Alan Wake is a
psychological survival horror video game developed by
Remedy Entertainment and published by
Microsoft Game Studios. It was released for the
Xbox 360 and
Microsoft Windows. The story follows best-selling thriller novelist Alan Wake, as he tries to uncover the mystery behind his wife's disappearance during a vacation in the small fictional town of Bright Falls, Washington, all while experiencing events from the plot in his latest novel, which he cannot remember writing, coming to life.