Quantum Break Is Not Part Of The Remedy Connected Universe (Wink, Wink)
Solution Entertainment has actually confirmed that its 2016 video game, Quantum Break, isn’t part of the Remedy Connected Universe (RCU), once again speaking with the truth that the studio does not own the IP, even as the game does “echo” into RCU tasks. Similarly, the upcoming Max Payne remakes from Remedy will not remain in the RCU, Remedy confirmed. In both cases, the reason for this is the exact same: Remedy does not own the IP like it finishes with Alan Wake and Control.
In an interview, Entertainment Weekly asked innovative director Sam Lake about a popular fan theory that suggests that Alan Wake 2’s Mr. Door and Quantum Break’s Martin Hatch are the very same character. “The easy, clear response is that, out of our past games, Max Payne and Quantum Break are not part of the Remedy Connected Universe,” Lake said. “They are not part of Remedy’s plans.”
Lake added, nevertheless, that he enjoys seeing individuals come up with their own theories and doesn’t desire to shoot them down– it’s part of the fun. “That being stated, in a purely speculative, Easter egg kind of method, I do enjoy the concept of allowing our audience to come up with theories.
In past interviews, Remedy has talked to the concept of “echoes,” characters and occasions that, while not straight tied to other games, might bleed into future stories in ways that a multiverse may enable, such as Max Payne being “echoed” as Alan Wake’s Alex Casey.
It would appear, to fans a minimum of, that Mr. Door is another such example. As ever, the issue is as much a creative decision as it is a legal one. Quantum Break’s ties to Alan Wake were apparent in 2016, even as now Remedy needs to leave the time-traveling video game behind.
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Remedy is also dealing with remakes of Max Payne and Max Payne 2 for modern platforms, however very little more information has been exposed given that their exposes last year. Lance Reddick, who represented Quantum Break’s Martin Hatch, passed away this previous March.
