Remedy Entertainment has acknowledged the myriad of issues Quantum Break has on PC, promising fixes for at least some of the bugs.

The PC version has seen many issues since its April 5th launch, when the action game became the "best-selling new franchise or IP" in Microsoft Studios' history.

The biggest issue mentioned in Remedy's to-do list is frame stuttering, which Remedy says is thanks to "a major rounding error introduced into [its] refresh rate predictions on shipping."

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Q: What was your reaction to finding out you would be a video game character?

Shawn Ashmore: It was pretty intense honestly. I was excited, you know? I am a gamer, I grew up playing games so the fact that I get to be a part of a video game at this point and not just part of the game but the actual playable character, that made it pretty incredible. And it was a strange process. I’d never done motion capture before, and having your whole self digitally captured and scanned is a bizarre process. Now that I’ve actually finished the game and got to play through it, it’s so incredible.

Q: Yeah I imagine playing as yourself is pretty sweet.

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Quantum Break protagonist Jack Joyce appears with a pirate's eyepatch if you run a pirated copy of the time-bending action title.

Reddit and/or NeoGAF made the discovery, but not because a cracked version is available (it uses apparently uncrackable Denuvo protection), but instead because the eyepatch Easter Egg is triggered if you start the game after logging out of the Windows Store.

According to the game’s Windows 10 Store page FAQ, if Jack looks like a pirate, the DRM might've accidentally triggered, and you simply need restart the game.

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[i]Quantum Break[/i] is magnificent, pushing the boundaries of what's possible both technically and from a narrative perspective.

When Remedy announced its follow up to Alan Wake was going to include a TV show, many – including me – grimaced at the thought. We shouldn’t have, we should have been ecstatic; the gaming industry needs developers like Remedy to focus on advancing narratives in games. If any studio was going to make FMV integration work, it was those crazy Fins, and hot damn have they done it.

Quantum Break is not a game that just relies on one narrative tool to create its story, but rather implements a multitude of the most successful and previously unsuccessful tools into one incredible package. FMV, cinematics, choice-based systems – you name it, Remedy has integrated some aspect of it into Quantum Break and taken every single one to a whole new level. The result is one of the most immersive and developed narratives that gaming has ever seen, one that has opened up a whole new realm of possibilities for storytelling in the medium.

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Paul Serene can see the future. Jack Joyce can manipulate time. But will either man's power be enough to save the future? Watch the live action trailer and get ready for Quantum Break, arriving April 5 on Xbox One and Windows 10.

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Remedy has responded to gamer criticism over Quantum Break's 720p resolution on Xbox One.

In a statement to Inquisitr, the studio clarified that "Quantum Break's 1080p output is a temporal reconstruction from four previous 720p 4xMSAA frames."

"This approach gets us high pixel quality in combination with complex shading and effects, allowing us to achieve a cinematic look. However, varying sample counts between passes and temporal upscaling makes talking about resolution, as it is traditionally understood, complicated in the case of Quantum Break."

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Jack Joyce fights for survival in a world where time is broken. With his family in danger and the world at the brink of collapse, Jack must battle the evil Monarch Solutions using the only weapon he has: time itself. Set to a haunting cover of the iconic Nirvana track “Come As You Are,” this trailer immerses you in the time-bending experience of Quantum Break.

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“To be very blunt, Alan Wake was not a big enough success.” That’s Remedy head of PR Thomas Puha explaining why we are at a preview event for sci-fi thriller Quantum Break rather than one for a sequel to Remedy’s now-beloved psychological horror title.

“It became a success in the long run, [but] it was a slow burner,” Puha adds, and Alan Wake publisher Microsoft wasn’t keen for an immediate return to Bright Falls. Instead, it wanted to explore a new property it knew Remedy was working on – the game that would eventually take shape as Quantum Break.

That was 2011, and Redmond’s plans for the Xbox One were much different than they are today (remember Xbox Entertainment Studios?) The company wanted TV-style media on its upcoming console, and idea of live action content pitched as part of Alan Wake 2 was expanded and carried over to Quantum Break.

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Remedy's Quantum Break includes a trailer for a live-action series based on Alan Wake, Polygon reports.

In the game's early stages, the player explores a university featuring a chalkboard filled with notes about Remedy's previous game's protagonist, but the reference gets curiouser when the player interacts with a television in a nearby location.

The television displays a trailer for a live-action Alan Wake adaptation, entitled Return, which stars a pair of detectives (one played by Remedy creative director Sam Lake) investigating a missing Alan Wake even as he investigates them.

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The Windows version of Quantum Break will not be available on Steam, according to Xbox marketing head Aaron Greenberg.

Clarifying in a Major Nelson podcast the recent announcement that the former Xbox exclusive would be a cross-buy between Xbox One and Windows 10, Greenberg stated unequivocally that "Quantum Break on Windows 10 is a Windows Store exclusive."

He went on to say that achievements and saves will be shared between the two platforms.

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Watch Quantum Break brought to life as Jack Joyce is hunted by agents from Monarch Solutions while he mourns the loss of his brother. But time isn’t the same anymore. It’s broken. And it’s the only weapon Jack has to survive a world in chaos.

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Quantum Break will release for Windows 10 as well as Xbox One, according to Microsoft.

Additionally, purchasers of the Xbox One version of Remedy's time-manipulation shooter will receive an additional copy for Windows, as well as a DLC-infused copy of Alan Wake (playable via backwards compatibility).

The two versions of the game will support cross-platform saves, but not cross-platform multiplayer.

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From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games and rich storytelling comes Quantum Break.

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Quantum Break will feature a full live-action TV show that ties into the game's story, says developer Remedy.

Glimpses of the live-action show, starring X-Men's Shaun Ashmore, Game of Thrones' Aidan Gillen, Fringe's Lance Reddick, and Lord of the Rings' Dominic Monaghan, were revealed in the game's Gamescom 2015 trailer this week.

Each episode will be roughly 22 minutes long, according to creative director Sam Lake, and will be progressively activated at key "junction moments".

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When time broke it changed Jack. Watch what happens when time is your greatest weapon in the groundbreaking narrative experience Quantum Break.

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Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break won’t be shown at E3, Remedy has revealed.

“We were at Gamescom last year with Quantum Break,” said Remedy founder Sam Lake in a video announcing Remedy’s plans for its 20th birthday celebrations.

“We had great fun. We’ll be there again this year – the next time we are releasing new material.”

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Remedy Entertainment CEO Matias Myllyrinne has left the company after 15 years of service.

As reported by GamesIndustry, Myllyrinne is taking up an executive role at World of Tanks developer Wargaming after seven years as Remedy CEO.

Myllyrinne said he simply needed a change.

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The release of highly-anticipated Xbox One-exclusive Quantum Break has been pushed back to 2016.

The action-adventure, from Max Payne and Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment, was scheduled to release later this year.

“With so many Xbox One games launching this year, moving Quantum Break to 2016 extends our incredible portfolio into next year with a monster new IP,” said Microsoft head of publishing Shannon Loftis.

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Remedy has released 16 minutes of narrated Quantum Break gameplay footage.

The footage was originally shown at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, this August.

The footage is narrated by Remedy's Sam Lake. It explores more of the game's setting and story.

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Take a look at the full Quantum Break backroom demo that was shown at Gamescom this year which reveals a totally new adventuring part of the game that wasn’t seen during the Xbox Gamescom briefing.

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Remedy presents its first demonstration of Quantum Break's time-amplified gameplay in action.

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Microsoft's plans to shut down Xbox Entertainment Studios will not affect the production of Remedy's videogame-TV series crossover project, Quantum Break.

Quantum Break "will be released next year and the game and show both remain on track," said a Microsoft spokesperson speaking with Polygon.

"The news of Xbox Entertainment Studios has not impacted our progress and we're excited to share more details of Quantum Break at Gamescom in August."

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Microsoft has announced that Remedy's transmedia project Quantum Break will come to Xbox One in 2015.

The game and TV series will be fully revealed this August at Gamescom in Germany, said Remedy’s Sam Lake.

The news comes via a new trailer presented by Lake.

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Remedy’s upcoming Xbox One episodic, transmedia project, Quantum Break, is the “ultimate Remedy game, says the studio’s head of franchise development.

In an interview with Edge, Oskari Hakkinen said that while Remedy has invested heavily in plot, gameplay has received equal attention.

“At its heart, the gameplay needs to be good,” Hakkinen said. “How the game feels; how it plays; do you get a rush of adrenaline when you press the trigger and dodge for cover?

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"Meet Jack Joyce, a desperate hero, a survivor of a failed science experiment that killed his brother and broke down time," says Microsoft. "This manifests as time anomalies where time stutters and freezes. Now Jack struggles to master his newfound powers to save the day before time literally runs out."

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