So what kind if games can we expect on next-generation consoles then? Why, more current-gen shooting of course! But hell, it’s going to look damn purdy! But one game in particular is going to at least try and refine that experience, as Remedy Entertainment is looking to squeeze the best from their Max Payne and Alan Wake games, into one massive experience.
Speaking to GI.biz, studio CEO Matias Myllyrinne explained how the Xbox One exclusive would function in conjunction with the TV show idea (TV!), taking a few cues from their Alan Wake games to do so. “We’ve taken a lot of the learnings about interactive storytelling from Alan Wake and we hope to raise the bar further,” Myllyrinne said.
We’ve taken a lot of the learnings about cinematic combat and shooting mechanics from Max Payne to push those further. We’re building on those for what will hopefully be the ultimate Remedy experience.
The game and TV show ship together as one cohesive package. The episodes of the TV show are interwoven with the episodes of the game. The storylines take place in the same location. Hypothetically you can watch one or play the other but you’ll get so much more out of it if you combine them together.
Sounds like a big game then (WITH TV!), so why stay as an exclusive to the Xbox One then? Because Microsoft has that stacks of mad cash, yo:
This is clearly a strategic move for them as well as us. This is something, we have crazy ideas, but we need to fall back and let the full force of a company like Microsoft see it through.
There’s no way on God’s green Earth that we would take on a venture like this on our own. We might have the appetite but there’s no way we could.
So far, Quantum Break at least looks interesting, and gorgeous to boot. There’s no clear indicator yet as to when the game will launch, but hopefully with a TV deal in place to add some pressure, it’ll be a Remedy title that isn’t stuck in development for way too long.
Last Updated: July 5, 2013
Trevor Davies
July 5, 2013 at 09:11
Choo Choo – All Aboard.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 5, 2013 at 09:11
The ultimate Remedy Experience
Unavengedavo
July 5, 2013 at 09:15
Here sir, have my like ?_??
Unavengedavo
July 5, 2013 at 09:17
I love this song… but Remedy is my favourite
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 5, 2013 at 09:51
Shoo, used to jam this song all the time !!! .. Love love love this song
John Ambitious
July 5, 2013 at 09:20
Yea yea yea
Ultimo_Cleric N7
July 5, 2013 at 09:21
Perhaps another pretty game that plays like crap?
John Ambitious
July 5, 2013 at 09:22
Hear hear
Trevor Davies
July 5, 2013 at 09:22
Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
John Ambitious
July 5, 2013 at 09:21
I was going through a list of exclusives for PS3 and Xbox 360 yesterday. The Xbox sure does have a few great exclusives….then came Last of Us.
RinceWind
July 5, 2013 at 09:54
Spent 10 years in the UK. Dreary weather, dreary people, fish and chips, what is there NOT to miss…
Sageville
July 5, 2013 at 10:07
I was born there, hate the place, hate the people, hate the weather, theres so much grey there I’m surprised more people don’t slit their wrists just to see some colour.
OVG
July 5, 2013 at 09:25
I suppose now that I had to look on in Jealousy at the SONY owners who enjoyed Heavenly Sword, MGS4, Heavy Rain, Uncharted and The Last of Us, I will just have to look on at the One fanboys in the same way.
I only own a single console at a time and that is as expensive as it is.
The Last Guardian better get some love.
John Ambitious
July 5, 2013 at 09:27
I was lucky enough to get a PS3 for free from someone who moved to the UK. I don’t know whether I should feel sorry for him more for having to buy a new PS or living in the UK.
Trevor Davies
July 5, 2013 at 09:28
The UK, definitely the UK.
John Ambitious
July 5, 2013 at 09:36
Yes. Why was I even wondering about it?
OVG
July 5, 2013 at 09:29
But you are missing out on all those wonderful Kinect games like…
fuck I dont know :p
FoxOneZA - X-Therminator
July 5, 2013 at 09:51
As an owner of both consoles, yet to play TLOU, I’d say Xbox owners are missing out on God of War 3 and Uncharted and free MP. But then again, the PS3 patches aren’t bandwith friendly especially if you have internet issues.
OVG
July 5, 2013 at 09:53
FREE? You mean you do not pay R50 a month for advertising. What planet is this? :p
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 5, 2013 at 09:58
Folklore, Valkria Chronicles, Ni No Kuni, Atelier Series, Disgaea 3 and 4,Rachet and Clank, Sly , Journey,Demon Souls,3D dot heroes,Siren Blood Curse….to name but a very few
Concerned
July 5, 2013 at 10:18
I heard Journey developer jumped ship to MS to make a Kinect game! Should be interesting!
Another Ass with an Opinion
July 5, 2013 at 10:03
Don’t know how I feel about this yet. Going to be really interesting to see the final implementation. Just wondering about the costs of adding the TV element though. Will this be a really expensive game, or will the episodes be sold separately? Will this set a new standard where TV is the new DLC?
Concerned
July 5, 2013 at 10:13
“The game and TV show ship together as one cohesive package” Hopefully we won’t have to pay for a game AND a mini series but I doubt that!
Another Ass with an Opinion
July 5, 2013 at 10:22
Yeah, the costs must accumulate a lot here. Wonder if Microsoft will bear the brunt of the TV development side – unlikely – or are we going to be looking at a R1000.00+ game? Its justifiable if that is the case to pay more, since you are effectively paying for a game plus TV series. There is just no way my wallet would be handing out that kind of cash for a game though.
Concerned
July 5, 2013 at 10:06
Unfair!
RinceWind
July 5, 2013 at 10:15
really looking forward to this. Oh, hang about, I think I’ll have a SONY though 🙁 MS better stop with the marketing blunders if it wants me to change my mind!
OVG
July 5, 2013 at 10:29
Mandatory Kinect 2. If they gave us the option I might forgive the day one patch. But as it stands SONY is getting my spondooooolies.
Concerned
July 5, 2013 at 10:57
Why you angry about day one patch? You no have the interwebs? How you type here then??
OVG
July 5, 2013 at 11:03
Like everybody else on this website, we are all bored out of our minds at work. Even if I did have Telkom finally instal a cable after a decade wait, It never fucking works and my lease runs out.
An anchor pulled the line is all they say. BOLLOCKS. Last week I was on LIVE and we could not even stream Youtube on a 1mb line.
Keep my gaming away from the internet as much as I can.
In the old days we just did local lan when we wanted to do CO-OP or split screen. Still do, but now we are forced to go on LIVE and play CO-OP while we stream via fucking EASTER ISLAND 😛
Concerned
July 5, 2013 at 11:29
So you’re actually pissed at Hellkom and not MS? But I feel your pain! Was in the same boat and switched to satellite internet. Streaming is a breeze but latency sucks for most online gaming! But I heard O3b has just launched their first of a network of low orbit satellites and that should have up to 75% improved latency! As for the day one patch, take that sucker to work and just “work late” one night! ????
OVG
July 5, 2013 at 11:32
Or just buy the console that is R1000 cheaper and do not have to bring it to work or get spied on by Bill Gates while I play with my joystick :p
Concerned
July 5, 2013 at 11:47
OR pay R1000 more for the console that doesn’t come preloaded with useless software and comes with useless power draining LED’s on the controllers that you cannot use unless you also buy their spy toy(emphasis on toy here), and instead stick it to the man by playing all your games with a towel around your head and a big ass Jihad flag behind you! ????. Or you could just throw away your PC, laptop, tablet, mobile etc. if you’re really worried about spying! ????
OVG
July 5, 2013 at 11:50
Tee hee hee, well trolled, you get today’s bottle of BELLS 🙂
Concerned
July 5, 2013 at 12:03
Thnx bro, could you please forward it to: Prisoner 5521, Block E, Cell 12, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Cuba if you don’t mind?(Please NO fire crackers, it’s NOT funny dammit!)
OVG
July 5, 2013 at 12:09
Will do 😉 Empty of course as they do not drink the devils urine.
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
July 5, 2013 at 10:17
I WAS interested until I saw DAT XBOX logo
RinceWind
July 5, 2013 at 10:18
Me too 🙁