A rumor about an Alan Wake sequel was thrown around a couple days ago after an employer put the title on his resume. Now Joystiq has reported that Remedy released a statement promising details in the coming weeks (E3 I’d imagine) but would not call it Alan Wake, nor is it downloadable episodes for the first Alan Wake.

“Fans of the franchise will be excited to learn that, yes, more Wake is coming!” he said. “But to be absolutely certain to avoid confusion, this next Wake installment will not be Alan Wake 2. But neither will it be DLC.”

I’m sorry but this statement just adds to the confusion already. What the hell are they doing then? They also go on to say that this will help people not familiar with the franchise. Has there been more than one game? Couldn’t they just play the first one and be caught up on the whole series? Does this mean they are rebooting the series? Do I really care?

Honestly I was one that liked some parts of Alan Wake but was ultimately let down with the overall experience. The DLC chapters did nothing for me as well not adding any closure to the story that seemed to be a clusterfuck anyway. I’m not saying I don’t understand what happened, I have wikis for that. I’m simply stating that the only great feature of Alan Wake was a little muddled with the vagueness. I didn’t care for the shooting mechanic or the ghost farm equipment attacking me; I thought it was all kind of mediocre. Joystiq thinks it’s a reboot, but why do that now? Oh, because nobody bought this game.

So expect something to release by the end of the year. People tie the bad sales of Alan Wake with Red Dead Redemption since it was released on the same day. Let’s not forget the amazing holiday coming along that Alan will have to compete with. If it can’t hang with RDR, can it break through Battlefield,COD, Skyrim, Uncharted, Batman etc.?