#Quantum break tv series series#
In order to convince sceptics that this whole TV and games fusion has legs, Quantum Break's bundled TV series will have to bring quality that at least matches that of today's biggest dramas, and who knows, maybe Microsoft will have the golden goose it's been waiting for? The point is that the show needs to add real value for the consumer and wider industry to invest, then the sky's potentially the limit for this new form of transmedia. Factor in repeat revenue from DVD and box-set sales year after year and it's plausible that, in some cases, these series make their creators much more money in the long-run. Do you know what doesn't cost that much to make? TV shows.ĭespite costing less to make than big budget films (but admittedly, they're getting higher), the calibre of TV dramas has risen considerably thanks to the likes of Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Mad Men and Sherlock. Game budgets are also spiralling, and last we heard Watch Dogs had a budget of $68 million before it was delayed. Pirates of the Caribbean 3 cost a rumoured $300 million to make, Tangled around $260 million and Spider-Man 3 $258 million. We've had a chat about it up in the VG247 orbtial news strike platform, and there's a few interesting points we thought we'd share with you.įilms budgets are getting silly. In it, Lake stresses the team's ambition to combine action gameplay with an attached TV series to make one unified, transmedia experiment that could redefine the way we absorb interactive media. Hey you there, did you see? Remedy just published a new Quantum Break gameplay trailer presented by Sam Lake and his brilliant accent. "When we figured out how big the data was, we had to backpedal and think of some good solutions and this made sense.Quantum Break's looking like an interesting action game, but can Microsoft and Remedy's desire to combine play and passive viewing work on Xbox One? Dave Cook ponders the issue. It basically evolves and that's why we needed to stream it. "Then combined with that, the show length can change based on your decisions because some episodes are longer as a result and some episodes are shorter.
"We have 40 different variations of the show in total where basically your choices get to make it evolve and change whether it's from a junction choice or we have these things called 'Quantum Ripples' which essentially unlocked sort of deleted scenes from the show," Remedy narrative designer Greg Louden said. Story elements are influenced by the gameplay choices you make. Whereas Quantum Break's game levels follow its hero, the time manipulation shooter's TV episodes tell the story of its villain. Streaming was chosen as the main method of delivering the episodes, however, beacuse there are so many different versions of each scene.
#Quantum break tv series 1080p#
You can still download the episodes on Xbox One in 1080p if you choose, although not on PC where the episodes will be 4K. X-Men star Shawn Ashmore plays one of Quantum Break's lead roles.ĭeveloper Remedy has explained that the decision to stream the episodes was taken to save disc and hard drive space (thanks, Game Informer). Quantum Break's episodic live-action TV episodes will be streamed - they won't be on the game's disc.
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