The new Alan Wake 2: Night Springs DLC features comic art by a legendary Batman artist

Art from Alan Wake 2: Nightsprings
(Image credit: Remedy Entertainment)

Night Springs, the first DLC expansion for Remedy Entertainment's hit survival horror game 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Alan Wake 2, has arrived and it contains new art by fan favorite comics artist Chriꦍstian Ward.

Warꦍd, who recently wrote and drew the three-issue Batm♏an: City of Madness limited series for DC, confirmed on his on June 8 that he was the creator behind the art, sharing the below page as an example.

The title Night Springs has many different connotations within the world of Alan Wake. It's the name of a fic😼tional TV show and media franchise that's very clearly inspired, in part, by The Twilight Zone. There are several locations with that name and there's even a song of the sa🐈me title tied into the new expansion.

Art from Alan Wake 2: Nightsprings

(Image credit: Remedy Entertainment)

Most intriguing, however, is the fact that Night Springs is also the title of a previous Alan Wake comic, published back in 2011. That short story was written by Sam Lake and Mikko Rautalahti, with art by Amin Amat 🦄and Gerry Kissell, and colors by Shari Chankhamma.

The new DLC is 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:split into three episodes in which players control transformed versions of familiar characters. In 'Time Breaker' you play "The Actor" - a performer who looks eerily like Bright Falls sheriff Tim Breaker. 'North Star' allows you to play as "The Sibling" - a character who may well be Jesse Faden from a different Remedy game, 2019's Control. Finally, 'Number One Fan' casts you🐽 as "The Waitress" - a character based on✃ Rose Marigold.

Alan Wake II: Night Spriꦓngs is out now. ﷽A second DLC is currently in development.


You can check out some of Christian Ward's beautiful art for Batman: City of Madness here.

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