NOTE: There are spoilers forward for Alan Wake 2: The Lake Home.
Just a few years in the past, Treatment Leisure used Management’s second growth – AWE – to arrange Alan Wake 2, and it appears the developer has adopted that very same sample as soon as once more, this time utilizing Alan Wake 2’s not too long ago launched The Lake Home DLC to sneakily supply the primary glimpses of the upcoming Management 2.
In the direction of the tip of the growth, protagonist Kiran Estevez is transported to acquainted Management areas in first the Oceanview Resort, after which the Panoptican within the Oldest Home, the FBC’s headquarters, itself. On the Panoptican, apparently sufficient, she has a dialog with Dylan, the brother of Management protagonist (and FBC Director) Jesse Faden.
That dialog is usually cryptic and purposefully obscure, although it does finish with Dylan seemingly exhibiting Estevez glimpses of the longer term, with pictures being proven from what appears to be like like Management 2. Based mostly on these pictures, it looks as if the sport isn’t going to be set inside the confines of the Oldest Home, however as an alternative take gamers out into New York itself- which has seemingly been corrupted by the Hiss’ affect.
You’ll be able to view screenshots of these areas and the scene in its entirety beneath, courtesy of IGN importing the latter to YouTube.
In fact, previous to Alan Wake 2’s launch final yr, author and artistic director Sam Lake did verify that the sport would proceed increasing on and setting issues up for the way forward for the bigger Treatment Related Universe, so that is very a lot on-brand for the developer.
Management 2 was formally confirmed to be in improvement again in 2022, whereas earlier this yr, it was introduced that the sport had entered the “manufacturing readiness” stage behind the scenes. Treatment Leisure has additionally confirmed that it will likely be self-publishing the title.
A standalone co-op spinoff set within the Management universe, titled FBC: Firebreak, was additionally not too long ago introduced and is due out subsequent yr.