The long-awaited PC release of Alan Wake is near, with Remedy community manager ADM revealing that its Steam bound in February 2012. Considering how patient we’ve been up until now, a few more weeks is nothing. While there’s no word on pricing yet, a run-down of the system requirements was provided. At minimum, you’ll need a dual core processor and GeForce 8600GT. Quite reasonable.

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OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7 (see below for Windows XP)
PROCESSOR: A dual core processor is required:
AMD: Athlon X2 2.8GHz
Intel: Core 2 Duo 2GHz
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 8 GB
VIDEO CARD: DirectX 10 compatible or later with 512MB RAM
AMD: ATI Radeon 3650, 4450, 5550, 6450 or higher (per series)
NVIDIA: GeForce 8600GT, 9500GT, GT120, GT430, GT520 (per series)
SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0c compatible
INPUT: Mouse and keyboard, Xbox360 controller also supported

Both The Signal and The Writer DLCs will be included in the PC release.

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