Alan Wake may be back in Remedy's hands, but the studio feels that the bar is currently too high for them to work on a sequel right away...or ever.

While there’s still no sequel on the way, the chances are a little higher. In a brief press release, Alan Wake developer Remedy has quietly announced that they’ve gained the publishing rights to Alan Wake from Microsoft.

We’ll probably never get another sequel to Remedy and Microsoft’s brilliant, psychologically-jarring action-adventure Alan Wake. Remedy has moved on to multi-platform games, with the incredible-looking control being published by 505 Games. That doesn’t mean it’s the end for Alan Wake though - just that in future, it won’t be coming as a game

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Remedy, makers of Max Payne, Alan Wake and Quantum Break are transitioning out of the AAA single player space., In a feature on Gamesindustry.biz, Remedy’s Thomas Puha explains how and why the change is necessary. A lot of it has to do with the exponentially increasing cost of making AAA single player games.

By today's end, Alan Wake will be yanked from Steam and Xbox Live.

Good thing that Remedy Entertainment has some cash to flash, as a new deal with Sniper Elite publisher 505 Games has resulted in a $8.46 million injection for their next project, codenamed P7. As is the nature of these deals, some more details were revealed for P7, which Remedy calls a “cinematic third-person action game”.

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