If the two games appear to be cut from the same cloth, that’s because Quantum Break originally started out as the sequel to Alan Wake. The trademark filing doesn’t point at an Alan Wake sequel, merely a TV show.
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While Alan Wake: The Return isn’t an official sequel, Lake says that there’s still hope that the franchise will continue. Remedy did something similar to this with Lord and Ladies in the Max Payne games, except instead of still images Alan Wake’s Return will be live action, starring Lake himself. Remedy Entertainment creative director Sam Lake told Kotaku the “Alan Wake’s Return” trademark application that surfaced last week is actually the name of one of Quantum Break’s in-game TV shows, which explains why it still applies to “games software” as stated in the application.
“A big part of the trademarking process all in all is the legalities of it. Just making sure everything is covered”.
Lake did have this to add: “we are exploring possibilities and concepting different things, but lots needs to click into place for anything to happen”.
Not that long ago, we all got excited by the news that Alan Wake was, well, returning.
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As many gaming fans are probably aware, the prospect of a new Alan Wake title has been talked about voluminously in the past. Whatever the ultimate outcome may be, don’t expect to see or hear anything concrete until Remedy’s done with Quantum Break, which hits PC and Xbox One on April 5.
