Alan Wake Developer Says Next-Gen Consoles are a “Quantum Leap” Forward

<p>Oskari Hakkinen&comma; head of franchise development for Remedy Entertainment claims that the next generation consoles will be a significant leap forward in comparison to current generation hardware&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During a German interview in <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;de&period;gamesindustry&period;biz&sol;articles&sol;2012-08-23-remedy-verspricht-quantensprung-bei-next-gen-games" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Gamesindustry International<&sol;a> &lpar;Translated by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">GameSpot<&sol;a>&rpar; Hakkinen revealed that Remedy Entertainment is currently working on a next generation project&comma; and claimed that the hardware for the next generation will be more than a menial improvement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Right now we&&num;8217&semi;re working as always with a relatively small team on a next-generation project&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Hakkinen explained&period; &&num;8220&semi;You always ask yourself&colon; Can the new consoles really be that much better than the old ones&quest; Be assured&colon; They are&period; It is a quantum leap forward&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No other information was revealed regarding what system he was speaking of&comma; or the nature of the game they have in development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Remedy Entertainment&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;remedygames&period;com&sol;extra&sol;job-openings&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">job page<&sol;a> supports the claims made&comma; as they were listing a staff hiring notice for work on a next generation game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;next-gen-consoles-a-quantum-leap-says-remedy-6393142" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">GameSpot<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;