Alan Wake 2 co-director Kyle Rowley has reportedly been working as co-game director on an unannounced Remedy Entertainment project since January 2025.
The detail comes from Rowley’s professional profile and means the mystery game has been on his résumé for around 21 months, even though Remedy has yet to reveal its name, franchise, platforms, or release window.
That naturally puts Alan Wake 3 near the top of the fan speculation list. Rowley co-directed Alan Wake 2 alongside Sam Lake and went on to direct its Night Springs and The Lake House expansions. But there is an important distinction: Remedy has not confirmed that Rowley’s project is Alan Wake 3. The studio’s official investor site does list a separate, unidentified “New project,” but it does not publicly connect that project to Rowley or the Alan Wake franchise.
Quick takeaway: Kyle Rowley has reportedly been co-directing an unannounced Remedy game since January 2025. Remedy officially acknowledges a separate unnamed New project, but there is currently no confirmation that the two are the same project or that either one is Alan Wake 3.
Research basis: MP1st’s report on Kyle Rowley’s professional profile, Remedy Entertainment’s current investor materials and official project portfolio.
Current through: October 2, 2026.
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What we know about Remedy’s unannounced game
According to MP1st, Rowley’s professional profile lists him as co-game director on an unannounced Remedy game from January 2025 to the present. No title or description accompanies the position.
That timeline is noteworthy because it suggests this is not simply a role Rowley moved into following the completion of Alan Wake 2’s post-launch content. The project has apparently been part of his work at Remedy for a substantial period already.
There is also an official piece of the puzzle. Remedy’s investor site currently lists a “New project” alongside CONTROL Resonant and the Max Payne 1&2 remake. Every identifying field for that project remains blank: there is no release year, franchise, IP, or public title. Remedy is listed as its publisher.
It is tempting to connect those two pieces of information, but Remedy itself has not publicly said that Rowley is directing the New project listed for investors. For now, they are two related data points rather than a confirmed match.
Why Kyle Rowley’s involvement matters
Rowley’s recent history makes the story considerably more interesting than a routine personnel update. He co-directed Alan Wake 2 with Sam Lake and then directed both major story expansions, Night Springs and The Lake House.
That puts him at the center of Remedy’s recent survival-horror work. Alan Wake 2 shifted the series away from the action-heavy structure of the original and toward survival horror, investigation, dual protagonists and a much more elaborate use of the surreal storytelling that defines Remedy’s connected universe.
Could this be Alan Wake 3?
Alan Wake 3 is the obvious theory, but it remains a theory. Nothing in Rowley’s reported job description identifies the project as another Alan Wake game, and Remedy’s official New project listing does not name a franchise either.
There are still reasons why fans are making the connection. Remedy owns the Alan Wake IP, has repeatedly described Alan Wake and CONTROL as its two established franchises, and continues to develop the broader Remedy Connected Universe. Rowley also spent years working directly with Alan Wake’s characters, systems and horror direction.
None of that proves the identity of the game. It could be Alan Wake 3, another project set inside the connected universe, or something else entirely. Until Remedy attaches a title to Rowley’s project, treating Alan Wake 3 as confirmed would be jumping several steps ahead of the evidence.
For anyone still exploring Bright Falls while waiting for more answers, our Alan Wake 2 and Phasmophobia crossover coverage is another example of how Remedy continues to expand the series beyond the original 2023 release.
What else is Remedy working on?
One reason the mystery project stands out is that Remedy’s other major productions are much easier to identify.
CONTROL Resonant launched digitally on September 24, 2026. The sequel moves the action from the Oldest House into a paranormally warped Manhattan, puts Dylan Faden in the lead role and rebuilds combat around the shapeshifting Aberrant melee weapon. We break down the biggest changes in our CONTROL Resonant launch analysis.
The Max Payne 1&2 remake is also publicly announced and remains in Remedy’s development portfolio. The studio is remaking the first two Max Payne games as a single title under an agreement with Rockstar Games for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. That project has been public since 2022, so it does not fit the description of Rowley’s unannounced game. You can follow its development in our Max Payne 1&2 remake production update.
Remedy’s strategy makes the additional project easier to understand. The company is focused on expanding its established Alan Wake and CONTROL franchises while building a more consistent release cadence and increasing self-publishing across games it owns.
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What happens next?
The January 2025 date is what makes this story worth watching. Rowley has apparently been attached to the project for long enough that it is more than a newly formed idea, but there is no public reveal schedule to work from.
That means the next meaningful update needs to come from Remedy itself. A title, franchise confirmation or formal announcement would immediately tell us whether Rowley is returning to Alan Wake, moving elsewhere inside the Remedy Connected Universe, or directing something unexpected.
The studio is already in a busy period following CONTROL Resonant’s September launch, while Max Payne remains in development with Rockstar. Remedy’s wider business strategy has also been changing under new leadership, which we covered in our look at Remedy’s new CEO and the studio’s next phase.
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Another Remedy mystery, just not one we can solve yet
For now, the confirmed part of the story remains deliberately small: Kyle Rowley reportedly lists himself as co-directing an unannounced Remedy game since January 2025, while Remedy separately acknowledges an unidentified New project in its official portfolio.
Rowley’s history makes Alan Wake 3 an understandable guess, but there is not enough evidence to call it that yet. Until Remedy opens the door, the identity of its next mystery game stays in the Dark Place.