Microsoft says long-awaited Quantum Break is coming April 5, 2016

Quantum Break is going to be Microsoft’s big exclusive to carry the spring of 2016.

The Xbox One publisher announced today at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, that Remedy Entertainment’s Xbox One exclusive video game is coming on April 5, 2016. Sam Lake, the creative director at Helsinki, Finland-based Remedy, said that its “time-bending” gameplay is the “next big step on Remedy’s 20 year journey of crafting cinematic action games.” Shawn Ashmore, who plays Iceman in the X-Men films, portrays protagonist Jack Joyce in this game.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.