Alan Wake Developer Treatment Appears to Have Trademarked Management: Resonant Forward of The Recreation Awards, Sparking Hypothesis It is Set to Reveal a Lengthy-Awaited Sequel

A wave of hypothesis amongst followers of Alan Wake 2 and Management developer Treatment Leisure has been sparked by the submitting of a contemporary trademark, simply days forward of The Recreation Awards.

As noticed by MP1st, a trademark for one thing named “Management: Resonant” was filed yesterday, November 27, by Treatment’s authorized agency, Nordic Attorneys at Legislation Ltd. This, it is said, is similar group liable for all of Treatment’s different logos.

The apparent conclusion right here is that Management: Resonant would be the title of Treatment’s upcoming Management sequel, which the developer first introduced for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S again in 2022. Little else is understood in regards to the mission, nonetheless.

The timing of the trademark’s submitting raises eyebrows, coming precisely two weeks earlier than this 12 months’s The Recreation Awards broadcast on December 11. And Treatment has gone massive on the present earlier than, with a full dance quantity throughout the present’s 2023 ceremony to have a good time Alan Wake 2.

After all, there is a chance this is not the Management sequel that followers are ready patiently for. Treatment additionally has concepts for movie and TV diversifications cooking in collaboration with Annapurna Interactive, or this might alternatively be another form of spin-off.

However the sense amongst followers is that now’s the appropriate time for Management’s full sequel to be revealed, two years after Treatment’s final blockbuster sport mission arrived, and as a press release of intent following the disappointing efficiency of FBC: Firebreak, the studio’s scrappy try at a Management multiplayer expertise.

IGN has contacted Treatment for extra, and can in fact be reporting all of the bulletins from The Recreation Awards 2025 dwell.

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