Michael Denny, Devolpment Manager Sony, says that you will need no gaming skills when you play Heavy Rain. The game is about making choices and that will be a very interesting thing to do
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9 Dec 2008

Heavy Rain is played with your head, not the pad

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Heavy Rain is played with your head, not the pad

VG247 writes:

"SCEE dev boss Michael Denny's said that Heavy Rain has nothing to do with being "good" at games, but rather it's about choice."
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2 Dec 2008

Did Heavy Rain impress you before? What about now?

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Did Heavy Rain impress you before? What about now?

Some of you may remember back in August when we published some of the first leaked images from Quantic Dreams upcoming title, Heavy Rain. Thankfully, 1up.com has conducted a great interview with David Cage and have released a couple more screenshots that can be considered breathtaking to say the least.

Of course, screenshots have the ability to speak just fine for themselves. Therefore, we've included them below. Make sure to visit the source to see them in all their high resolution glory.
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7 Nov 2008

Heavy Rain not before October 2009

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Heavy Rain not before October 2009

Play3-Live found a job post where Quantic Dreams is looking for a tester on Heavy Rain.

The contract for this job ends in october 2009, which would mean that Heavy Rain will not ship before one year...
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2 Nov 2008

Heavy Rain: Player Choices, Mind Reading, and Murderer Spying

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Heavy Rain: Player Choices, Mind Reading, and Murderer Spying

SCRAWL: "At the Micromania Games Show 2008 in Paris, developer Quantic Dream showed off it's upcoming PlayStation 3 title, Heavy Rain. Some new details have been revealed.

The story goes like this: a young journalist is investigating a case on the disappearance of several girls. So she visits a house of an ex-taxi cab driver who is suspected of killing these girls. "
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1 Nov 2008

Quantic Licenses Omegame Menus Master For Heavy Rain

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Quantic Licenses Omegame Menus Master For Heavy Rain

Gamasutra: "French middleware company Omegame announced that Paris-based developer Quantic Dream licensed Menus Master, a user interface toolchain, for upcoming PlayStation 3-exclusive title Heavy Rain.

Menus Master is designed to help artists and programmers reduce the time it takes to author game user interfaces, such as 2D and 3D front-ends, in-game UIs, and heads-up displays. With the software, game user interfaces can be fully authored by artists, without the assistance of a programmer."
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23 Sep 2008

Heavy Rain: Objects can only be weapons "if the context makes it logical"

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Heavy Rain: Objects can only be weapons "if the context makes it logical"

Quantic Dream boss David Cage has said that objects in thriller Heavy Rain may only be used in context, so don't expect to be walking around inside houses stabbing screwdrivers into coffee pots.
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18 Sep 2008

Sony still has a few cartridges

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Sony still has a few cartridges

President of Worldwide Studios and veteran of SCE, Shuhei Yoshida himself in an interview with IGN.
In this interview, the main information to remember is that in addition to working on Heavy Rain, GoW III, or MAG, Sony would have a few secret projects.
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12 Sep 2008

Heavy Rain play target is "8-12 hours," says Cage

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Heavy Rain play target is "8-12 hours," says Cage

Speaking to VG247 at Games Convention, Quantic Dream boss David Cage said a single walk through of top drawer PS3 thriller Heavy Rain is likely to take no more than 12 hours.
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10 Sep 2008

Heavy Rain: If the main girl dies, you can keep playing the "big story"

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Heavy Rain: If the main girl dies, you can keep playing the "big story"

VG247: We thought we imagined this at the time, but Quantic Dream's David Cage did definitely confirm at Games Convention that if you get the main character killed, you carry on playing the game's central plot.
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4 Sep 2008

Heavy Rain to Come out on November 3rd 2009? And a Direct Feed Trailer

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Heavy Rain to Come out on November 3rd 2009? And a Direct Feed Trailer

Slashgamer writes: "We did notice something that the protagonist said in the trailer and we didn't catch during our first viewing. Before she enters the house, she talks into what looks to be a voice recorder and says, "Tuesday, November third…". After we heard that, we decided to go check out what day November 3, 2009, falls on. To our surprise it's a Tuesday."
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27 Aug 2008

Reeves: Heavy Rain is PS3's "most important title for next year"

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Reeves: Heavy Rain is PS3's "most important title for next year"

Speaking at Games Convention last week, Quantic Dream boss David Cage said that Sony considered stunning thriller Heavy Rain to "the most important title for next year."
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22 Aug 2008

Heavy Rain Home support confirmed

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Heavy Rain Home support confirmed

Videogamer writes: "David Cage, writer and director of massively anticipated PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain, has confirmed that the game will support PlayStation Home, Sony's much delayed online virtual world.

Cage, founder and CEO of Quantic Dream, the French developer of 2005's critically acclaimed Fahrenheit, was speaking this morning during a live hands-on demo in Sony's behind closed door booth at Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. He did not, however, offer any details how Home will be incorporated into the game.

Heavy Rain wowed gamers during Sony's Leipzig press conference where for the first time we got a taste of how the mysterious adventure game will actually work."
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21 Aug 2008

Demo and DLC for Heavy Rain

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Demo and DLC for Heavy Rain

Quantic Dream has confirmed to Eurogamer plans for a pre-release demo of PS3 exclusive-of-the-moment Heavy Rain, while hinting at the potential for downloadable content in the convention-smashing adventure.
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21 Aug 2008

High Definition pictures of Heavy Rain released

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - High Definition pictures of Heavy Rain released

Here are some fresh HD screens from Heavy Rain.
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21 Aug 2008

New Heavy Rain information coming to you live from GC08

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - New Heavy Rain information coming to you live from GC08

VG247: We're seeing a closed demo of Heavy Rain: Origami Killer at Games Convention, Quantics David Cage has told videogaming247 that you only control the head and shoulders on the character, you just press a button to move forwards.

vg247 is being shown the demo is is constantly updating the story to bring you news of all the new information about Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain.
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21 Aug 2008

GC 2008 Video: Sony Computer Entertainment European Press Conference

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - GC 2008 Video: Sony Computer Entertainment European Press Conference

Sony unveils the PSP 3000, 160 GB PS3, controller keypad, EyePet, and Heavy Rain.
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20 Aug 2008

Sony announcements at Leipzig

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Sony announcements at Leipzig

From PS3Attitude, guest writer Alexander Chalkidis attends Sony's Leipzig keynote speech and writes:

"Heavy Rain: "A truly ground breaking game". David Cage of Quantic Dream introduced it as writer and director. The casting was a demo using a virtual actress. People are eager for something emotional and different[...]. No longer just for kids or teenagers. More complex stories, mature, accessible, no guns or cars, no puzzles, an emotional experience, decision making. Story driven, decisions have consequences. A dark thriller with a mature ambience evoking themes never used before in a game."

Continue reading about what else was announnced at: http://www.ps3attitude.com
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20 Aug 2008

Heavy Rain demo'ed at Sony conference, looks amazing

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Heavy Rain demo'ed at Sony conference, looks amazing

Quantic Dream's David Cage has just taken through some amazing looking Heavy Rain gameplay at Leipzig.

First he announces that games are no longer for kids and teenagers," saying that no guns, cars, interfaces, puzzles or enemies are in the game. It's all about moral choices, contextual actions and decision making.

You, the player, are both writer and director.
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20 Aug 2008

GC 2008: Heavy Rain dated, In-game footage coming tonight

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PS3 - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - GC 2008: Heavy Rain dated, In-game footage coming tonight

Gamekyo:

"We have just seen a small part of Sony Computer Entertainment conference rehearsal here at Game Convention in Leipzig, and we are almost certain that a new trailer of Heavy Rain for the PlayStation 3 with ingame footage was broadcasted."
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