The Alan Wake 2 release times are just about here, as Remedy continues the troubled writer’s tale after 13 years of the poor man rattling around in The Dark Space. The survival horror game is Remedy’s first whack at the genre, and half a year after the studio announced its release date, Alan Wake 2 is finally launching on Oct. 27, 2023. The release times are more uniform than usual with multiplatform games, and if you’re really eager to get Alan on your rig as soon as possible, you can preload and save yourself a long download time.
Alan Wake 2 release times on PC
Alan Wake 2 launches at 12 a.m. Eastern on Oct. 27, 2023 on PC. Here’s what that looks like everywhere else.
- Oct. 26, 2023, 11 a.m. CT
- Oct. 27, 2023, 12 a.m. ET
- Oct. 27, 2023, 5 a.m. BST
- Oct. 27, 2023, 6 a.m. CEST
- Oct. 27, 2023, 9:30 a.m. IST
- Oct. 27, 2023, 12 p.m. CST
- Oct. 27, 2023, 1 p.m. KST/JST
- Oct. 27, 2023, 3 p.m. AEDT
- Oct. 27, 2023, 5 p.m. NZDT
Alan Wake 2 is only available on PC via the Epic Games Store, so you won’t find it on Steam or any other launcher at a different time or, well, probably ever.
Bear in mind that Alan Wake 2’s PC specs are pretty steep. You’ll need an RTX 40-series card or Radeon RX 7800 to hit 60fps at 1440p or get anything above “low” quality ray tracing.
Alan wake 2 release times on PS5 and Xbox
Unlike most recent games, Alan Wake 2 launches at the same time worldwide on every platform. In case you inexplicably forgot what those are in the past few seconds, here it is again.
- Oct. 26, 2023, 11 a.m. CT
- Oct. 27, 2023, 12 a.m. ET
- Oct. 27, 2023, 5 a.m. BST
- Oct. 27, 2023, 6 a.m. CEST
- Oct. 27, 2023, 9:30 a.m. IST
- Oct. 27, 2023, 12 p.m. CST
- Oct. 27, 2023, 1 p.m. KST/JST
- Oct. 27, 2023, 3 p.m. AEDT
- Oct. 27, 2023, 5 p.m. NZDT
5 p.m. New Zealand time is midnight Eastern, so the New Zealand trick on Xbox won’t work for Alan Wake 2.
Alan Wake 2 preload time
Alan Wake 2 preloads go live on Oct. 25, 2023 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, so you can get the roughly 90 GB download out of the way before launch. If you’ve already pre-ordered the game, you can start the preload by navigating to your library on PS5 or Xbox and downloading it from there.
The Epic Games Store doesn’t offer preloads for most games, so if you’re playing on PC, you’ll more than likely have to wait until release time to start the download. There has been a small handful of exceptions, but Epic hasn’t given any indication Alan Wake 2 will be one of them.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
