Alan Wake II Anniversary Update Set for Release on October 22

As Alan Wake II marks its first anniversary, Remedy Games announced today that an “Anniversary Update” will be released tomorrow, October 22. The update will include several quality-of-life improvements and platform-specific enhancements, such as updates to PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller and the addition of a “Gameplay Assist” menu with various customizable toggles.

Find the list below for the features included in the Alan Wake II Anniversary Update

All players will be able to download the “Anniversary Update” for free, and it contains our biggest addition to quality of life and accessibility options to the game to date. The features we’ve included are those that have been frequently requested by the community.

First, one of the most requested options included in the Anniversary Update is the ability to invert the X (horizontal) axis on mouse and controller, and not just the Y (vertical) axis. Inverting either axis can be a matter of preference, but for a lot of players it also presents a usability and accessibility issue.

PlayStation players can look forward to some improvements we’ve made for the DualSense controller. With the “Anniversary Update,” Alan Wake II will have gyro aiming (motion controls) support. You can turn the motion sensor function on and off, as well as tweak horizontal and vertical sensitivity, set gyro space, and choose whether your pitch, yaw, and roll directions are standard or inverted.

Until now, Alan Wake II only had haptics support for weapons, but we’re happy to say that the team has been working hard to improve and refine haptics on the DualSense. From now on, haptics will also work with healing items and throwables.

With the “Anniversary Update,” Alan Wake II will get the Gameplay Assist menu, which you can find in the gameplay options. It contains, among others, the following toggles:

• Infinite flashlight batteries

• Quick turn

• Auto complete QTE

• Button tapping to single tap

• Weapon charging with taps

• Healing items with taps

• Lightshifter with taps

• Player invulnerability

• Player immortality

• One shot kill

• Infinite ammo

Alan Wake II is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Epic Games Store.