Summary

  • Alan Wake 2 Lake House DLC reportedly unlocks on October 22, 2024, according to a leak.
  • The physical deluxe edition includes the DLC on the disc, set to unlock on the specified date.
  • The global release date restriction aims to prevent early access and maintain suspense for fans.

The Alan Wake 2 Lake House DLC expansion could launch as early as October 22, 2024, if new leaks are correct. Previous reports placed the next Alan Wake 2 DLC release window in October 2024, but didn't specify exactly when.

After wowing audiences and critics with its storytelling, production, and impressive visuals, Alan Wake 2 is approaching its first anniversary since launching in October 2023. Fans were excited by the Alan Wake 2 Night Springs DLC, and the upcoming Lake House expansion promises even more of the strange vibes and expert storytelling developer Remedy Entertainment is known for.

A screenshot from Alan Wake 2 of an FBI agent in the forest, modified to show the PS5 hardware in the foreground.
Remedy Teases Alan Wake 2 PS5 Pro Upgrades as a 'Pleasant Surprise'

A developer at Alan Wake 2 studio Remedy said that the game's upgrades on the upcoming PS5 Pro hardware will pleasantly surprise players.

1
By 

Now, a leak from Australia and New Zealand retailer EB Games, shared by Twitter user PlotPointsYT, lists the Lake House DLC unlock date as October 22, 2024. The leaked date lines up with earlier hints from Remedy about Alan Wake 2 DLC that put its release window in October 2024.

Alan Wake 2 Lake House Expansion Could Unlock on October 22, 2024

The listing comes from an EB Games store page for the physical version of Alan Wake 2: Deluxe Edition. The store page includes a note that says that the Lake House DLC is included on the Deluxe Edition disc, but that the DLC itself will only unlock on October 22, 2024. Previous physical releases of Alan Wake 2 on consoles differed in what content they contained on the disc. The PS5 physical release contained both the base game and the Night Springs DLC, while the Xbox release required another downloaded update to unlock the DLC.

The note for the EB Games store page cites the global release date for Alan Wake 2: Deluxe Edition as the reason why the Lake House DLC will not unlock until an appointed time. This restriction is likely intended to prevent players from accessing the DLC before its official release time by acquiring the physical edition early. One of the more common forms of early game leaking is tied to the early sale and acquisition of physical copies of the game. For example, some lucky players of Space Marine 2 received their copies early and were able to answer questions about the game from impatient fans shortly before the game was officially available.

If accurate, the release date for Alan Wake 2's latest DLC add-on is just days away. Fans of the game looking for a new dose of the beloved series have less than a week left to wait.

Rating block community and brand ratings Image
Alan Wake 2 Tag Page Cover Art
5 /10

Alan Wake 2
Display card tags widget
Survival Horror
Display card system widget
Systems
PC-1 PlayStation-1 Xbox-1
Display card community and brand rating widget Display card open critics widget
Top Critic Avg: 89 /100 Critics Rec: 93%
Display card main info widget
Released
October 27, 2023
ESRB
M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language
Developer(s)
Remedy Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Epic Games
Engine
Northlight Engine
Franchise
Alan Wake
Display card main info widget end Display card media widget start Display card media widget end

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
Checkbox: control the expandable behavior of the extra info

A string of ritualistic murders threatens Bright Falls, a small-town community surrounded by Pacific Northwest wilderness. Saga Anderson, an accomplished FBI agent with a reputation for solving impossible cases arrives to investigate the murders. Anderson’s case spirals into a nightmare when she discovers pages of a horror story that starts to come true around her.

Alan Wake, a lost writer trapped in a nightmare beyond our world, writes a dark story in an attempt to shape the reality around him and escape his prison. With a dark horror hunting him, Wake is trying to retain his sanity and beat the devil at his own game.

Anderson and Wake are two heroes on two desperate journeys in two separate realities, connected at heart in ways neither of them can understand: reflecting each other, echoing each other, and affecting the worlds around them.

Fueled by the horror story, supernatural darkness invades Bright Falls, corrupting the locals and threatening the loved ones of both Anderson and Wake. Light is their weapon—and their safe haven — against the darkness they face. Trapped in a sinister horror story where there are only victims and monsters, can they break out to be the heroes they need to be?

Genre(s)
Survival Horror
How Long To Beat
17 Hours
PS Plus Availability
N/A
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty