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Universes/Alan Wake / Control

FICTIONAL CHRONOLOGY · RESEARCH EDITION

Alan Wake / Control

The Remedy Connected Universe: Bright Falls, the Dark Place and the Federal Bureau of Control. Games, expansions, prose, comics, web fiction and live-action stories share one chronology, with nested fictions and uncertain calendar links explained.

28 works indexed46 sources

One connected history, including Alan’s written escape attempts and officially collaborated crossover fiction. Dark Place time is not a reliable Earth clock. Broad overlapping windows express uncertainty without inventing extra universes; Max Payne and Quantum Break are discussed in the scope ledger, not silently merged into this history.

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Reading the timelineConfirmed, assumed and disputed stories appear together. “est.” marks inference. “After” means relative order. Separate continuities retain their own history.

SELECTED CONTINUITY

Alan Wake / Control — connected history

est. spring 2010
Web seriesConfirmed canonReleased 2010

Bright Falls — Episodes 1–6

est. spring 2010; days leading into Alan’s arrival Evidence-based estimate

Jake Fischer’s reporting trip turns into a nightmare.

Placement Continuous six-part prequel, grouped together. Its ending approaches the Wakes’ arrival; exact episode days are not independently verified.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Creator’s page contains all six original episode Vimeo embeds. Full uninterrupted playback not certified; no verified Amazon release or official complete YouTube upload found.

Watch on creator’s site ↗Watch on creator’s site
2010

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 2010 / 2021 remaster

Alan Wake — Episodes 1–6 / Remastered

2010; spring Bright Falls crisis Relative / stated chronology

Alan searches for Alice as his manuscript becomes dangerous reality.

Placement Continuous main adventure at its 2010 position. Earlier New York memories remain within the game; the 2021 remaster is not a new adventure.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact Amazon title checked. Contains original story, The Signal and The Writer; does not contain American Nightmare, the two PC bonus comics or The Alan Wake Files.

View on Amazon US ↗Alan Wake Remastered — PlayStation 5
NovelLicensed retellingReleased 2010

Alan Wake — Rick Burroughs novelization

2010; same Bright Falls story Relative / stated chronology

The licensed prose adaptation retells Alan’s search.

Placement Grouped with the original game. Additional prose perspectives are not automatically facts overriding later games. Full novel interior not inspected.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.

View on Amazon US ↗Alan Wake — Rick Burroughs paperback
GameLicensed retellingReleased 2023

Alan Wake: Flashback — Fortnite experience

2010; retelling of the first game Relative / stated chronology

A playable condensed return to the Bright Falls mystery.

Placement Epic / Remedy collaboration retells the original story. October 2023 release is not its story year; cosmetic skins alone are not separate stories.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact official island; a Fortnite installation is required and continuing island availability is not guaranteed. No Amazon substitute.

Play official Fortnite experience ↗Play official Fortnite experience
Short film · Embedded segmentConfirmed canonReleased 2010

Writer in the Cabin — original in-game films

2010 viewing frame; Dark Place writing Relative / stated chronology

Alan’s recorded monologues reveal the writing behind the crisis.

Placement Embedded sequences indexed with the first game. Recording and discovery can occupy different moments; the remaster includes this same narrative material.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact Amazon title checked. Contains original story, The Signal and The Writer; does not contain American Nightmare, the two PC bonus comics or The Alan Wake Files.

View on Amazon US ↗Alan Wake Remastered — PlayStation 5
2010OVERLAPPING ERA
ComicConfirmed canonReleased 2011; wider digital distribution 2013

Night Springs: An Alan Wake Story

2010; overlaps the Episode 5 emergency Era known; exact sequence open

Frank Breaker responds to the town’s coded warning.

Placement Parallel to the main game, not a sequel set in the comic’s distribution year. The Episode 5 relationship is cross-checked in bibliography; original pages remain inaccessible here.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Legal Steam edition located; readable interior not acquired. No claim of inspected captions or exact day.

Edition / access: Exact legal containing download for the comics. Requires the original Alan Wake on Steam; no verified standalone Amazon comic product, and the remaster is not substituted as if it contained them.

Read via Steam bonus materials ↗Read via Steam bonus materials
2010OVERLAPPING ERA
ComicConfirmed canonReleased 2011; wider digital distribution 2013

Psycho Thriller: An Alan Wake Story

2010; Cauldron Lake Lodge / first-game aftermath Era known; exact sequence open

Emil Hartman faces the darkness around his ruined plans.

Placement Placed in the first crisis’s aftermath window. Secondary sources describe the aftermath differently; exact alignment with Episode 4–6 and the shoebox’s journey needs direct page inspection. No precise day asserted.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Legal Steam edition located; readable interior not acquired. Summary is used only for qualified placement, not certification of an undated interior.

Edition / access: Exact legal containing download for the comics. Requires the original Alan Wake on Steam; no verified standalone Amazon comic product, and the remaster is not substituted as if it contained them.

Read via Steam bonus materials ↗Read via Steam bonus materials
est. 2010
Music videoPromotional onlyReleased 2010

War — Poets of the Fall official video

est. 2010 story imagery; symbolic retelling Evidence-based estimate

Alan appears amid the song’s forest-nightmare imagery.

Placement Official narrative imagery belongs near its source adventure. Not treated as a literal extra rescue of Alice, or given an invented later year.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Original official artist upload; no unrelated product substituted.

Watch on YouTube ↗Watch on YouTube
est. 2010+
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2010

Alan Wake — Special 1: The Signal

est. 2010 onward; Dark Place captivity begins Evidence-based estimate

Alan struggles through an unstable nightmare with a guiding signal.

Placement Follows Episode 6; the Dark Place does not supply a dependable day count. First of the two continuing special episodes.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact Amazon title checked. Contains original story, The Signal and The Writer; does not contain American Nightmare, the two PC bonus comics or The Alan Wake Files.

View on Amazon US ↗Alan Wake Remastered — PlayStation 5
est. 2010+
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2010

Alan Wake — Special 2: The Writer

est. 2010 onward; continuing Dark Place captivity Evidence-based estimate

Alan confronts his divided self and tries to regain authorship.

Placement Direct continuation of The Signal, not a separate Earth year. Both specials are included in the linked remaster.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact Amazon title checked. Contains original story, The Signal and The Writer; does not contain American Nightmare, the two PC bonus comics or The Alan Wake Files.

View on Amazon US ↗Alan Wake Remastered — PlayStation 5
est. 2010–2012OVERLAPPING ERA

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

BookConfirmed canonReleased 2010 print / 2012 digital

The Alan Wake Files — Clay Steward’s investigation

est. 2010–2012 frame; includes much older records Era known; exact sequence open

Clay Steward assembles evidence of the Bright Falls mystery.

Placement Working compilation window after the disappearance. Historical clippings, The Creator’s Dilemma and Bright Falls history excerpts are nested evidence, not proof every section occurs in the frame year.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact digital containing edition for The Alan Wake Files; requires the original Steam game. No standalone Amazon edition verified.

View official PDF edition ↗View official PDF edition
Short story · Embedded segmentIn-world fictionReleased 2010

The Errand Boy — prose excerpt in The Alan Wake Files

Modern era; fictional story inside Steward’s dossier Relative / stated chronology

A sample of Alan’s earlier crime writing appears in the dossier.

Placement Embedded fiction indexed with its containing book. Date of fictional publication is not proof of the story’s internal calendar; not counted as an extra published novel.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact digital containing edition for The Alan Wake Files; requires the original Steam game. No standalone Amazon edition verified.

View official PDF edition ↗View official PDF edition
est. 2012 · +2 years
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2012

Alan Wake’s American Nightmare

est. 2012 frame; nearly two years after the disappearance Evidence-based estimate

Alan battles Mr. Scratch through a repeating Arizona night.

Placement The two-year clue supports the Earth frame; the Night Springs scenario loops and its apparent resolution do not erase Alan’s later captivity.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact digital game; no verified current Amazon product match. Not included in Alan Wake Remastered.

View official game ↗View official game
Feb–Jul 2012
Web fictionConfirmed canonReleased 2012

This House of Dreams — dated posts & poems

22 February – 29 July 2012; older poems embedded Relative / stated chronology

Samantha’s new home contains a shoebox with disturbing connections.

Placement Dates are printed on the actual narrative blog posts and were read directly. The poems’ older authorship and dreams are not forced into the 2012 present.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Original dated posts read directly, including opening and final entry, dreams, shoebox material and title page.

Edition / access: Original freely accessible narrative blog. No Amazon edition verified; this is the actual story rather than a product substitute.

Read the official story ↗Read the official story
est. 2012–2023OVERLAPPING ERA
Short filmConfirmed canonReleased 2021

Alan Wake Remastered — Visions 01–03

est. 2012–2023; years into the Dark Place captivity Era known; exact sequence open

Three QR-linked monologues anticipate Alan’s later writing struggle.

Placement Placed in the supported captivity window, not assigned a 2021 Earth date because of release. The third vision points toward the sequel; the group can overlap AWE and Initiation.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Original Remedy Vision 02 linked from the QR-code record; all three shorts are indexed together. No Amazon-only requirement to see the web film.

Watch on YouTube ↗Watch on YouTube
2019
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2019

Control — main campaign & side stories

2019; Hiss invasion of the Oldest House Relative / stated chronology

Jesse Faden becomes Director during a containment catastrophe.

Placement 2019 derives from the documented FBC chronology, not just the release year. Thresholds, reports and Hotline memories can concern much earlier history. Ultimate Edition retells this same crisis.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact Amazon title checked. Includes main game, Foundation and AWE. Tokui availability depends on installed update / platform; original PS4 standard discs did not include that mission.

View on Amazon US ↗Control Ultimate Edition — PlayStation 5
2019OVERLAPPING ERA
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2019; wider availability 2025

Dr. Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery Experience

2019; during Jesse’s Research Sector access Era known; exact sequence open

Jesse follows a recording into an altered guided-imagery experience.

Placement Bonus narrative mission overlaps the main campaign. The 2025 update unlocked it for more editions; it did not advance Jesse’s calendar by six years.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact Amazon title checked. Includes main game, Foundation and AWE. Tokui availability depends on installed update / platform; original PS4 standard discs did not include that mission.

View on Amazon US ↗Control Ultimate Edition — PlayStation 5
2019+OVERLAPPING ERA
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2019

Control — Put a Record On / Expeditions

2019 onward; ongoing Oldest House lockdown Era known; exact sequence open

The Jukebox leads Jesse into the Formation for dangerous expeditions.

Placement Introductory mission and repeatable expeditions grouped. Optional operations overlap the late campaign / post-game; no fixed years assigned to repeat attempts.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact Amazon title checked. Includes main game, Foundation and AWE. Tokui availability depends on installed update / platform; original PS4 standard discs did not include that mission.

View on Amazon US ↗Control Ultimate Edition — PlayStation 5
2019OVERLAPPING ERA
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2020

Control — AWE

2019; late campaign / continuing lockdown Era known; exact sequence open

Jesse investigates Hartman and the sealed Investigations Sector.

Placement Available after mission seven. Its relationship to The Foundation is flexible; the later Bright Falls alert is a warning about the future, not the date of Jesse’s whole visit.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact Amazon title checked. Includes main game, Foundation and AWE. Tokui availability depends on installed update / platform; original PS4 standard discs did not include that mission.

View on Amazon US ↗Control Ultimate Edition — PlayStation 5
2019
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2020

Control — The Foundation

2019; after Take Control Relative / stated chronology

Jesse investigates the damaged roots of the Oldest House.

Placement Official prerequisite establishes a post-campaign position. Marshall’s fate and Ash’s logs concern older events; the expansion’s 2020 release is not a proven year-long gap.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact Amazon title checked. Includes main game, Foundation and AWE. Tokui availability depends on installed update / platform; original PS4 standard discs did not include that mission.

View on Amazon US ↗Control Ultimate Edition — PlayStation 5
est. 2010–2023OVERLAPPING ERA
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2024

Alan Wake 2 — Night Springs: Number One Fan / North Star / Time Breaker

est. 2010–2023 captivity frame; fictional worlds have their own clocks Era known; exact sequence open

Three escape scripts transform familiar faces into strange protagonists.

Placement All three episodes kept in the connected history as authored attempts. Coffee World’s Sibling is not automatically pre-Control Jesse; the Actor’s multiverse does not make Quantum Break officially RCU canon. Exact interleaving with Alan’s other scripts remains open.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact listing and contents checked: main game, Night Springs, The Lake House and a Remastered digital voucher. Used-copy vouchers may be redeemed; check region, updates and seller contents.

View on Amazon US ↗Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5
est. 2010–2023OVERLAPPING ERA
GameOfficial crossoverReleased 2024

Dead by Daylight — Alan Wake chapter & survivor story

est. 2010–2023 captivity frame; Entity realm time unmeasured Era known; exact sequence open

Alan’s escape writing leads him from the Dark Place into the Fog.

Placement Remedy supplies this narrative premise. Kept alongside the captivity stories; release in 2024 does not make it a post-Final Draft Earth sequel. Exact point and return to the RCU remain unestablished.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding official chapter page. Requires Dead by Daylight and the appropriate chapter; the standalone base game does not itself guarantee Alan’s content.

View official crossover ↗View official crossover
est. 2010–2023OVERLAPPING ERA
Game DLCOfficial crossoverReleased 2024

Dead by Daylight — Tome 18: Revision, Alan Wake memories

est. 2010–2023 captivity frame; recollections span earlier life Era known; exact sequence open

Archive memories expand the writer’s encounter with the Entity.

Placement Additional narrative, distinct from the chapter’s survivor introduction. The Tome also covers Deathslinger; his unrelated full chronology is outside this franchise scope.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Official Tome information, not an assertion that the expired cosmetic Rift pass is needed to read permanently available archive lore.

View official archive story info ↗View official archive story info
Oct 2023OVERLAPPING ERA
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2024

Alan Wake 2 — The Lake House

October 2023; parallel to Saga’s Bright Falls investigation Era known; exact sequence open

Agent Kiran Estevez confronts a failed FBC research project.

Placement The official FAQ explicitly places it parallel to Alan Wake 2. Sorts beside the opening investigation, not after the ending as a 2024 sequel. Exact chapter-by-chapter intersection is not certified here.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact listing and contents checked: main game, Night Springs, The Lake House and a Remastered digital voucher. Used-copy vouchers may be redeemed; check region, updates and seller contents.

View on Amazon US ↗Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5
Oct 2023 · +13 years

SAME STORY POSITION · FORMATS & ADAPTATIONS

GameConfirmed canonReleased 2023

Alan Wake 2 — Return / Initiation

October 2023 Earth frame; thirteen years after 2010 Relative / stated chronology

Saga investigates ritual murders while Alan writes toward escape.

Placement Alternating perspectives and non-linear echoes share one story position. No single straight calendar can order every Dark Place scene; use the Earth frame and in-game chapter order within each thread.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact listing and contents checked: main game, Night Springs, The Lake House and a Remastered digital voucher. Used-copy vouchers may be redeemed; check region, updates and seller contents.

View on Amazon US ↗Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5
Game DLCConfirmed canonReleased 2023

Alan Wake 2 — The Final Draft

October 2023 frame; a further turn of the spiral Relative / stated chronology

New pages, scenes and a changed ending develop the same ordeal.

Placement Grouped with the base adventure, with the distinct narrative ending acknowledged. A new spiral is not a new conventional year or evidence for a separate continuity selector.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact listing and contents checked: main game, Night Springs, The Lake House and a Remastered digital voucher. Used-copy vouchers may be redeemed; check region, updates and seller contents.

View on Amazon US ↗Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5
Music videoNarrative performanceReleased 2023

Herald of Darkness — official music video

2023 story frame; Alan’s In the Night musical Relative / stated chronology

The Old Gods perform Alan’s life story as a surreal musical.

Placement Same performance context as Initiation’s musical sequence, with its own viewing link. Not another adventure dated by the video’s upload.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Original official music video. The containing game is separately linked in this story group.

Watch on YouTube ↗Watch on YouTube
Short film · Embedded segmentIn-world fictionReleased 2023

Yötön Yö / Nightless Night — film inside Alan Wake 2

2023 viewing frame; purported older film exists inside the fiction Relative / stated chronology

Thomas Seine’s strange film echoes the surrounding nightmare.

Placement Embedded film indexed at its viewing point. The story’s claims about its filmmaker and production era are not independently verified Earth history; no standalone 1970 adventure invented.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact listing and contents checked: main game, Night Springs, The Lake House and a Remastered digital voucher. Used-copy vouchers may be redeemed; check region, updates and seller contents.

View on Amazon US ↗Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5
Short film · Embedded segmentConfirmed canonReleased 2023

The Writer’s Journey — Alan Wake 2 films

2023 viewing frame; memories and Dark Place writing Relative / stated chronology

Live-action monologues chart Alan’s writing and identity.

Placement Embedded Journey collectibles grouped with Alan Wake 2. The recollected past does not move all recordings into the same discovery day. These are distinct from the original game’s Cabin films and the remaster’s three QR shorts.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact listing and contents checked: main game, Night Springs, The Lake House and a Remastered digital voucher. Used-copy vouchers may be redeemed; check region, updates and seller contents.

View on Amazon US ↗Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5
2025+ · +6 yearsOVERLAPPING ERA
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2025 / updates 2025–2026

FBC: Firebreak — jobs, Breakpoint & Rogue Protocol

2025 onward; six years after Control Era known; exact sequence open

Bureau volunteers respond to disasters during the prolonged siege.

Placement One ongoing operations window. Launch jobs Hot Fix, Paper Chase, Ground Control, Frequency Shift and Freezer Duty, plus updated crises / Endless Shift, do not acquire new Earth years solely from patch dates.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Exact publisher game site and purchase choices. No verified Amazon edition substituted; online service access and current platform conditions should be checked.

View official game ↗View official game
est. 2025 · +6 yearsOVERLAPPING ERA
Short filmConfirmed canonReleased 2025

Surviving the Workplace — Introduction & five job films

est. 2025; about six years into lockdown Era known; exact sequence open

Jerry Standish trains Firebreak volunteers using improvised puppets.

Placement Continuous six-part job-training series grouped. Opening dialogue gives about six years in lockdown; later in-game edits are versions of these films, not extra events.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Original Remedy Introduction film linked from the source transcript. Six-part series also appears, in shorter edits, in the Firebreak media viewer. No Amazon product substituted.

Watch on YouTube ↗Watch on YouTube
2026 · +7 years
GameConfirmed canonReleased 2026

CONTROL Resonant — campaign & New Game+

2026; seven years after Control Relative / stated chronology

Dylan Faden enters a transformed Manhattan in search of Jesse.

Placement Seven-year story interval comes from the director’s interview, separately from development time. Already released September 24, 2026. New Game+ stays with the campaign; planned mode changes are not invented as released narrative DLC.

Research & access notes

Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected

Edition / access: Corresponding physical edition identified on Amazon. Check selected edition, platform and region; no unverified future expansion pass included.

View on Amazon US ↗CONTROL Resonant — PlayStation 5

Era / story position not yet established

These entries still lack enough evidence for a useful story-era insertion. Supported estimates and source-story retellings appear in the main timeline; remaining gaps need further research.

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