Despite THQ expressing interest in doing a physical release of Alan Wake 2, Remedy once again reiterates that there are still no plans as of now, while also explaining why Alan Wake American Nightmare Remastered never happened.

Speaking live at the EGX Theatre, Creative Director of Remedy Entertainment, Sam Lake, took to answering audience questions, with one around a possible update for a physical release and whether we will ever get an American Nightmare remaster.

Who decided to go pure digital only because a lot of people love collecting physical media, collector editions, and steel books. If you even did a digital release, then a couple of months later did a physical release, I would still buy that, hands down. Would we ever possibly ever see American Nightmare Remastered?

Sam Lake: I’ll start with American Nightmare. Yeah, we did discuss that when we did the remaster, but the reality of it was that the tech base underneath the hood of American Nightmare is already so different from Alan Wake that it would have been separate back then. So, it didn’t make any business sense at the time.

Alan Wake 2, as we talked about, I appreciate your passion, I really do, it is a digital-only game. This is a decision between Remedy’s management and our publisher. I hear you, but there are no other plans as of now.”

Bummer to both! Though, of course, like all things, never say never as things could change down the road. We’d love to see a collector’s edition of Alan Wake 2 released sometime in the future, as well as a remastered version of American Nightmare. Hopefully, something Remedy will revisit at a later time.

Alan Wake 2 launches on the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC this October 27 as a digital-only title. If you’d like to learn a bit more about it, you can read our hands-on preview of Alan Wake 2, where we discuss its new mechanics, narrative, and more.