Today?s reveal of the Control AWE expansion officially bridged the worlds of Control and Alan Wake as something more than just a few Easter eggs indicating they take place in the same universe. After all, the trailer for the AWE expansion was narrated by Alan Wake, and the titular character appeared near the end of the trailer, making it quite clear that Jesse and Alan may meet. But in addition to Control being a pseudo-sequel to Alan Wake?s story, Remedy may have even more plans in place across their entire game catalog, specifically teasing a ?Remedy Connected Universe? that?s been planned for over a decade, connecting the last ten years of games via a payoff that is coming ?down the line.?
The AWE expansion was revealed via the PlayStation State of Play live stream today, and a follow-up post on the PlayStation Blog offered additional information about what was shown. One Altered Item will offer some long requested gameplay features like the ability to replay the Ashtray Maze and other surprises. Remedy teases a ?moodier, more suspenseful approach? to this expansion, and given Control?s proclivities for horror adjacent theming before, AWE is bound to get spooky. And of course there were details about Jesse invetigating the Bright Falls Altered World Event, something that was mere Easter egg in the main game and will now connect Remedy?s beloved Xbox exclusive Alan Wake with Control. But it seems like there may be even more to it than that"
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