Remedy Entertainment's Control game has a surprising number of Alan Wake connections, with the two games actually existing in the same universe. Future Control DLC will take those connections further, with the AWE expansion directly dealing with the events of Alan Wake and offering a more detailed explanation as to the fate of the title character and exactly what happened at the end of that game.
This was confirmed by Remedy's Sam Lake, who said that Control's AWE DLC will offer more insight into the supernatural events depicted in Alan Wake. "I can say that you will find out more about The Bureau's research on what happened in Alan Wake and where they are with it today," Lake revealed in an interview with Game Informer.
Control's AWE DLC will mark the second major paid expansion released for the game. Expansion 1: The Foundation released on PC and PlayStation 4 back in March, and is coming to Xbox One on June 25. Expansion 1: The Foundation sees Control protagonist Jesse explore the bottom of The Oldest House in search of Helen Marshall, who went to check on something at The Oldest House's Foundation during the events of the base game.
Control Expansion 1: The Foundation was well-received by fans and critics alike, and so hopes are high for AWE. Specific details on what AWE will entail beyond focusing on Alan Wake are unavailable at the time of this writing, but there's potential that it could open up the Control experience in a big way.
The small snippet of art released for Control Expansion 2: AWE seems to show Jesse exploring Bright Falls, the location of Alan Wake. This would offer a significant change of scenery than what fans are used to from The Oldest House. However, that's just speculation at this time, and it's possible that the game will still be set mainly in The Oldest House as opposed to branching out to other areas.
In future, it will be interesting to see what Remedy Entertainment makes next. Remedy is teaming with Epic Games when it comes to publishing its future games, but it's unclear if they will be new IP or sequels to its existing franchises.
Control is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: Game Informer
