During the Spike VGAs this past Saturday, Alan Wake's second adventure was finally revealed. Taking place within the confines of yet another world that could be described as both "dark" and "crazy," Alan Wake's American Nightmare will see the writer face off against a new enemy: an evil copy of himself, dubbed Mr. Scratch.

Though Microsoft wouldn't put an exact date on developer Remedy's Xbox Live Arcade-exclusive follow-up, today the company has announced that Alan Wake's American Nightmare will arrive in the first quarter of 2012.