As initially reported last week,Quantum Breakwill be leaving theXbox Game Passsubscription service this month, as well as six other titles.
The other games in question include:
While there isn’t a leaving date, it’s expected that they’ll be removed within the next two weeks.
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As earlyXbox Oneadopters will remember,Remedy Entertainment’sQuantum Break launched as an exclusive for the platform (as well asPC), and has yet to be released anywhere else, with Microsoft being the publisher, so its removal from Xbox Game Pass is curious. Granted, Microsoft has previously shown a disinterest in holding on to another Remedy that it published, with the remaster of the Xbox 360 exclusive Alan Wake seeing a release on other platforms. Likewise, this year’s Alan Wake 2 will be launching onPlayStation 5as well asXbox Series X|Sand PC.
While this doesn’t necessarily indicate that Quantum Break will be seeing a PlayStation release, or receiving a multiplatform sequel like Alan Wake, this could be indicative of Remedy’s intention to at least reference the game in its upcoming projects, with Control’s DLC seemingly pointing to each of their titles potentially being a part of a shared universe. Naturally, this speculation should be taken with a grain of salt until we hear something from the developer itself.
While Quantum Break’s reception was positive from many outlets, it ended up being one of Remedy’s more divisive projects overall, with a sequel never coming to fruition despite indications that a follow-up might have originally been in the cards. Additionally, Microsoft never disclosed specific sales figures for the game, although Vice President of Marketing at Xbox, Aaron Greenberg,statedthat the game had “sold really well” back in August 2016.
Currently, Remedy is working on both Alan Wake 2,which was confirmedto be playable from start to finish in February, andControl 2. The latter currently has no specified release window, but will also launch on PlayStation 5,Xbox Series X|Sand PC.
