{"id":1193263,"date":"2023-10-17T11:59:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T15:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1193263"},"modified":"2023-10-17T11:59:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T15:59:07","slug":"alan-wake-brings-his-flashlight-to-fortnite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1193263","title":{"rendered":"Alan Wake brings his flashlight to Fortnite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Wake is coming to <em>Fortnite<\/em> in a cross-promotional event ahead of the 2010 game\u2019s long-awaited sequel. <em>Alan Wake: Flashback<\/em> \u201creimagines Remedy Entertainment\u2019s iconic story in <em>Fortnite<\/em>\u201d as Epic Games and Remedy Entertainment introduce younger players to a franchise that faded in and out of public consciousness before some of them were born.<\/p>\n<p>The game within a game appears to provide a quick recap of the events of the first title within <em>Fortnite<\/em>. \u201cTroubled author Alan Wake embarks on a desperate search for his missing wife, Alice,\u201d Epic\u2019s description reads. \u201cFollowing her mysterious disappearance from the Pacific Northwest town of Bright Falls, he discovers pages of a horror story he has supposedly written, but has no memory of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"f82f5d207f204b7082c00f9978db3383\" \/>\n<p>The surreal pairing becomes more logical when you consider Epic and <em>Alan Wake<\/em> developer Remedy have a working relationship. Remedy <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-03-26-epic-publishing-remedy-playdead-gendesign-games.html\">signed a publishing agreement with Epic<\/a> in 2020 in a program covering up to 100 percent of a title\u2019s development costs, including paying for quality assurance, localization and marketing. Once a game recovers its development costs, the companies split their profits 50\/50. So, the Fortnite tie-in is a win-win for both companies\u2019 bottom lines.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Wake will also be a playable character via an Alan Wake Outfit. It will launch in the \u201cWaking Nightmare\u201d set available on the Fortnite shop beginning on October 26. Meanwhile, <em>Alan Wake 2<\/em> <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/alan-wake-ii-delayed-by-10-days-will-arrive-on-october-27th-150033546.html\">launches<\/a> for $50 on October 27 for <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-us\/games\/alan-wake-2\/\">PlayStation 5<\/a>, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/alan-wake-2\/9n274jbxld8t\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/alan-wake-2\/9n274jbxld8t\">Xbox Series X\/S<\/a> and PC via the <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.epicgames.com\/en-US\/p\/alan-wake-2\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/store.epicgames.com\/en-US\/p\/alan-wake-2\">Epic Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/alan-wake-brings-his-flashlight-to-fortnite-155907947.html?src=rss&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Engadget &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/alan-wake-brings-his-flashlight-to-fortnite-155907947.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alan Wake brings his flashlight to Fortnite<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Wake is coming to Fortnite in a cross-promotional event ahead of the 2010 game\u2019s long-awaited sequel. Alan Wake: Flashback \u201creimagines Remedy Entertainment\u2019s iconic story in Fortnite\u201d as Epic Games and Remedy Entertainment introduce younger players to a franchise that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1193263\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,110],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-1193263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-engadget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1193263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1193263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1193263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1193263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}