To celebrate the tenth anniversary of their time-travelling adventure, Quantum Break, Remedy shared a celebratory video featuring lead actor Shawn Ashmore.
In the adventure, Ashmore played Jack Joyce, the brother of renowned scientist William Joyce, who becomes caught in the aftermath of a failed time-travel experiment. (As you do.) Time has become fractured, and there may be only one thing that can prevent the final collapse. Unfortunately, things are never that simple in a time-travel story.
Speaking about the project ten years after it launched, Ashmore says to camera, "I just wanted to make this video to thank the fans that played the game when it came out, have continued to support the game, and to the people who are still finding the game ten years later. I still get fan art, fan fiction; people creating and writing intricate storylines for what happened to Jack and Beth after the end of the game. This is ten years later!"
While Quantum Break is a Microsoft IP, and technically outside of the Remedy Connected Universe, the project still has great influence, even today. After the project launched, the studios parted ways, but things didn't quite end there. The developers stayed in touch with several of the actors, making them important parts of the Remedy Connected Universe. After Quantum Break, Ashmore later starred in Alan Wake 2 as Sheriff Tim Breaker and The Actor.
Quantum Break released 10 years ago today, 5th April 2016.
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Thank you to all our fans for the love! Here's a message from Jack Joyce himself, Shawn Ashmore. #QuantumBreak10 pic.twitter.com/XHFxH3ta3R
Message from Shawn Ashmore, Quantum Break's Jack Joyce Transcript
Hey guys, good morning! I'm actually on vacation, and I just realised that one of my favourite roles and one of the favourite projects I've ever worked on is turning ten years old, like, right now!
I was lucky enough to play a character called Jack Joyce in an amazing video game called Quantum Break. I just wanted to make this video to thank the fans that played the game when it came out, have continued to support the game, and to the people who are still finding the game ten years later. I still get fan art, fan fiction; people creating and writing intricate storylines for what happened to Jack and Beth after the end of the game. This is ten years later!
It's also exactly why I also wanted to work with Remedy. I was a huge fan of Remedy studios prior to working with them on Quantum Break. To me, they are some of the best storytellers, not even in video games but also in entertainment in general. And I think Quantum Break's lasting appeal speaks volumes to how Remedy exists in the entertainment space and in the video game storytelling space. So thank you to everybody that has played the game, that continues to find the game, and has supported it over the years. And happy 10th birthday, Quantum Break".
