Ahead of its launch, Remedy had a closed roundtable with select media to showcase and discuss their upcoming expansion, The Lake House.
Alongside a ten-minute gameplay preview, journalists attended a roundtable with Kyle Rowley (Game Director), with others invited for an extended 1-1 interviews with Clay Murphy (Lead Writer) and Janina Gavankar (Lead Actor, Kieran Estevez. The embargo for the press event lifted on October 22nd when the expansion went live.
On launch day, Janina also held her own celebration with an hour-long discussion with Remedy's Creative Director, Sam Lake. Below are all the interviews that we could track down ahead and after the launch...
Interviews
Alan Wake 2: The Lake House Interview with Remedy Entertainment (Danny Peña)
Interview with Kyle Rowley
"How do those spaces feel when they're slightly more intimate?" Alan Wake 2: The Lake House's game director on bringing a bit of Control to Bright Falls (GamesRadar+)
Interview with Kyle Rowley
Alan Wake 2’s Lake House DLC takes cues from Annihilation and Alien (Digital Trends)
Interview with Clay Murphy and Kyle Rowley
Alan Wake 2 "overdid it a little bit" with its jump scares, admits game director Kyle Rowley (GamesRadar+)
Interview with Kyle Murphy
Dive back into the darkness in Alan Wake 2's The Lake House expansion on October 22 (Epic Games Store)
Interview with Clay Murphy and Kyle Rowley
Alan Wake 2's The Lake House Expansion Is Its Swansong, And A Bridge To Control's Sequel (Gamespot) Interview with Kyle Rowley
Alan Wake 2: The Lake House Star Explains Why Remedy Is Special (Gamespot)
Interview with Janina Gavankar
Janina Gavankar The Lake House Instagram Live with Sam Lake (@Janina, Instagram)
Conversation with Janina Gavankar and Sam Lake
As well as interviews, there's also a list of reviews from the latest expansion. As part of our ongoing record, well also link to archived pages from Wayback Machine as soon as the site is operational.
Previews & Reviews
Alan Wake 2: The Lake House (GameReactor)
Written by Henric Pettersson, 7.5/10
Alan Wake 2: The Lake House Review – Who’s The Real Monster? (wccftech)
Written by Francesco De Meo, 7/10
Alan Wake 2: The Lake House DLC review - an undercooked facsimile, or something more deliberate? (Eurogamer)
Written by Katharine Castle, 3/5
Alan Wake II: The Lake House - Review (IGN Nordic)
Written by Tristan Ogilvie, 8/10
The Lake House” DLC Is a Tightly-Paced Welcome Addition to the ‘Alan Wake 2’ Mythology [Review] (Bloody Disgusting)
Written by Aaron Boehm, 3.5/5
Alan Wake 2: The Lake House Review PS5 (Push Square)
Written by Aaron Bayne, 8/10
The Lake House is a welcome return to Alan Wake 2 — and a bridge to the future (The Verge)
Written by Tauriq Moosa
