Dude, where’s my Alan Wake code?

Has it ever happened to you that you are certain you have some money in you pocket or wallet? Maybe a $10 or a $20 just lying there. You are sure you can count on it to get some food after a night out, or maybe some breakfast the morning after. And then, you reach in there and there’s nothing. Not even a little lint. Did I change it all for ones and made it rain? Did I actually buy a round for those Avon ladies? I guess we’ll never know. But the thing is you feel kind of cheated, and that’s how I felt yesterday when I tried to play Alan Wake‘s new episode.

I bought the game a couple of months back and entered the code that came with the game. Then I found out I would have to wait until July 28, 2010, to download it. So yesterday I remembered that and I knew I already had my brand new episode waiting for me to download it but, after clicking on the icon, a weird message popped up saying I had to pay 500 points.

Apparently the same happened to thousands of people around the world because after searching a little in the Alan Wake forums I found out that there was an error with the codes. Anybody who redeeemed the code before July 28, 2010, is stuck with a cardboard bookmark, because all those codes are now useless.

According to the forum every person in that situation will get a new code via email. Microsoft has already started sending out the codes but I have yet to see mine.

I know Microsoft and Remedy are good for it and I’m sure that my code is coming. It was a freebie to begin with so maybe it’s not that big a deal. But really, guys, was it that hard to keep track of the codes?

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