Tag Archives: quantum break

“A kiss and a good song: both are perfect, but the combination can bring tears into your eyes” – Remedy’s go-to composer Petri Alanko on composing for games

Petri Alanko

We dive into the musical universe of Petri Alanko, who’s behind games such as  Control, Alan Wake and Quantum Break

Read More »

DI4D scales up facial capture operations after Quantum Break success

Facial capture company Dimensional Imaging, also known as DI4D, has announced it’s completed a 900,000 investment from Percipient Capital and existing shareholders. The Glasgow-based firm was originally formed in 2003 and has since become one of the leading provider’s of facial performance capture for visual effects in movies, games and …

Read More »

Kojima hints at possible Quantum Break-style transmedia project after Death Stranding

Hideo Kojima’s upcoming game Death Stranding will be unlike anything the developer’s made before, according to BBC Newsbeat. "We want this game to be something that people can get into easily but after an hour or two they’ll start to notice something a little different," Kojima told BBC Newsbeat via …

Read More »

Remedy boss Tero Virtala on Quantum Break and the studio’s new strategy

Quantum Break was quite an achievement. Not commercially. Not really. Xbox calls it ‘the biggest-selling new Microsoft Studios IP for Xbox One’ – which means it outsold Sunset Overdrive and Ori and the Blind Forest… hardly your typical barometers for success. Nor was it a runaway smash with the critics. …

Read More »

Remedy: We will release more games quicker

The new CEO of Remedy says the developer will not take five years to make its next title. The firm released the hugely ambitious Quantum Break on Xbox One and PC earlier this year, a project that took almost five years to finish. It has now split its team in …

Read More »

Steam release confirmed for Quantum Break

Current Windows 10 exclusive Quantum Break will be released on Steam next month. The game, formerly believed to be an Xbox One exclusive, was announced for PC in February. Back then it was a Windows Store and Windows 10 exclusive. However, Xbox boss Phil Spencer did subsequently say that the …

Read More »

Working in harmony with licensed soundtracks in games

A well-placed song can lend a game a vital emotional edge and strengthen the player’s engagement with a virtual world. But how do you go about selecting the right tune to define your title – and ink that all-important licensing deal? We ask music maestros at Remedy, Dontnod and Volition

Read More »