Alan Wake 2
Epic Games Entertainment International GmbH-
PlayStation 5 - 27/10/2023
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Xbox Series X|S - 27/10/2023
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PC - 27/10/2023
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 18 which restricts availability to ADULTS ONLY and is not suitable for persons under 18 years of age. This rating has been given because it features graphic violence, violence against vulnerable and defenceless characters, and use of strong language.
Brief outline of the game
Survival horror game in which a string of ritualistic murders have taken place in the town of Bright Falls, Washington. Saga Anderson, an FBI agent, is sent to investigate the killings and finds herself tangled up in a supernatural story written by Alan Wake.
Content specific issues
This game features graphic violence. The use of shotguns can result in dismemberment while live action cutscenes include sight of a ritual ceremony in which a heart is cut out and another scene in which a restrained individual is shot in their head. Dialogue includes use of strong language ('fuck').
Other issues
The game also includes verbal references to suicide, although suicide is not shown, and scenes of threat, including jump scares and characters being chased.
Alan Wake Remastered
Epic Games Entertainment International GmbH-
PlayStation 4 - 05/10/2021
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PlayStation 5 - 05/10/2021
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Xbox One - 05/10/2021
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Xbox Series X|S - 05/10/2021
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PC - 05/10/2021
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Nintendo Switch - 05/10/2021
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features strong violence. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Action adventure horror game in which players assume the role of writer Alan Wake as he searches for his missing wife in a mysterious lakeside town.
Content specific issues
Violence during gameplay involves shooting the undead, who simply glow and then disintegrate. However, cut scenes feature more realistic violence, including human characters being punched. Some of the cutscenes suggest that people have been killed horrifically, although the violence itself is not depicted in detail.
Other issues
The game also includes some bad language ('bitch', 'shit', 'bastard', 'asshole', 'goddamn').
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
THQ Nordic-
PC - 31/05/2012
Advice for consumers
Contains frequent moderate violence
Brief outline of the game
Eerie adventure / survival game set in a remote part of America. Gameplay is mainly fighting off human characters that have been possessed by 'darkness'.
Content specific issues
Most pertinent violence is on a TV screen in the game; you see a man tied to a chair with a bag on his head, being strangled to death with his own tie.
Other issues
Game contains the word 'shit'.
Alan Wake
Remedy Entertainment Ltd.-
PC - 16/02/2012
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Xbox Game Studios-
XBox 360 - 22/02/2012
Alan Wake
Xbox Game Studios-
XBox 360 - 14/05/2010