On September 10th, the 2010 PC version of Alan Wake will receive an update. The update will be distributed to Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG. It removes the song Space Oddity by David Bowie due to changes in licensing, and replaces it with a new original song, called Strange Moons, by composer Petri Alanko.
On X (formerly Twitter) Petri commented the following about his new song: “Written from a point of view of an astronaut who does have quite a few problems. But even _that_ is okay, as it is what it is. It wasn’t completely out of scratch (heh), as a section of the song was originally in a level in OG AW, but that level was cut out long before release.”
It’s not the first time Alan Wake is affected by changes in licensing. Back in 2018, the title was removed from Steam after licensing of the music expired. Luckily, this time it’s only one song. Alan Wake Remastered remains unaffected.
