:20 am

Well, so much for my hope of an E3 reveal.

N2O1990
10/06/11, 9:22 am

personally i think they already signed,they just lying

pukem0n
10/06/11, 11:31 am

well Microsoft doesnt have to greenlight shit.
Remedy could have started the work already and just do it multiplat if MS doesnt want to have it as an exclusive. or look for another publisher.

Blerk
10/06/11, 11:34 am

They’re not greenlighting it until it has teh Kinects.

onlineatron
10/06/11, 11:36 am

*cough*AlanWakeKinectFlashlightWouldBeCool*cough*