Last week, Remedy Entertainment’s communications director, Thomas Puha, announced that Alan Wake 2 will have a Performance mode on Xbox Series X and PS5, but there wasn’t any mention of the Xbox Series S. Remedy has now confirmed to Game Informer that players collecting Alan Wake 2 achievements on Xbox Series S won’t have the option to use a Performance mode. “I’m glad to say that Alan Wake 2 will have a Performance mode on PS5 and Xbox Series X,” Puha said when announcing the Xbox Series X Performance mode last week. “The game has been built from the beginning as a 30fps experience focusing on visuals and ambiance, but somehow we have managed to include a solid Performance mode. We’ll talk details later.”It sounds like adding a Performance mode has been a recent development effort, which would explain why the Xbox Series S won’t be supporting it. The console has been the topic of discussion a fair bit in recent months as some developers have struggled to optimize their games on it.Larian Studios had a lot of trouble optimizing Baldur’s Gate 3’s split-screen gameplay on the Xbox Series S, which led to the studio indefinitely delaying the game on Xbox. The game is now expected to launch on Xbox Series X|S later this year following an announcement from Larian’s boss Swen Vincke and Xbox head Phil Spencer agreed to launch Baldur’s Gate 3 without split-screen on Xbox Series S.As for Remedy’s Alan Wake 2, we’re still waiting to see the achievement list, but it’s down to launch on Xbox Series X|S on October 27, so we shouldn’t have to wait too much longer.
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