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 sport’s most iconic licensed songs, changing it with an authentic composition.
In a message on X (previously Twitter), Treatment reveals that David Bowie’s well-known track “House 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.
“House Oddity” will likely be changed by “a brand new authentic track by Petri Alanko” by the title of “Unusual Moons”. As a reminder, Petri Alanko is a composer who’s labored with Treatment on numerous initiatives, together with Alan Wake, Management, and, in fact, final 12 months’s horror sequel Alan Wake 2.
It is price noting that this removing solely applies to the unique PC model of Alan Wake; it would 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.
After all, for those who’re enjoying the unique Alan Wake on Xbox 360, then you definately’ll nonetheless be capable of hear “House Oddity” there, too. In any case, it isn’t 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 can be pulled from shops all over the world resulting from 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 numerous its music tracks resulting from 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, for those who’re enjoying Alan Wake Remastered, you will not want to fret about “House Oddity”; it’s going to nonetheless play over the sport’s closing credit. Nonetheless, for those who’re enjoying the unique sport on PC, you will hear Alanko’s composition as a substitute.
