Adventuregame Alan Wake is from may 15th to may no longer officially on sale. Developer Remedy has concluded an agreement with record labels for seven years, the game may sell certain songs included in the game, and that seven years is over.
Kotaku reports that the Finnish Remedy, also known for Max Payne and Quantum Break, was investigating whether the licences for the use of the music could extend, but that has not yet succeeded. Did, however, say Remedy to the case remain busy. On 15 may, it is seven years since Alan Wake came to market in Europe. Tweakers at the time about the game a review is written.
For users who have the game already in their possession, nothing changes. Even from Steam the game will not disappear, even though it will soon be no more in the digital store. In the framework of the verkoopstop of Alan Wake offers a Remedy this weekend for the game, expansion and dlc with a discount of 90 percent. According to a faq page of Remedy it is not a standalone expansion Alan Wake’s American Nightmare. This are the licenses successfully extended.
This kind of situations sometimes come with games. In 2014, brought to Rockstar Games update for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that 17 songs from the game, which is impressive. It had to be a gamestudio like Remedy is clearly not to the licenses for the music to renew. Possibly this is also to do with the low profitability of such agreements so late after the release. What is striking is that Remedy so be aware not to choose to the songs in question from the game, but the whole game from the shelves.
