Quantum Break Licensing Issues for Game Pass Are Being Worked on, Says Microsoft
As originally spotted by TrueAchievements, Quantum Break is among the games due to leave the Game Pass library shortly. The news left more than a few users baffled. The Quantum Break IP is, after all, notoriously owned by Microsoft, which does not remove its own first-party games from the Game Pass library.
German website Xbox Dynasty contacted Microsoft directly on the topic. A spokesperson replied that there are licensing issues behind the decision, adding that Microsoft is working to resolve them so that Quantum Break can get back on Game Pass as soon as possible.
Presumably, they are doing so with the game's developer, the Finnish studio Remedy Entertainment. As such, we have reached out to Remedy and will update this story if they provide a comment on the subject.
Released in early 2016, Quantum Break was originally conceived as a direct sequel to Alan Wake with live action elements. Microsoft didn't express any interest in such a project, but they were intrigued by the live action pitch, as the Xbox One console was being positioned as an all-in-one entertainment system. Remedy then came up with a new time-travel pitch expanded from one of the TV episodes embedded in Alan Wake, and thus Quantum Break was born.
A third-person action/adventure game, it features five different acts. At the end of each act, the player will temporarily be able to make a choice on behalf of the main antagonist; afterward, an episode of the live-action TV series produced by Xbox Entertainment Studios and Lifeboat Productions is played. The idea was that the game would focus on the protagonist and his allies, while the TV show would center on the main antagonist and his group.
The cast included famous actors like Shawn Ashmore, Aidan Gillen,
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