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It’s almost time for Alan Wake 2 fans to enter The Lake House and enjoy the title’s second DLC. Remedy Entertainment has finally revealed when owners of the Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition can start playing the expansion on all platforms and confirmed that a free quality-of-life update for all players of the game would accompany its release.
Details on that free update will be announced soon, according to the developer.
Find the Alan Wake 2: The Lake House release times below.
Alan Wake 2: The Lake House release times
Alan Wake 2: The Lake House is set to be released on October 22, 2024, at 8am ET. Check the list below to find out what that means for your timezone:
- October 22, 2024, 5am PT
- October 22, 2024, 7am CT
- October 22, 2024, 8am ET
- October 22, 2024, 1pm BST
- October 22, 2024, 2pm CEST
- October 22, 2024, 5:30pm IST
- October 22, 2024, 8pm CST
- October 22, 2024, 9pm JST/KST
- October 22, 2024, 11pm AEDT
- October 23, 2024, 1am NZDT
The DLC will be available on all platforms at the above times, so no one has any disadvantages in that regard.
The Lake House is the second and final Alan Wake 2 DLC that Remedy has planned – at least according to the official Alan Wake 2 roadmap released at launch. The first DLC, Night Springs, was published earlier this year.
The developer is still waiting for Alan Wake 2 to break even and recuperate its production costs, so The Lake House could be the final push needed to make that happen.
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Just when you thought the Dragon Age: The Veilguard drama couldn’t get any more entertaining, former BioWare executive Mark Darrah drops this absolute bombshell of corporate wisdom. According to the gaming industry veteran, the Mass Effect development team should essentially use Veilguard as their sacrificial lamb to squeeze whatever they need out of EA’s corporate overlords. And honestly? The man might be onto something here. Former BioWare Exec’s Brutal Advice: Throw Veilguard Under The Bus For The Sake Of Mass Effect Former BioWare Exec Mark Darrah Says the Team Working on the New Mass Effect Game Should ‘Scapegoat Veilguard as Much as They Need to to Get What They Need’ Darrah, who spent over two decades at BioWare before departing in 2020, isn’t mincing words about the current state of affairs. His suggestion that the team should “scapegoat Veilguard as much as they need to” isn’t just corporate strategy—it’s survival tactics in the brutal world of AAA game development. The former executive producer, who worked on multiple Dragon Age titles and knows the inner workings of BioWare better than most, understands the harsh reality of modern game development. When a project underperforms or faces criticism, smart developers use that failure as leverage. It’s not pretty, but it’s effective. Why Throwing Veilguard Under the Bus Makes Perfect Sense Look, nobody wants to see a game fail, but Veilguard’s reception has been… let’s call it “mixed” to be diplomatic. The community response ranged from lukewarm to downright hostile, and that kind of reception creates an opportunity for other projects within the same studio. It’s cold, calculated, and absolutely necessary in today’s gaming landscape. Darrah’s advice isn’t born from malice—it’s born from experience. He’s seen how EA operates, witnessed the corporate machinery that determines which projects get funding and which get the axe. When executives are looking for someone to blame and budgets to cut, having a convenient scapegoat can mean the difference between your project thriving or dying a slow, underfunded death. The franchise carries significantly more weight than Dragon Age in terms of brand recognition and sales potential. Commander Shepard’s adventures sold over 14 million copies across the original trilogy, while Dragon Age has always been the slightly awkward younger sibling in BioWare’s family. From a purely business perspective, protecting Mass Effect at Veilguard’s expense makes total sense. The Corporate Game Within the Game Here’s where things get really interesting—and frustrating for anyone who actually cares about good games. Darrah’s suggestion reveals the ugly truth about how major publishers operate. It’s not just about making great games anymore; it’s about navigating corporate politics, managing expectations, and playing the blame game when things go sideways. Former BioWare exec Mark Darrah says the team working on the new Mass Effect game should ‘scapegoat Veilguard as much as they need to to get what they need’ because he understands that in EA’s world, perception often matters more than reality. If the Mass Effect team can convince the suits that they’ve learned from Veilguard’s mistakes—whether real or perceived—they’re more likely to secure the resources, time, and creative freedom they need. What This Means for Mass Effect’s Future The cynical part of me wants to applaud Darrah’s brutal honesty, while the gamer in me feels sick about the whole situation. This is what AAA development has become: a political chess match where good games sometimes succeed despite the system, not because of it. But here’s the thing—if scapegoating Veilguard means the team gets more development time, a bigger budget, and fewer corporate mandates, then maybe we’ll actually get the game we deserve. The franchise has been through enough disappointment (looking at you, Andromeda), and fans have suffered long enough. Darrah’s advice might sound harsh, but it’s the kind of real-talk the industry needs more of. He’s not sugar-coating the corporate reality or pretending that the gaming industry operates on pure artistic merit. Sometimes you have to play dirty to make something clean. The next game faces enormous pressure to redeem BioWare’s reputation and prove that the studio can still deliver the epic, choice-driven RPGs that made them famous. If throwing Veilguard under the corporate bus helps achieve that goal, then perhaps it’s a necessary sacrifice in the bigger picture. Visit Total Apex Gaming for more game-related news.
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After joint practice on Wednesday between the Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots, I was asked by some members of the Patriots beat about just one player. "Who's 61? He's a dude." That player is Jalen Redmond, who has quite the story heading into his second season with the Vikings. He was playing in the UFL in the spring of 2024 with the Arlington Renegades. He was a signing the Vikings made on June 18th, 2024, which came after mandatory minicamp. Redmond was the 90th player on the roster and excelled throughout training camp to earn a roster spot. That ability is showing up once again. Jalen Redmond is taking another step forward The signing of Redmond was a massive win for general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and his scouting staff, especially Ryan Grigson, who was given a lot of credit for finding him. "I remember he [Grigson] called me and said, 'I like this guy.' I think it was late May," Adofo-Mensah explained. "You have to ask yourself, what's your standard for bringing people in, because a lot of good players are on teams already, so there's going to be something there that's not perfect, not clean, and earlier he had injuries, so you've got to understand why he's available, but ultimately here's why he might be a good bet. "And you saw the flashes for an interior guy with burst, his run defense kind of jumped out to me. That's the other thing, when you've been together for two or three years, and my history with Grigson before, he knows how to communicate with me, makes a cut-up, knows exactly what we look for." You can see the power and explosiveness in Redmond's game. He rarely gets washed out by the offensive line, and often penetrates the backfield with his ability. Where things have gotten really interesting with Redmons is seeing how good he can be from a short and long-term perspective. Last season, Redmond played in 13 games and flashed in a major way. While he went undrafted out of Oklahoma, it wasn't so much due to talent, but a health issue that kept him from being selected. He certainly looks like a player who should have been selected. Over the course of the season, Redmond got one sack and 6.0 tackles for loss to pair with 18 tackles. His ability to be a penetrating force on the line earned him a starting role at the end of the season, with two starts in his first year with the Vikings. Going into year two, Redmond shouldn't be overlooked. He won't be a starter with the additions of Jonathan Allen and Javon Hargrave, but it shouldn't be much of a surprise if he approaches 500 snaps as a rotational player. His teammates believe he's a stud, something that Jonathan Greenard emphasized last week. "Redmond is a dog," said Greenard after Redmond's great practice on Thursday. "Jalen's been a dog since last year in training camp. I knew he was a dog when he got thrown out of practices last year. So I was like, listen, from that day forward, he got thrown out, he came back in just completely, just dominating. And at that point even to see it during the season and see him continuously build. Now I'm like, man, everybody knows, but when you see, obviously, you bring in two guys like JA [Jonathan Allen] and Grave [Javon Hargrave], you kind of think that he gets put in the wayside, making the same place he was last year, if not more. And that just helps us out to know that it's not gonna drop off whenever those guys get a breather or something like that. If I'm coaching, I'm putting him in." Don't sleep on Redmond going into this season, as he's only getting better.
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