Alan Wake 2 gets delayed (slightly)

This October is looking like itโ€™s going to be one of the craziest months in memory for game releases. Between Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Spider-Man 2, Detective Pikachu Returns, and Assassinโ€™s Creed Mirage โ€” plus no shortage of other prominent games โ€” itโ€™s going to be tough for smaller games to get oxygen. Earlier this week we saw that Mirage would be coming out a little earlier to get a jump on the competition, and today we learned that one of those other games will moving out of the way a little to avoid the onslaught: Alan Wake 2 is getting a very small delay.

As the tweet says, the game is moving from October 17th to October 27th. As delays go, itโ€™s hardly a long one โ€” and as a bonus, the horror game will now be released a little closer to Halloween, which should help people be in the mood for spookiness. Weโ€™ll find out whether the gambit works when the game releases on PS5, Xbox Series X, and the Epic Games Store on the 27th!