Just one day after Larian Studios' publishing director, Michael Douse, slammed Epic Games for gatekeeping Alan Wake 2, so much so to the alleged financial detriment of its developer, Remedy Entertainment has clapped back, asserting that without Epic Games and its publishing arm, the long-awaited sequel simply would've never happened.
In a post from the official Remedy account, the studio made it clear — "There would be no Alan Wake 2 without Epic Publishing."
More importantly, it wanted to highlight that the deal inked between the two companies was "very fair" for the Finnish developer. "While these complex deals can often take even a year to reach their conclusion, and may not always be fair to the developer, this one was. And it only took months to get done."
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Those months being referenced are almost surely the time it took for development and publishing costs to be recouped before additional revenue could be split evenly between the two groups.
Epic Games was, and is, an excellent partner to us. Steam or no Steam.
These statements ultimately follow Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney's own statements about gamers benefiting from having access to multiple...
