Alan Wake 2 Lake House DLC will be another slice of full on horror, with new playable character and enemy type

For those looking forward to heading back into the rather surreal and twisted world of Alan Wake 2, you will soon be able to do just that, thanks to the imminent arrival of its Lake House DLC.

During this evening’s Xbox Partner Preview Event, developer Remedy shared a brief teaser for the game’s upcoming DLC, which takes place in a mysterious facility situated on the shores of Cauldron Lake.

In an accompanying blog post, the team went into further detail about the expansion, which will pop players into the shoes of FBC Agent Estevez, for what Remedy calls a “true survival horror” experience for all. This will include plenty of scares and overall peril, and Remedy has likened the horror levels in this DLC to those in Alan Wake 2’s Valhalla Nursing Home sequence.

All of this horror will include a new enemy type known as the Painted.

“For The Lake House we wanted to introduce a new, different kind of enemy from those found in the main game,” explained Remedy’s Kyle Rowley. “It’s important to us that our enemies follow on from themes found in and around the part of the game that they are revealed – whether that be the water-themed enemy, the ‘Diver’ located at the Valhalla Nursing Home, or the Taken Wolves that are found in and around the Cauldron Lake Forest.

“With that in mind, the Painted are very much themed around one of the core elements inside the Lake House – paint! They can move in and out of the supernatural paint on surfaces, hunting the player as they do so and have devastating melee attacks that deal significant amounts of damage.”

Alan Wake 2’s Lake House DLC will release in just a few days time, on 22nd October.

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