Treatment has introduced {that a} new Alan Wake replace is scheduled to reach subsequent week, and it is set to take away one of many recreation’s most iconic licensed songs, changing it with an unique composition.
In a message on X (previously Twitter), Treatment reveals that David Bowie’s well-known track “Area Oddity” will likely be faraway from the PC variations of the unique Alan Wake on September tenth. That’ll maintain throughout the Steam, Epic, and GOG variations of the sport.
“Area Oddity” will likely be changed by “a brand new unique track by Petri Alanko” by the identify of “Unusual Moons”. As a reminder, Petri Alanko is a composer who’s labored with Treatment on quite a few tasks, together with Alan Wake, Management, and, after all, final yr’s horror sequel Alan Wake 2.
It is value noting that this removing solely applies to the unique PC model of Alan Wake; it does not have an effect on 2021’s Alan Wake Remastered, which presumably nonetheless holds the rights to make use of the track for some time but.
In fact, in the event you’re taking part in the unique Alan Wake on Xbox 360, then you definately’ll nonetheless be capable to hear “Area Oddity” there, too. In spite of everything, it is not like Treatment or Warner can bodily take away the rights to the track out of your Xbox 360 disc, proper?
Video video games often run into issues as a result of expiry of music licensing agreements, together with Alan Wake itself.
Again in 2017, it was introduced that the digital and bodily variations of the sport could be pulled from shops around the globe on account of music rights points. The sport subsequently returned to shops in 2018.
Again in 2018, it was additionally revealed that Grand Theft Auto 4 would lose quite a few its music tracks on account of expiring license agreements. A lot of these songs had been subsequently restored in a later replace, though that replace introduced some woes of its personal.
Once more, in the event you’re taking part in Alan Wake Remastered, you will not want to fret about “Area Oddity”; it’s going to nonetheless play over the sport’s closing credit. Nevertheless, in the event you’re taking part in the unique recreation on PC, you may hear Alanko’s composition as an alternative.