Alan Wake 2 wins Critics' Choice Award at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
Nov. 10, 2023The titular author has earned the write to celebrate
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As voted on by a group of journalists from GamesRadar+, PC Gamer, Future Game Show, EDGE Magazine, Retro Gamer, and PLAY magazine – alongside Future’s trusted network of freelance writers – Remedy Entertainment’s long-awaited sequel has risen to the top in a year absolutely brimming with top-tier candidates.
Speaking in ourAlan Wake 2 review, GamesRadar+’s UK Managing Editor Josh West described the survival horror game as “a strange, imaginative, and truly ambitious sequel that never fails to upend your expectations,” ultimately concluding that, “you won’t find anything else quite like Alan Wake 2 this generation.” The game received the coveted five-star review score from us too.
That’s clearly a sentiment shared by the Critics' Choice Award judging panel, in the face of what is surely one of the most ambitious games of the year.
Alan Wake 2 likewise includes two central protagonists for the first time – the eponymous writer Alan Wake still trapped in the Dark Place, and an FBI agent named Saga Anderson who’s been sent to investigate mysterious murders in Bright Falls that justmightbe connected to Wake’s unexplained disappearance.
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