The news has been celebrated at Remedy with a party (pictured above) but the rest of us will have to make do with a lengthy new trailer.

Alan Wake's European release date was today bumped forward by a week to May 14, though as far as we know the North American release is still scheduled for May 18.

The PC edition remains scrapped, due to publisher Microsoft's decision that "the most compelling way to experience 'Alan Wake' was on the Xbox 360." Remedy has since explained that the studio is too small to handle multiplatform development.

Thanks to Shacker 'zuff' for the tip.