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Critically-acclaimed survival horror gameAlan Wake 2has received its very first PC update for 2025. Developed in close collaboration between developer Remedy Entertainment and Nvidia, the latestAlan Wake 2PC update adds some major improvements and features to take full advantage of the newly-launched RTX 50 Series graphics cards.
Launched in October 2023,Alan Wake 2stands as one of the most technically impressive games of the generation. The photorealistic textures and animations coupled with the deftly-executed lighting and shadows result in a visually stunning experience forAlan Wake 2players. For PC users who sport Nvidia GPUs,Alan Wake 2offers features like ray reconstruction, DLSS upscaling and frame generation, ray tracing, and path tracing. With theonset of Nvidia’s new RTX 50 Series lineup, this list has grown even further.
Remedy Entertainment issued a new update forAlan Wake 2’s PC version on January 30 to coincide with the launch of the RTX 50 Series graphics cards. The update most notably implementsDLSS 4 with Multi-Frame Generation inAlan Wake 2, which was confirmed in early January 2025 to be one of 75 games that will support the new Nvidia technology. According to Remedy, enabling DLSS 4 and Multi-Frame Generation will allow PC users to ratchet upAlan Wake 2’s graphics and ray tracing settings to the max and play the game atover 230fps at 4K on the new RTX 50 Series cards.
The perks aren’t solely limited to RTX 50 Series adopters either. Users of previous Nvidia RTX cards will also benefit fromAlan Wake 2’s DLSS 4 upgrade, with improved DLSS Super Resolution, DLSS Ray Reconstruction, and DLAA tech.Alan Wake 2is also the first game to include Nvidia’s RTX Mega Geometry tech for all RTX GPU users, which accelerates BVH construction to fit up to 100 times more ray-traced triangles and improve performance in heavily ray-traced scenes. Lastly, Remedy has expandedAlan Wake 2’s impressive ray tracing suitewith a new Ultra Ray Tracing preset, bringing fully ray-traced reflections, fully ray-traced transparent reflections, and higher-quality fully ray-traced indirect lighting.
Alan Wake 2players can download the game’s newest PC update via the Epic Games Store. Those looking forward to a Steam release for the game, however, may just be left waiting for a very long time asAlan Wake 2was recently confirmed to remain an Epic Games Store exclusive.
