Microsoft tosses out nice surprises for Xbox fans at Gamescom

Microsoft unveiled some pleasant surprises for fans at its Gamescom press event today in Cologne, Germany.

Among the nice news bits was a gameplay demo for Quantum Break, the new video game and television show coming from Alan Wake maker Remedy Entertainment. Sam Lake, the writing chief at Remedy showed off how the game, where time has fallen out of sync, is a high-end shooter. You can manipulate time, moving forward or back, to deal extra damage to heavily armed foes. At first, it seemed that Quantum Break seemed movie-like, with a strong narrative. But some of this “time amplified” action reminds me of the slow-motion combat in Remedy’s Alan Wake and Max Payne games.