In 2005 Remedy, the original developers of the first two Max Payne games, officially revealed and showed a live in-game demo for their next project Alan Wake. The title, which was described as a thriller type of title in the vein of The X-Files and Twin Peaks, then went into stealth mode. At E3 2006, Microsoft announced they would publish Alan Wake for both the PC and Xbox 360 and showed off a little more gameplay footage. Since then there has been little to no info on Alan Wake from either Remedy or Microsoft making the game even more mysterious.

We were hoping for some more info from Microsoft this week as they were holding a big Xbox 360 press event with a number of titles revealed to the media but alas Alan Wake was not among the games shown nor given a release date. Blog site Venture Beat chatted with Microsoft Games Studios head Shane Kim and asked him flat out, "Is Alan Wake scheduled for 2008?" Kim's reply was disappointing: "We haven't announced a firm date for Alan Wake . . " adding that they would announce such a date when they are ready to do so. So we are still in a holding pattern for the game...perhaps Microsoft will reveal more at E3 in July.