Microsoft has announced Quantum Break

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A statement issued by the company claims the decision was made in order to avoid the end of 2015 being too crowded by Microsoft exclusives."We’ve got the strongest games lineup in Xbox history right now, with 2015 blockbuster exclusives like ‘Halo 5: Guardians,’ ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider,’ ‘Fable Legends,’ and ‘Forza Motorsport 6,’ and more we’ll announce in the coming months,” said Shannon Loftis, Head of Publishing. “With so many games launching this year, moving ‘Quantum Break’ to 2016 extends our incredible portfolio into next year with a monster new IP.”We heard last year that in the Quantum Break video game you'll play as "Jack Joyce in a desperate fight to stop the fracture, that threatens to cause the end of time. In the [accompanying] show, in the style of a modern TV series you follow the schemes and power play inside Monarch – the corporation that’s Jack’s main enemy." At last year's Gamescom we suggested that "on the evidence of the gameplay alone it looks as though Quantum Break is at least half way there to becoming a groundbreaking action experience". Quantum Break was originally expected to release some time this year

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