PRE-BUILD INVENTORY · OCTOBER 20, 2026

The dates.
The evidence.

Alan Wake / Control: research table, product / access matches and inspection gaps.

VERIFICATION STATUS

Broad coverage.
Open questions.

32 catalogue records; 28 indexed works. Shared branch points, embedded scenes and anthology containers are distinguished.

A research edition, not a completed full-interior audit. A missing date remains an inspection gap until the actual work has been checked.

Inventory / contradiction checks

Pre-build research table produced before site generation. Inventory checked across six principal games, original and sequel expansions, both comics, prose retelling, dossier, blog, prequel shorts, QR films, narrative music films, official crossover and Firebreak training / updates.
One inclusive connected history; nested Night Springs fiction is not classified as non-canon merely for altered characters. Max Payne / Quantum Break exclusion follows the creator, rather than inference from shared actors.
2010 / 2023 thirteen-year relation, 2019 Control, Firebreak +6 years and Resonant +7 years cross-checked separately from release dates. The future AWE warning and 2024 Lake House release do not displace their containing stories.
Original This House of Dreams dated text read directly. Legal Steam comic / dossier access found, but missing game files prevent full page inspection; that gap is explicit in each relevant row.
Continuous Bright Falls / training runs grouped. Prose and Fortnite retellings share the original game position; Final Draft and the musical share Alan Wake 2. DLC retain individual access / chronology records.
Current Resonant release and mode notes checked. Firebreak Breakpoint / Rogue Protocol included without assigning patch years as story years. No future DLC invented.
Amazon Remastered, Control Ultimate and Alan Wake 2 Deluxe titles checked directly; Deluxe content and Remastered voucher verified. Comics and free blog use corresponding legal access, not unrelated products.

Verification still required

Both short comic interiors, the complete novel and complete dossier need direct legal interior inspection. No claim that a missing date cannot be found inside them. Psycho Thriller’s exact episode alignment remains provisional within 2010.
Dark Place scripts, Visions and the Entity crossover lack a dependable Earth clock. Their captivity windows overlap; sort anchors inside those windows express editorial grouping, not exact years.
Full mission / historical-document chronology and every embedded film’s fictional production date have not been exhaustively frame-audited. The main games include those narrative collections, with selected separate embedded indexes.
Bright Falls creator page contains all six episode embeds; uninterrupted playback / regional access not certified. Historical distributor YouTube links should not be assumed active.
This is a researched catalogue of identified official stories, not certification that every art-book insert, vanished promotional page or newly updated live-service line has been inspected.

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Entry	Media / release	Story date	Canon / continuity	Placement / inspection	Sources	Edition / viewing match
Bright Falls — Episodes 1–6Jake Fischer’s reporting trip turns into a nightmare.	Web seriesReleased 2010	est. spring 2010; days leading into Alan’s arrivalEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	Continuous six-part prequel, grouped together. Its ending approaches the Wakes’ arrival; exact episode days are not independently verified.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Bright Falls — production designer’s series page Bright Falls — contemporary six-episode release record Alan Wake 2 — official story	Watch on creator’s siteCreator’s page contains all six original episode Vimeo embeds. Full uninterrupted playback not certified; no verified Amazon release or official complete YouTube upload found.
Alan Wake — Episodes 1–6 / RemasteredAlan searches for Alice as his manuscript becomes dangerous reality.	GameReleased 2010 / 2021 remaster	2010; spring Bright Falls crisisRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	Continuous main adventure at its 2010 position. Earlier New York memories remain within the game; the 2021 remaster is not a new adventure.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy — Alan Wake Alan Wake 2 — official story Alan Wake Remastered — official contents	Alan Wake Remastered — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Alan Wake — Rick Burroughs novelizationThe licensed prose adaptation retells Alan’s search.	NovelReleased 2010	2010; same Bright Falls storyRelative / stated chronology	Licensed retellingAlan Wake / Control — connected history	Grouped with the original game. Additional prose perspectives are not automatically facts overriding later games. Full novel interior not inspected.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Tor / Macmillan — Alan Wake by Rick Burroughs Remedy — Alan Wake	Alan Wake — Rick Burroughs paperbackCorresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.
Alan Wake: Flashback — Fortnite experienceA playable condensed return to the Bright Falls mystery.	GameReleased 2023	2010; retelling of the first gameRelative / stated chronology	Licensed retellingAlan Wake / Control — connected history	Epic / Remedy collaboration retells the original story. October 2023 release is not its story year; cosmetic skins alone are not separate stories.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Epic — Alan Wake: Flashback Remedy — Alan Wake	Play official Fortnite experienceExact official island; a Fortnite installation is required and continuing island availability is not guaranteed. No Amazon substitute.
Night Springs: An Alan Wake StoryFrank Breaker responds to the town’s coded warning.	ComicReleased 2011; wider digital distribution 2013	2010; overlaps the Episode 5 emergencyEra known; exact sequence open	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Legal Steam edition located; readable interior not acquired. No claim of inspected captions or exact day.	Remedy — legal Alan Wake bonus materials The Sudden Stop — comics publication / placement record Night Springs — comics bibliography	Read via Steam bonus materialsExact 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.
Psycho Thriller: An Alan Wake StoryEmil Hartman faces the darkness around his ruined plans.	ComicReleased 2011; wider digital distribution 2013	2010; Cauldron Lake Lodge / first-game aftermathEra known; exact sequence open	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Legal Steam edition located; readable interior not acquired. Summary is used only for qualified placement, not certification of an undated interior.	Remedy — legal Alan Wake bonus materials The Sudden Stop — comics publication / placement record Psycho Thriller — comics bibliography	Read via Steam bonus materialsExact 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.
War — Poets of the Fall official videoAlan appears amid the song’s forest-nightmare imagery.	Music videoReleased 2010	est. 2010 story imagery; symbolic retellingEvidence-based estimate	Promotional onlyAlan Wake / Control — connected history	Official narrative imagery belongs near its source adventure. Not treated as a literal extra rescue of Alice, or given an invented later year.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Poets of the Fall — War official video War — director interview	Watch on YouTubeOriginal official artist upload; no unrelated product substituted.
Alan Wake — Special 1: The SignalAlan struggles through an unstable nightmare with a guiding signal.	Game DLCReleased 2010	est. 2010 onward; Dark Place captivity beginsEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	Follows Episode 6; the Dark Place does not supply a dependable day count. First of the two continuing special episodes.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Alan Wake Remastered — official contents Alan Wake 2 — official story	Alan Wake Remastered — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Alan Wake — Special 2: The WriterAlan confronts his divided self and tries to regain authorship.	Game DLCReleased 2010	est. 2010 onward; continuing Dark Place captivityEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	Direct continuation of The Signal, not a separate Earth year. Both specials are included in the linked remaster.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Alan Wake Remastered — official contents Alan Wake 2 — official story	Alan Wake Remastered — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
The Alan Wake Files — Clay Steward’s investigationClay Steward assembles evidence of the Bright Falls mystery.	BookReleased 2010 print / 2012 digital	est. 2010–2012 frame; includes much older recordsEra known; exact sequence open	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy — The Alan Wake Files digital book Clay Steward — evidence / frame cross-check	View official PDF editionExact digital containing edition for The Alan Wake Files; requires the original Steam game. No standalone Amazon edition verified.
The Errand Boy — prose excerpt in The Alan Wake FilesA sample of Alan’s earlier crime writing appears in the dossier. · Embedded segment	Short storyReleased 2010	Modern era; fictional story inside Steward’s dossierRelative / stated chronology	In-world fictionAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy — The Alan Wake Files digital book Clay Steward — evidence / frame cross-check	View official PDF editionExact digital containing edition for The Alan Wake Files; requires the original Steam game. No standalone Amazon edition verified.
Alan Wake’s American NightmareAlan battles Mr. Scratch through a repeating Arizona night.	GameReleased 2012	est. 2012 frame; nearly two years after the disappearanceEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	The two-year clue supports the Earth frame; the Night Springs scenario loops and its apparent resolution do not erase Alan’s later captivity.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy — American Nightmare American Nightmare — manuscript / dialogue walkthrough Alan Wake 2 — official story	View official gameExact digital game; no verified current Amazon product match. Not included in Alan Wake Remastered.
This House of Dreams — dated posts & poemsSamantha’s new home contains a shoebox with disturbing connections.	Web fictionReleased 2012	22 February – 29 July 2012; older poems embeddedRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Original dated posts read directly, including opening and final entry, dreams, shoebox material and title page.	This House of Dreams — actual dated story posts This House of Dreams — creator attribution record	Read the official storyOriginal freely accessible narrative blog. No Amazon edition verified; this is the actual story rather than a product substitute.
Alan Wake Remastered — Visions 01–03Three QR-linked monologues anticipate Alan’s later writing struggle.	Short filmReleased 2021	est. 2012–2023; years into the Dark Place captivityEra known; exact sequence open	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remastered Visions — legal original video inventory Visions — game inspection / time clues Alan Wake 2 — official story	Watch on YouTubeOriginal Remedy Vision 02 linked from the QR-code record; all three shorts are indexed together. No Amazon-only requirement to see the web film.
Control — main campaign & side storiesJesse Faden becomes Director during a containment catastrophe.	GameReleased 2019	2019; Hiss invasion of the Oldest HouseRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Control — official Ultimate Edition contents Control — documented in-game chronology	Control Ultimate Edition — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Dr. Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery ExperienceJesse follows a recording into an altered guided-imagery experience.	Game DLCReleased 2019; wider availability 2025	2019; during Jesse’s Research Sector accessEra known; exact sequence open	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy — March 2025 Control update Control — documented in-game chronology	Control Ultimate Edition — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Control — Put a Record On / ExpeditionsThe Jukebox leads Jesse into the Formation for dangerous expeditions.	Game DLCReleased 2019	2019 onward; ongoing Oldest House lockdownEra known; exact sequence open	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	Introductory mission and repeatable expeditions grouped. Optional operations overlap the late campaign / post-game; no fixed years assigned to repeat attempts.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy / 505 — Expeditions announcement Control — documented in-game chronology	Control Ultimate Edition — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Control — AWEJesse investigates Hartman and the sealed Investigations Sector.	Game DLCReleased 2020	2019; late campaign / continuing lockdownEra known; exact sequence open	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy / 505 — AWE FAQ AWE — Hartman and future-alert cross-check Control — documented in-game chronology	Control Ultimate Edition — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Control — The FoundationJesse investigates the damaged roots of the Oldest House.	Game DLCReleased 2020	2019; after Take ControlRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy / 505 — The Foundation FAQ Control — documented in-game chronology	Control Ultimate Edition — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Alan Wake 2 — Night Springs: Number One Fan / North Star / Time BreakerThree escape scripts transform familiar faces into strange protagonists.	Game DLCReleased 2024	est. 2010–2023 captivity frame; fictional worlds have their own clocksEra known; exact sequence open	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Night Springs — Remedy’s story explanation Alan Wake 2 — expansion FAQ Alan Wake 2 — official story Sam Lake interview — Max Payne / Quantum Break boundary	Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Dead by Daylight — Alan Wake chapter & survivor storyAlan’s escape writing leads him from the Dark Place into the Fog.	GameReleased 2024	est. 2010–2023 captivity frame; Entity realm time unmeasuredEra known; exact sequence open	Official crossoverAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy — Dead by Daylight collaboration	View official crossoverCorresponding official chapter page. Requires Dead by Daylight and the appropriate chapter; the standalone base game does not itself guarantee Alan’s content.
Dead by Daylight — Tome 18: Revision, Alan Wake memoriesArchive memories expand the writer’s encounter with the Entity.	Game DLCReleased 2024	est. 2010–2023 captivity frame; recollections span earlier lifeEra known; exact sequence open	Official crossoverAlan Wake / Control — connected history	Additional narrative, distinct from the chapter’s survivor introduction. The Tome also covers Deathslinger; his unrelated full chronology is outside this franchise scope.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Behaviour — Tome 18: Revision Remedy — Dead by Daylight collaboration	View official archive story infoOfficial Tome information, not an assertion that the expired cosmetic Rift pass is needed to read permanently available archive lore.
Alan Wake 2 — The Lake HouseAgent Kiran Estevez confronts a failed FBC research project.	Game DLCReleased 2024	October 2023; parallel to Saga’s Bright Falls investigationEra known; exact sequence open	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Alan Wake 2 — expansion FAQ Xbox Wire / Remedy interview — The Lake House Alan Wake 2 — official story	Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Alan Wake 2 — Return / InitiationSaga investigates ritual murders while Alan writes toward escape.	GameReleased 2023	October 2023 Earth frame; thirteen years after 2010Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Alan Wake 2 — official story Alan Wake 2 — expansion FAQ	Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Alan Wake 2 — The Final DraftNew pages, scenes and a changed ending develop the same ordeal.	Game DLCReleased 2023	October 2023 frame; a further turn of the spiralRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy — The Final Draft Alan Wake 2 — expansion FAQ	Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Herald of Darkness — official music videoThe Old Gods perform Alan’s life story as a surreal musical.	Music videoReleased 2023	2023 story frame; Alan’s In the Night musicalRelative / stated chronology	Narrative performanceAlan Wake / Control — connected history	Same performance context as Initiation’s musical sequence, with its own viewing link. Not another adventure dated by the video’s upload.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Old Gods of Asgard — Herald of Darkness official film Alan Wake 2 — official story	Watch on YouTubeOriginal official music video. The containing game is separately linked in this story group.
Yötön Yö / Nightless Night — film inside Alan Wake 2Thomas Seine’s strange film echoes the surrounding nightmare. · Embedded segment	Short filmReleased 2023	2023 viewing frame; purported older film exists inside the fictionRelative / stated chronology	In-world fictionAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Ilkka Villi — Yötön Yö credit Alan Wake 2 — official story	Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Writer in the Cabin — original in-game filmsAlan’s recorded monologues reveal the writing behind the crisis. · Embedded segment	Short filmReleased 2010	2010 viewing frame; Dark Place writingRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	Embedded sequences indexed with the first game. Recording and discovery can occupy different moments; the remaster includes this same narrative material.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy — legal Alan Wake bonus materials Remedy — Alan Wake	Alan Wake Remastered — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
The Writer’s Journey — Alan Wake 2 filmsLive-action monologues chart Alan’s writing and identity. · Embedded segment	Short filmReleased 2023	2023 viewing frame; memories and Dark Place writingRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Alan Wake 2 — official story Alan Wake 2 — expansion FAQ	Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition — PlayStation 5Exact 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.
Surviving the Workplace — Introduction & five job filmsJerry Standish trains Firebreak volunteers using improvised puppets.	Short filmReleased 2025	est. 2025; about six years into lockdownEra known; exact sequence open	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Surviving the Workplace — introduction transcript / original video reference Mike Kayatta interview — Firebreak’s six-year interval Remedy — FBC: Firebreak	Watch on YouTubeOriginal 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.
FBC: Firebreak — jobs, Breakpoint & Rogue ProtocolBureau volunteers respond to disasters during the prolonged siege.	GameReleased 2025 / updates 2025–2026	2025 onward; six years after ControlEra known; exact sequence open	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy — FBC: Firebreak Mike Kayatta interview — Firebreak’s six-year interval Remedy — Breakpoint update Remedy corporate release — Rogue Protocol	View official gameExact publisher game site and purchase choices. No verified Amazon edition substituted; online service access and current platform conditions should be checked.
CONTROL Resonant — campaign & New Game+Dylan Faden enters a transformed Manhattan in search of Jesse.	GameReleased 2026	2026; seven years after ControlRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonAlan Wake / Control — connected history	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.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Remedy — CONTROL Resonant announcement Mikael Kasurinen — Resonant chronology interview Remedy — CONTROL Resonant is out now Remedy help center — Resonant post-launch state	CONTROL Resonant — PlayStation 5Corresponding physical edition identified on Amazon. Check selected edition, platform and region; no unverified future expansion pass included.

COVERAGE BOUNDARIES

Checked beyond the main stories

Games / novel / live action

Max Payne / Quantum Break, live-action episodes and Zero State

Connected references; outside RCU scope

Sam Lake explicitly excludes these games from the RCU. Their actors, echoes and Quantum Break’s Return teaser are documented connections, but are not silently merged into Alan / Control’s history. A future separate franchise guide can catalogue their full stories.

Sam Lake interview — Max Payne / Quantum Break boundary

In-game film, audio and documents

Night Springs television episodes / Threshold Kids / America Overnight / FBC files

Included through containing games

Alan Wake’s six Night Springs episodes (The Quantum Suicide, An Absence of Creativity, The Man in the Mirror, The Dream of Dreams, Taken in His Prime and Family Occasions), Control’s puppet shorts, Darling presentations, radio and case reports are embedded narrative collections. They are included in the main-game records; their fictional production dates and every historical report are not falsely declared present-day standalone releases.

Remedy — Alan Wake Control — official Ultimate Edition contents Remedy — legal Alan Wake bonus materials

In-world prose

Departure, Initiation, Return, Alex Casey books and Thomas Zane poems

Embedded fiction

Available manuscripts, title pages and excerpts belong to their actual containing games, dossier and blog. Unpublished fictional books are not sold as if full corresponding real-world novels exist. Samantha’s poems are included with her blog.

Remedy — Alan Wake Alan Wake 2 — official story Remedy — The Alan Wake Files digital book This House of Dreams — actual dated story posts

Art / production books

The Art of Alan Wake / The Art and Making of Control / The Art of Alan Wake 2 / guides

Reference works

Production references and art books are not separately dated adventures. Any original narrative inserts found during future legal interior inspection should be added at their supported story positions. No full interior audit of every edition claimed.

Remedy — legal Alan Wake bonus materials Remedy — The Alan Wake Files digital book Control — official Ultimate Edition contents

Music / live performance

Old Gods / Poets songs, lyric videos, soundtrack albums and Game Awards performance

Included when narrative; no duplicated adventure

War and Herald’s official visual stories are indexed. The Poet and the Muse, Children of the Elder God, Balance Slays the Demon, Take Control, Dark Ocean Summoning, Anger’s Remorse and chapter songs contribute through their containing stories. Pure lyric / concert renditions and score releases do not each create a new fictional event.

Poets of the Fall — War official video Old Gods of Asgard — Herald of Darkness official film Remedy — Alan Wake Alan Wake 2 — official story Control — official Ultimate Edition contents

Promotional / development material

Alan Wake 2 prototypes, recap trailers, cosmetics and announced screen adaptations

Not completed extra story entries

Unreleased prototypes are not chapters of the final continuity; recap clips and skins add no automatically separate story. No released RCU feature film, standalone audio drama or manga was verified in this audit. Future adaptations require their own release and continuity check.

Sam Lake interview — Max Payne / Quantum Break boundary Alan Wake 2 — expansion FAQ Remedy help center — Resonant post-launch state

SOURCE REGISTER

Primary sources first.

PrimaryRemedy — Alan Wake
Official game and premise. Original / remastered versions are the same main adventure.
PrimaryAlan Wake Remastered — official contents
Confirms inclusion of The Signal and The Writer. No additional sequel date inferred from the remaster’s 2021 release.
PrimaryAlan Wake 2 — official story
Alan’s thirteen-year captivity links the 2010 and 2023 main stories. Dark Place experiences can overlap that Earth interval.
PrimaryAlan Wake 2 — expansion FAQ
Read: The Lake House unfolds parallel to the main game; Night Springs characters are written variants, not simply the original people at new dates. Physical Deluxe contents confirmed.
PrimaryNight Springs — Remedy’s story explanation
Three scripts are Alan’s escape attempts. Article identifies Number One Fan, North Star and Time Breaker. It does not give a single shared Earth year for their internal worlds.
PrimaryRemedy — The Final Draft
New ending and narrative collectibles: not dismissed as a cosmetic replay. Grouped with the same spiral-shaped adventure.
PrimaryXbox Wire / Remedy interview — The Lake House
Expansion and integration into the base story verified. Release in 2024 is not a 2024 story setting.
PrimaryRemedy — American Nightmare
Officially after Alan Wake; Arizona story with Mr. Scratch. Not excluded because of its Night Springs framing.
Secondary / game walkthroughAmerican Nightmare — manuscript / dialogue walkthrough
Nearly two years since Wake’s disappearance reported in the game walkthrough; gives an estimated 2012 frame, not a precise day.
PrimaryControl — official Ultimate Edition contents
Main adventure plus Foundation and AWE in Ultimate Edition. Edition release dates are kept separate from story years.
PrimaryRemedy / 505 — AWE FAQ
AWE is available after main mission seven, The Face of the Enemy. Availability is a lower narrative bound, not proof of a mandatory exact interleaving with The Foundation.
PrimaryRemedy / 505 — The Foundation FAQ
Requires completion of Take Control, the final main mission. Thus follows the base campaign, despite later release formats.
PrimaryRemedy — March 2025 Control update
Actual update note read: Dr. Yoshimi Tokui mission is unlocked through the Research Sector tapes; previously PS4 Digital Deluxe exclusive. Its wider availability is not a new story set in 2025.
PrimaryRemedy / 505 — Expeditions announcement
Official blog inventory identifies free Expeditions update. Repeatable Jukebox challenges are not separate years or separate canons.
Secondary / file referencesControl — documented in-game chronology
Secondary chronology indexed from FBC files: 2002 Ordinary incident and 2019 Hiss invasion. Original full game files not directly inspected in this audit; exact invasion day not asserted.
Secondary / game inspectionAWE — Hartman and future-alert cross-check
Reviews the Investigations Sector evidence and Hartman’s earlier containment. The future Bright Falls warning does not move Jesse’s whole expansion to the date of the warned event.
PrimaryRemedy — legal Alan Wake bonus materials
Publisher-distributed comics and bonus PDFs. Requires the base game. No local installed copy found at checked Steam-library locations; no readable legal comic pages obtained, so interior dates remain unverified.
Secondary / contemporary bibliographyThe Sudden Stop — comics publication / placement record
Contemporaneous article, updated with official Steam access, identifies Night Springs around Episode 5 and Psycho Thriller’s Hartman story. Illegal scan links on that page were not followed. Dates from file metadata are not story dates.
BibliographicNight Springs — comics bibliography
Frank Breaker story set during the first game; cross-check of title, creators and relationship. Not an interior inspection.
BibliographicPsycho Thriller — comics bibliography
Hartman story reported after the first game. Main 2010 aftermath window retained; no exact day claimed without pages.
PrimaryRemedy — The Alan Wake Files digital book
Official 130-page illustrated PDF: Clay Steward investigates Wake and Nightingale. Contains fictional evidence and older material; not an unrelated making-of art book. Base game required. Full interior not acquired.
Secondary / game and book referencesClay Steward — evidence / frame cross-check
Steward’s investigation and later compilation distinguish the narrator’s frame from old documents; around 2010–2012 is a working bracket, not the book’s publication date.
PrimaryTor / Macmillan — Alan Wake by Rick Burroughs
Licensed prose adaptation, paperback ISBN 9780765328434. No complete readable interior inspected; deviations are not asserted to replace the games.
PrimaryBright Falls — production designer’s series page
Creator portfolio inspected directly: all six episode embeds identified (Oh Deer, Time Flies, Lights Out, Local Flavor, Off the Record, Clearcut), alongside a separate case-study film. Embedded players located; uninterrupted full playback not certified.
Secondary / contemporary release recordBright Falls — contemporary six-episode release record
Six-part live-action prequel. Original distributor video links are historical; no currently playable official complete YouTube upload verified in this audit.
PrimaryThis House of Dreams — actual dated story posts
Original narrative text read directly, including Introduction on 2012/02/22, Tour of the House on 2012/02/23 and final post on 2012/07/29, shoebox poems, dreams and RETURN title page. February archive opened separately to verify the opening date.
Secondary / contemporary recordThis House of Dreams — creator attribution record
Contemporary fan-site record; later comics article reports Sam Lake’s authorship confirmation. Control and Lake House references support connection.
PrimaryRemastered Visions — legal original video inventory
Embedded QR-linked Remedy video and monologue transcription read. Site’s artificial year-2000 archive URL is not the story date or the release date.
Secondary / game inspectionVisions — game inspection / time clues
Three new QR videos involve years of Dark Place writing and point toward the sequel; not simply events in 2010 because the QR code is in a 2010 adventure.
PrimaryPoets of the Fall — War official video
Artist’s original upload identifies Ilkka Villi as Alan Wake. Symbolic video chronology is not a newly confirmed rescue of Alice.
Primary creator interview / fan-site hostWar — director interview
Director describes the Remedy / Poets collaboration; distinguishes a connected visual interpretation from literal game events.
PrimaryOld Gods of Asgard — Herald of Darkness official film
Official video rendition of the Alan Wake 2 musical. Same story performance, not an additional post-game concert or Earth year.
PrimaryIlkka Villi — Yötön Yö credit
Actor agency confirms 2023 production credit for the film within Alan Wake 2. It does not authenticate Thomas Seine’s in-world 1970 filmography.
PrimaryEpic — Alan Wake: Flashback
Official Epic Labs island, code 3426-5561-3374. Reimagines the original adventure; grouped with the story retold. Availability may change.
PrimaryRemedy — Dead by Daylight collaboration
Official original narrative: Alan’s attempted escape script leads him into the Entity’s Fog. Real-world January 2024 release does not prove a 2024 Earth date.
PrimaryBehaviour — Tome 18: Revision
Official additional Alan Wake archive story; distinct from merely unlocking the playable survivor. No exact Earth calendar supplied.
PrimaryRemedy — FBC: Firebreak
June 17, 2025 release and Bureau siege premise verified. Official publisher links identify connected Control setting.
Primary developer interviewMike Kayatta interview — Firebreak’s six-year interval
Developer interview places the response unit six years after Control. 2019 + six years gives 2025, independently of release-year coincidence.
Secondary / transcript and source video referencesSurviving the Workplace — introduction transcript / original video reference
Dialogue explicitly says about six years trapped inside. In-game edit is shorter than original web release; both are versions of the same training story.
PrimaryRemedy — Breakpoint update
First major update and content changes verified; update release alone does not establish an elapsed fictional year.
PrimaryRemedy corporate release — Rogue Protocol
January 2026 second major update / Endless Shift verified. Included in ongoing Firebreak operations rather than invented as a 2026 sequel.
PrimaryRemedy — CONTROL Resonant announcement
Dylan-led sequel in altered Manhattan, not a separate reboot.
Primary director interviewMikael Kasurinen — Resonant chronology interview
Direct director answer: seven years since the previous game. 2019 + seven gives 2026.
PrimaryRemedy — CONTROL Resonant is out now
September 24, 2026 release confirmed on the current official news page. Not labelled upcoming. Development’s seven years is not used as the story interval; separate director interview supplies that.
PrimaryRemedy help center — Resonant post-launch state
Current New Game+ and future repeat-cycle update distinguished. No unannounced story DLC or speculative ending inserted.
Primary creator interview / quoted interview reportSam Lake interview — Max Payne / Quantum Break boundary
Direct creator statement excludes Max Payne and Quantum Break from the RCU; echoes, actors and references alone do not override this.

The dates.The evidence.

Broad coverage.Open questions.