Remedy reverses course on Alan Wake 2 physical editions, puts my rent in jeopardy with limited $200 collector’s bundle

Alan Wake 2 was widely celebrated when it launched on October 27, 2023 – I called it a “strange, imaginative, and truly ambitious sequel that never fails to upend your expectations” in my Alan Wake 2 review. But if there’s one decision that drew consternation from the wider community, it was Remedy Entertainment’s decision to roll with a digital-only release. Eight months later, the studio has decided to reverse this decision. 

Revealed at Summer Game Fest 2024 alongside the first Alan Wake 2: Night Springs DLC, Remedy announced that Alan Wake 2 physical editions are coming – with pre-orders set to begin on June 8, 2024. Speaking to GamesRadar+, communications director Thomas Puha says that the team “wanted to prioritize quality above everything else” for the October release, and that the decision to skip physical editions was a result of wanting to take “more time to polish the game… quality always comes first for us, and we wanted to maximize the development time we had.”