Poets of the Fall “WAR” Music Video Reunites Alan Wake With Alice

I grew up as a proud member of the MTV generation (back when it actually played music videos), so it wasn’t anything new to see a music video for a blockbuster film — but a video game? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that … until now.

Remember that Alan Wake live action trailer we assumed was a DLC teaser? Yeah, about that. The sneaky bastards at Remedy had us fooled good. Turns out it was actually for a pretty kick ass music video performed by Poets of the Fall titled “WAR.” It tells the story of Alan Wake (played by Ilkka Villi), and his one man rescue mission to find his main squeeze Alice. Those who played the game will recognize Poets of the Fall as the in-game band “Old Gods of Asgard.”

The only unfortunate part in the video is that real world flash lights don’t have the same effect as Alan Wake video game flash lights, and the lack of post-production special effects on the shadow people only amplifies the weakness of the beam. The flare still looks pretty cool though. Check it out below.