‘Alan Wake’ to take away David Bowie’s ‘Area Oddity’ from soundtrack

David Bowie‘s ‘Area Oddity’ goes to be faraway from the soundtrack of Alan Wake and changed with a brand new authentic track by Petri Alanko, ‘Unusual Moons’.

The official Alan Wake X (previously Twitter) account has revealed that the long-lasting track by Daivd Bowie will likely be faraway from the sport’s Steam, Epic Video games Retailer, and GOG variations as a consequence of “modifications in licensing.” It will solely have an effect on PC gamers, not these taking part in on console. The track performs over the sport’s credit, closing off the expertise.

This replace will solely have an effect on the unique 2010 iteration of Alan Wake and received’t change something on the Alan Wake Remastered model which got here out in 2021. The replace is comign September 10. Track licensing has affected video video games earlier than, with the remake of Lollipop Chainsaw having to vary lots of the songs used within the authentic recreation.

Followers of the sport have shared their ideas underneath the announcement. “Terrible. Video video games ought to get the identical therapy as movie. All media inside must be preserved,” wrote Melee Video games. “The online game trade is horrible with music licenses. I imply, you by no means see this occur with motion pictures, the place they arrive again and take away a track from a film scene years later,” added one other fan on X.

It’s potential to cease Steam video games from updating by choosing the ‘solely replace this recreation once I launch it’ choice from the sport’s library web page. You’ll be able to then reorder the replace or pause it within the obtain supervisor.

You’ll be able to presently stream the official Alan Wake 2 soundtrack for those who’re a fan of the sport’s authentic rating.

In different information, Baldur’s Gate 3 simply obtained a brand new replace that provides new evil ending cutscenes, improves break up display screen co-op play, and provides some new options for honour mode.