The Finnish developers were keen to point out that American Nightmare is not a true sequel to the original Alan Wake title and that something bigger and better will be coming after American Nightmare hits on Xbox Live.

We could have just a hint of Remedy getting the ball rolling now, as they have recently posted a job listing on their website, looking for a gameplay /AI programmer which will aid them on a ‘groundbreaking’ ‘AAA’ console project. It could be a brand new IP from the company but we predict that it is Alan Wake 2 since they always said a sequel would be coming after the successful Alan Wake game which many of you loved.

Just to point out, Remedy are also responsible for developing the first two Max Payne games along with Rockstar, but the upcoming release of Max Payne 3 will see Remedy Entertainment step away from the franchise so this job listing rules out the possibility of the game being Max Payne 3. Considering that Remedy does not have any other ‘AAA’ franchises on their books, then this is probably a safe bet that they have already started developing for Alan Wake 2.

Will it be ready before the end of the year though, or are they going to expand on American Nightmare with some additional DLC after release? We showed you some gameplay from American Nightmare last week and considering how good that looks, it can only mean good things for Alan Wake 2.

Take a look at the listing here courtesy of GamerZines and let us know your thoughts on it. Do you believe this is the first signs of Alan Wake 2? How highly do you rate the franchise?

According to a recent article posted on JoyStiq it seems as if Remedy Entertainment has now confirmed that they are working on the next Alan Wake game, it will not be called Alan Wake 2, in fact Remedy only refer to the game as the next Wake installment.

Remedy was keen to say that they will explain exactly what they have in store for us when they make the game’s official announcement, chances are this will occur in a months time at E3 2011, we guess it all depends on how the game’s development is going.

As JoyStiq point out the statement from Remedy leaves us a little confused, if it is not an Alan Wake sequel what is it? Could it be that Alan Wake is coming to different platforms? Could it be a new Wake game which requires you to use Kinect? We just don’t know.

Towards the end of Remedy’s statement they suggest that no release date, platforms or pricing details have been confirmed, however Fall 2011 “is probably a good guess”.

What do you think we will see with the next Wake installment?

According to ScrawlFX it looks like someone’s LinkedIn profile may have confirmed the games existence, a previs artist named Althea Suarez Gata mentioned the game on LinkedIn, if you check out this link you can see what she said.

Althea appeared to let it slip that she worked with Halon Entertainment on some in-game cinematics for Alan Wake 2, Halon Entertainment claims to be dedicated to the art of film making, advertising and development and by the looks of things they may have worked with Bungie on Halo: Reach.

Since ScrawlFX posted on their blog Althea’s LinkedIn profile has been amended and no-longer mentions Alan Wake 2, to us this sounds like she may have leaked this news inadvertently and deleted it as soon as she realized what she had done.

We wonder if we may see an Alan Wake 2 trailer next month at E3, perhaps we will see some of her artwork. Do you think a sequel should be made?