
Previously on Alan Wake… In 2010, bestselling author Alan Wake took his wife Alice on vacation to Washington State. There—after enduring years of writer’s block—he was finally motivated to embark on a manuscript for a new novel, Departure. But when the events described in that work-in-progress started coming true in real life, Alan realized he needed to hurry up and write an ending. Extenuating circumstances forced Alan to jump into a lake, which was actually a hellmouth to another dimension, which is where Alan’s fractured psyche is still trapped. So concludes the cult-classic videogame Alan Wake. Thirteen years have passed since the writer’s untimely disappearance, but this isn’t to say Alan hasn’t kept himself busy. After the events of two DLC episodes, Alan—ever resolved to escape the confines of the “Dark Place” and resume a life in New York City—begins work on yet another infernally-inspired manuscript, this one fittingly entitled Return. Alan is also confronted...