Alan Wake II ‘Anniversary Update’ launches October 22
Adds various quality-of-life features.
Epic Games Publishing and developer Remedy Entertainment will release the “Anniversary Update” for Alan Wake II on October 22, the companies announced.
Celebrating one year since the game’s release, the free update will add various quality-of-life features to the game, including platform-specific updates and a “Gameplay Assist” menu with various toggles.
Get the details below.
All players will be able to download the “Anniversary Update” for free, and it contains our biggest addition to quality of life and accessibility options to the game to date. The features we’ve included are those that have been frequently requested by the community.
First, one of the most requested options included in the Anniversary Update is the ability to invert the X (horizontal) axis on mouse and controller, and not just the Y (vertical) axis. Inverting either axis can be a matter of preference, but for a lot of players it also presents a usability and accessibility issue.
PlayStation players can look forward to some improvements we’ve made for the DualSense controller. With the “Anniversary Update,” Alan Wake II will have gyro aiming (motion controls) support. You can turn the motion sensor function on and off, as well as tweak horizontal and vertical sensitivity, set gyro space, and choose whether your pitch, yaw, and roll directions are standard or inverted.
Until now, Alan Wake II only had haptics support for weapons, but we’re happy to say that the team has been working hard to improve and refine haptics on the DualSense. From now on, haptics will also work with healing items and throwables.
With the “Anniversary Update,” Alan Wake II will get the Gameplay Assist menu, which you can find in the gameplay options. It contains, among others, the following toggles:
- Quick turn
- Auto complete QTE
- Button tapping to single tap
- Weapon charging with taps
- Healing items with taps
- Lightshifter with taps
- Player invulnerability
- Player immortality
- One shot kill
- Infinite ammo
- Infinite flashlight batteries
Alan Wake II is available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Epic Games Store.