A promotional live-action tie-in web series/miniseries titled "Bright Falls" was made available a few weeks before the game's release on the web and the Xbox Live service. The six episodes of "Bright Falls" were co-written and directed by Phillip Van, and they serve as a prequel to the game, set in the eponymous town before Alan Wake arrives there. The main character in the series is Jake Fischer (played by Christopher Forsyth), a newspaper reporter who visits the town on business.