New Alan Wake 2 Update Available Now

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New Alan Wake 2 Update Available Now



Key Takeaways

  • Alan Wake 2’s recent update improves gameplay by allowing players to cancel reloads with flashlights.
  • Update 1.2.5 brings quality of life changes, including collectibles in Saga’s Mind Palace and slower enemy movements.
  • The update also fixes issues with the Pat Maine radio show, new game plus mode, and PS5 Pro shadow problems.



Alan Wake 2 has received a new update that aims to fix some small problems having to do with the Lake House DLC, and adjusts one of the game’s more challenging enemy types. Developer Remedy Entertainment released Alan Wake 2‘s The Lake House DLC in October, further strengthening the connection between Alan Wake and Control as players explore a mysterious FBC facility as agent Kiran Estevez.

The latest update for Alan Wake 2 went live last week, on November 18. A small update, it gave players the ability to cancel reloads by boosting their flashlights, a change that hardcore players surely appreciated. The patch also fixed a bug that affected weapons that had been partially reloaded, causing them not to fire at all. Along with a PS5 DualSense adaptive trigger fix, the Lake House expansion had a big presence in last week’s update notes, with some fixes having to do with the DLC’s cinematics.


Alan Wake 2 split image Estevez aiming at an enemy on the left and a drawing on the right.

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A week later, Remedy Entertainment rolled out another update for Alan Wake 2. Update 1.2.5 is another smaller patch, but it’s one that includes a quality of life change for The Lake House when it’s played as part of the main story, having collectibles from the DLC now show up in protagonist Saga Anderson’s Mind Palace. Alan Wake 2‘s enemies that dash around and throw weapons at players have also been slowed, making it easier for players to pin them down and take them out.

Players who enjoy Alan Wake 2‘s Pat Maine radio show will likely be happy with Update 1.2.5, as it makes previously unobtainable episodes of the show available once more. Alan Wake 2‘s new game plus mode, named The Final Draft, has also seen some improvements with the new update; issues with an unobtainable manuscript page and missing Alice photos have been resolved. For PlayStation 5 Pro users, the update also smooths over a problem with in-game shadows when swapping between quality and performance modes.


With Alan Wake 2‘s second and seemingly final DLC out the door, it doesn’t seem like there’s much else left for Remedy to do for the game aside from improving its performance on Sony’s freshly released PS5 Pro refresh. As for what’s next for Remedy Entertainment, it recently revealed its first-person shooter set in the Control universe, named FBC Firebreak, a bold new direction for the ever-growing “RemedyVerse”. Remedy also has Control 2 in development, as well as remakes of the first two Max Payne games.


Alan Wake 2 Update 1.2.5 Patch Notes

PlayStation 5 (1.200.005)

Xbox Series (1.2.0.5)

PC (1.2.5)

Improvements and additions

  • [The Lake House] Added collectibles from The Lake House to Saga’s Mind Place, when the expansion is played as part of the main campaign.
  • [Night Springs] The Night Springs theme is now available in the Writer’s Room after finishing any Night Springs chapter as part of the main campaign.
  • It is now less frustrating to deal with the “Thrower” enemies. They move around a bit less frequently, and they take longer to teleport after receiving damage.
  • [Motion Controls] Improved Gyro controls and interaction with stick input. Increased maximum available sensitivity in the options menu from 4x to 20x (for those of you that are, or could be, surgeons) 


Fixes

  • [PS5 Pro] Fixed missing Performance LSAO data. (Shadows went missing when swapping from Quality to Performance mode, smh)
  • [Night Springs] Fixed an issue where a Night Springs episode would not be available in the main campaign after loading a nearby save.
  • [Deluxe Edition] Alan’s hair now gets messier, and when using the Classic Outfit, it gets properly soaked. He also remembered to put on his wedding ring.
  • [Final Draft] Fixed some Alice photos that were sometimes not available.
  • [Final Draft] Fixed a manuscript page in Return 6 that sometimes could not get picked up.
  • Fixed some map markers persisting after interaction.
  • Fixed Sheriff Stash that could not be opened in Initiation 5.
  • Fixed (fingers crossed) the unobtainable Pat Maine radio shows. Good radio lives forever.
  • Fixed a Return 1 manuscript page that was unavailable in the Mind Place.
  • Fixed a key item in Return 3 that could be picked up too early and could lead into a soft lock.
  • Fixed some objectives (“Investigate the previously flooded area”) not clearing up properly.
  • Scratch will no longer get stuck behind the microphone stand in Return 08.
  • Fixed some localization issues across several languages.
  • Minor fixes and stability improvements


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