GamesRadar - Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer

David Cage: "Why are so many people obsessed with sex?" (News)

Nov 10, 2009

GamesThirst: You want to sell something? Then put sex in it; that's the society we live in today, shallow I might add, since life is way more than naked ladies strolling across your TV screen. Especially in video games, some developers carelessly plaster naked women at different points with no tie-in whatsoever as if to say, 'here, that's what you want, then here, indulge.' David Cage feels the same way, and in a recent interview with Eurogamer, he shared his thoughts.

Eurogamer: You said you were not afraid to show nipples. Does that mean you're confirming nipples in Heavy Rain?

Cage Annoyed By Heavy Rain Misconceptions (News)

Nov 6, 2009

NowGamer: Speaking exclusively to NowGamer, David Cage admits that there's one misconception floating around that truly gets his goat.

"It's definitely when people think that Heavy Rain is 'just a bunch of QTEs'" He goes on to say...

David Cage: Games Are Made For Teenagers (News)

Nov 5, 2009

NowGamer: Speaking exlusively to NowGamer in part one of our huge in-depth interview with Heavy Rain auteur David Cage, the outspoken director feels that the industry needs to grow up.

"As an industry we make games for teenagers and kids" says Cage "so we try to make things very casual and as clear as possible. The bad guys have to be very baaaaad and the hero has to have big muscles and look fantastic, and the women have to have big boobs and be very sexy because to a teenager, this is what women are."

Is Heavy Rain art? Creator "honestly doesn't care" (News)

Nov 5, 2009

TVGB: "Speaking at last week's Eurogamer Expo Dev Session, Cage outlined his thoughts on the subject. "My personal belief is there are two ways of thinking about games," he said. "You can think about games like toys or entertainment, where you want to spend some time having fun. That's fine and there's nothing wrong with that.""

IGN: David Cage Talks Heavy Rain (News)

Nov 4, 2009

He's one of videogaming's most outspoken creators, so excuse IGN for being a little nervous before meeting Quantic Dream's David Cage, the talent behind Fahrenheit (or Indigo Prophecy as it's known Stateside) and the forthcoming Heavy Rain, one of the PlayStation 3's biggest hopes for 2010.

Maybe it's because they caught him before his first coffee, but he's a docile presence when we meet and proves to be an engagingly pleasant interviewee, happily talking about his latest pet project while broadly detailing an entire industry's shortcomings with a charm that undermines any arrogance in his sentiment.

David Cage: "Fumito Ueda is the most interesting author in the videogames industry" (News)

Nov 4, 2009

VGarabia.com: During an interview session at Gametrailers.com with the director (David Cage) of the upcoming PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain, the infamous director revealed some new info about his game and how it will handle trophies. But what is more interesting is when the interviewer asked him about who he think is the most interesting videogames author in the industry.

Heavy Rain Demo Incoming (News)

Nov 2, 2009

Launching in early 2010, Sony and Quantic Dream will be releasing a major PS3 hitter in the form of Heavy Rain. Though David Cage of Quantic Dream does confirm a demo will hit.

Sony & PlayStation takes over UK retail (News)

Nov 2, 2009

The Bullring Centre in Birmingham, England, is one of the largest shopping centres in Europe, and Sony has come out in full force to promote the PlayStation name to the public, with a very impressive display.

Cage confident of Australian release for Heavy Rain (News)

Nov 2, 2009

TVGB: "With PS3-exclusive Heavy Rain set to feature interactive sex and stripping scenes alongside a nice bit of vidjagame violence, it looks likely that the game is headed for a 'Mature' rating. However, as highlighted again recently, the Australian ratings board just don't approve anything intended for an audience above the age of 15. Does that worry the game's creator David Cage? Not really."

Heavy Rain dev reveals the "most shocking experience" of his life (News)

Nov 2, 2009

TVGB: "Writer/Director David Cage has revealed how distressing scenes he witnessed during the development of Heavy Rain played an important role in the game's creation. While searching for locations, Cage was exposed to poverty and degradation that left him deeply shocked, yet inspired him to create authentic environments and characters."

Cage: Sex and violence for the sake of it is 'not right' (News)

Nov 1, 2009

ConnectedConsoles: Yesterday at the Eurogamer Expo, Quantic Dream's founder David Cage spoke in an extremely good and witty developer session, in which he played through a demo of the French developers upcoming game Heavy Rain and answered some questions. He revealed a lot more about the game and gave us a real insight as to what we'll be seeing more of in the future.

After he gave us a demonstration of the game the session went into Q&A mode, in which Cage was asked about how Quantic Dream's would divert the attention of the sex in the game away from the media.

PS3 "by far the best platform" for Heavy Rain (News)

Oct 31, 2009

TVGB: "He didn't really want to get dragged into it, but Quantic Dream's founder and co-CEO David Cage has revealed his belief that the PlayStation 3-exclusive Heavy Rain wouldn't be possible on any other system."

Heavy Rain to be censored in different regions (News)

Oct 21, 2009

Nick @ PS3Center writes:

Fondaumiere explains that, even though Heavy Rain is intended for mature audiences, the game will still be tailored to fit guidelines across the different regions worldwide.

Heavy Rain: A Game Aimed At Changing The Game Industry? (News)

Oct 20, 2009

Blend Games writes: "Heavy Rain: A Game Aimed At Changing The Game Industry? A new video interview was released featuring brand in-game footage of the upcoming PS3 dramatic thriller, Heavy Rain. What do you get to see in the new footage? Well, if I told you it would spoil the surprise.

Heavy Rain is already picking up a lot of steam, especially after the rather explicit and tantalizing TGS 09 footage. Anyway, this time around a member from Quantic Dream is on hand to give an explanation as to how the game can be played and why Heavy Rain may change the face of the gaming industry for good."

Heavy Rain release date coming soon (News)

Oct 19, 2009

Nick @ PS3Center writes:

It seems the release date announcement is just around the bend, though. In a new video released to the Japanese PSN, Quantic Dream's CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere takes us through two new scenes of the Japanese build of the game. At the conclusion of the video, Fondaumier drops the bomb, teasing at a release date.

Heavy Rain is an "experience for adults" (News)

Oct 19, 2009

ConnectedConsoles: Not a lot is known about Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain, we can say that. We've even seen gameplay footage and we still don't know the full picture of the game. Though in a video interview with Eurogamer, Quantic Dream CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere told a little bit more about the development of the game saying that Heavy Rain is an "experience for adults".

Heavy Rain, Brink, L4D2, Army of 2: The 40th Day and more announced - GGTL LIVE at Eurogamer Expo 2009 (News)

Oct 17, 2009

Gamer's Guide to Life writes: "A few days ago, you might have seen the news that Bethesda and Splash Damage's Brink would be getting it's first UK presentation at the Eurogamer Expo later this month. Well, if that excited you, wait till you hear about all the other developer sessions and panels which are planned for the Eurogamer Expo this year.

The organisers of the expo have pulled out all the stops to bring attendees to the expo some of the best sessions with some of the best up-and-coming and already-established developers and games specialist companies."

Developer sessions announced for the Eurogamer Expo 2009 include Heavy Rain, Brink, Left for Dead 2 and more.

Heavy Rain: 170 Days of Motion Capture (News)

Oct 16, 2009

Quantic Dream talk about the production of Heavy Rain, in a new special presentation video.

Quantic Dream On Striptease Reaction: That's exactly what we wanted (News)

Oct 15, 2009

Gamesthirst: When Quantic Dream revealed a striptease sequence contained in Heavy Rain never seen before to an audience at E3 09, some were uncomfortable with what they saw. There were many who thought it was not necessary to go that far, and questioned the developer's decision.

Well according to founder of Quantic Dream David Cage, that's exactly the response they were hoping for. He relayed his sentiment best in an interview with EGTV, when asked about the reaction.

EGTV: What did you make of the reaction to the striptease sequence revealed at E3?

David Cage: Sony Really Pays Attention to the Quality of a Game (News)

Oct 13, 2009

David Cage, director of Quantic Dream has been talking about Heavy Rain, rubbishing claims of the QTE sequences and praising Sony for looking for quality.

Heavy Rain: Failure Means Fewer Risks (News)

Oct 8, 2009

Heavy Rain is one of the biggest PS3 titles for 2010. Utilizing new gameplay concepts never witnessed in gaming before, Quantic Dream is really trying to deliver something entirely different from mainstream games.

20 MASSIVE games of early 2010 (Feature)

Oct 2, 2009

Christmas '09 is cancelled, but early next year looks amazing. ...

Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer – hands-on (Preview)

Sep 30, 2009

We’ve been shot. Not to worry, the bullet grazed us and put a hole in our coat, not our heart. We stand up and brush ourselves down, trying to retain a bit of dignity. Maybe if we’d been quicker or smarter this wouldn’t have happened, but at least no one was seriously hurt. We look to our right and left and realise it could have all been so different. ...

Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer (Screenshots)

Sep 30, 2009

TGS 09: New GT5, God of War 3, Heavy Rain shots plus more (News)

Sep 24, 2009

As part of its Tokyo Game Show presence Sony has produced a set of new screens for all of its forthcoming titles. ...

Sony confirm lineup for Eurogamer Expo (News)

Sep 22, 2009

The Lost Gamer writes "Today Sony have unveiled their line up for the upcoming Eurogamer Expo at the end of October, and if this isn't enough to get any gamer heading to either Leeds or London then we're not sure why!"

Heavy Rain Tokyo Game Show Demo Detailed (News)

Sep 18, 2009

Anoop Gantayat: Sony has a Japanese language demo on the way for next week's Japanese debut.

Muzyka: Dragon Age and ME 2 will make gamers cry (News)

Sep 10, 2009

Gamers will be so emotionally engaged with upcoming games Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins that they will cry, BioWare's Dr. Ray Muzyka reckons.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com in a wide-ranging interview, Muzyka said the goal of all BioWare games is to "try and make people feel the same emotions they feel in real life".

When asked if he thought BioWare's upcoming games will cause people to cry, he replied: "Yeah I do. I think that's the goal, to try and make people feel the same emotions they feel in real life."

Heavy Rain Has the Most Impressive Graphics Ever, Maybe (News)

Sep 8, 2009

As Videogameszone writes, Heavy Rain for PS3 has the most impressive graphics ever, maybe. Also they published some new screenshots.

Heavy Rain delayed because it "needs space" (News)

Sep 2, 2009

Quantic Dream co-CEO, Guillaume de Fondaumiere told CVG that the key reason for Heavy Rain's delay from late 2009 to early 2010 was because the game needs "its own release window".

"The first and most important reason [for the delay] was the fact that I don't think that such an innovative game like Heavy Rain and a new franchise should be released at the end of the year in the crowded period when everyone's releasing there games," de Fondaumiere told CVG

Heavy Rain: Your Questions Answered (News)

Sep 1, 2009

Chris Morell writes:

"You saw the Gamescom walkthrough. Then you saw the European PlayStation Blog's interview with Heavy Rain writer/director David Cage. And a few weeks back we told you we'd get your questions in front of Quantic Dream"

Quantic Dream: Heavy Rain QTE criticisms are "unfair" (News)

Aug 31, 2009

Quantic Dream co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere has said to CVG that any criticisms towards the Quick Time Events in Heavy Rain are unfair. He was speaking after the game made an appearance at GamesCom two weeks ago.

Quantic Dream's David Cage: Play Heavy Rain Several Times, "Kill The Magic Of It" (News)

Aug 31, 2009

In part two of G4's mammoth interview with Quantic Dream's David Cage from GamesCom 2009, the Heavy Rain creator talks to Billy Berghammer about the developer's creative relationship with Sony, who Cage believes the game's audience will be, and what lies ahead creatively for him and his team.

Easily one of Cage's most compelling assertions comes during his discussion about how he hopes people will play the game, given that so much of the experience depends on making decisions and seeing them through to their narrative conclusions. In terms of how many times players will play through the game, Cage says:

"I would like people to play it once…because that's life. Life you can only play once…I would like people to have this experience that way."'

Heavy Rain 2 and Fahrenheit 2 looking unlikely (News)

Aug 29, 2009

Heavy Rain 2 and Fahrenheit 2 AKA Indigo Prophecy 2 aren't sure bets despite past success - Fahrenheit has sold over 800,000 units worldwide - and the expected future success of Heavy Rain as a PS3-exclusive.

Quantic Dream's David Cage Touts Authenticity of Heavy Rain Performances (News)

Aug 29, 2009

During GamesCom 2009, Quantic Dream's David Cage and Guillaume de Fondamiere spoke with G4's Billy Berghammer at length about the process of creating and capturing the incredibly high level of emotion and authenticity found in their thrilling PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain. Particularly fascinating is Cage's discussion about deciding to have each of the characters portrayed by individual actors.

David Cage: quick time criticism is bull***t (News)

Aug 28, 2009

Quantic Dream founder David Cage has hit out at critics who have said the studio's upcoming PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain is quick time heavy.

Asked to respond to the game's critics at gamescom last week Cage said: Bullshit! Just bullshit! I mean what's the question? We released Fahrenheit before. People know very well what the kind of balance we're looking for is. The balance is quite similar in Heavy Rain.

Heavy Rain demo uncertain (News)

Aug 27, 2009

Heavy Rain isn't a game that you can play for five minutes and you'll then know what to expect for the rest of the experience; each scene in the game is different and for that reason it makes the decision on whether or not to release a demo a difficult one, Quantic Dream founder David Cage has told VideoGamer.com.

Motion control possible for Heavy Rain (News)

Aug 27, 2009

Quantic Dream founder David Cage believes motion control is a good fit for his upcoming PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain, although admits it won't be something the game supports at launch.

Asked specifically if Heavy Rain would support Sony's motion controller, Cage replied, "not at the release date," but concluded that in the future, "who knows".

Heavy Rain: The Real Ethan Mars (News)

Aug 26, 2009

NowGamer: Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain has been widely praised for its near faultless character animation and acting, but what of the actors behind the avatars?

Well, we had the pleasure of being introduced to the actor who plays Ethan Mars, a single father looking for his missing son in the game.

Heavy Rain to be Censored? (News)

Aug 26, 2009

Neogaf member SnakeEater writes:

It seems that in the actual version of the game, Heavy Rain obtains a minimum ranking of 18+ contents. Do you remember the Fahrenheit sex scene? In Heavy Rain there will be 'love scenes' made by using all the power of Motion Capturing of the Quantic Dream studio.

Heavy Rain sequels and prequels possible through DLC (News)

Aug 26, 2009

While Quantic Dream founder David Cage says the Heavy Rain experience will be self contained on the Blu-ray disc, he has revealed the studio is in talks with Sony about offering additional story elements via DLC.

Quantic Dream: We can better Heavy Rain visuals (News)

Aug 26, 2009

Speaking to VideoGamer.com at gamescom last week, Quantic Dream CEO and founder David Cage revealed that there's still much more to be seen from the PS3.

Asked if his PS3 thriller Heavy Rain was pushing the console as far as it can go, Cage replied:

"Well, you need to keep in mind that Heavy Rain is our first title on PS3. It's not the second or third generation of games on the same platform. We've just discovered the platform right now. So yeah, there's plenty of room for improvement I'm sure.

Heavy Rain Script Over 2,000 Pages (News)

Aug 24, 2009

Dustin @ PS3Center.net writes:

"The average movie script is about 120 to 200 pages, but Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain boasts a 2,000 page script!"

Heavy Rain's David Cage And I, Tellin' Stories (News)

Aug 24, 2009

James Gallagher writes:
"I've always wanted to write a videogame – it's on my list of things to do before I lose interest in writing videogames. Therefore, I look forward to interviews with the Heavy Rain writer and director David Cage and I'm always keen to listen to his storytelling philosophies. I managed to catch up with him outside the showfloor at gamescom, away from the gunfire and heavy metal that is still ringing in my ears."

GC 09: Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer - Trailer (Video)

Aug 24, 2009

This adventure-drama from Indigo Prophecy creator Quantic Dream features four main characters, permanent deaths and a whole lot of next-gen horsepower.

GC09: Heavy Rain (News)

Aug 23, 2009

As promised, Quantic Dream used GamesCom as an opportunity to reveal the final two protagonists in their upcoming thriller. The first, Scott Shelby, then we are introduced to a very different character, Ethan Mars.

Dutch retailer leaks Heavy Rain release date (News)

Aug 22, 2009

The exact release-date wat still unknown until this retailer posted the release-date on the pre-order page
the website shows that the game's release date will be 01-feb-2010

Heavy Rain features 13 voiced languages, subtitles in 5 more (News)

Aug 20, 2009

Heavy Rain will be fully voice acted in 13 languages, with subtitles also available for all spoken languages, plus five more languages.

GC09: Heavy Rain "NOT Dragon's Lair" (News)

Aug 20, 2009

NowGamer: David Cage insists that Heavy Rain should not be compared to laserdisc dinosaurs...

David Cage of Quantic Dream is on a mission. It's not a mission to make the most astounding story ever committed to Blu-ray and it's not creating an emotional attachment to the characters of Heavy Rain like nothing you've felt before. As he walked us through some scenes involving the game's newest character Ethan Moss, Cage had only one thing on his mind. "This is not Dragon's Lair!" he insisted.

VG247 talks demos, sequels, price cuts, and more with Heavy Rain's David Cage (News)

Aug 19, 2009

VG247: VG247 recently sat down for a chat with Heavy Rain's (now self-proclaimed) main man, David Cage.

Coming off a strong GamesCom presentation, Cage talked with us about motion controllers, the PS3 price cut, a potential sequel (or lack thereof) for Heavy Rain, a Heavy Rain demo (!) and much, much more.

GC 09: Official PlayStation Magazine UK Gamescom podcast (Feature)

Aug 19, 2009

Men from the UK's Official PlayStation Magazine are in Cologne checking out all the Sony-related stuff that Gamescom has to offer. And they've taken some time out to do a podcast. It's only around 10 minutes long, but it's filled with essential PlayStation discussion. The agenda focuses on yesterday's Sony conference, taking in PS3 Slim, the reduced PS3 price, Heavy Rain, PSPgo and more besides. Oh, and GamesRadar's Nathan Irvine gets in on ...

GamesCom: Heavy Rain will focus more on emotions (News)

Aug 18, 2009

When Heavy Rain is released next year we'll get a completely new gaming experience, explained David Cage from Quantic Dream. Cage showed off the game at GamesCom, highlighting some of the four main characters, including a private detective named Scott Shelby and a man named Ethan.

IGN GC 2009: Heavy Rain Dev on Mature Games (News)

Aug 18, 2009

IGN writes: " One of the most intriguing PlayStation 3 titles on the horizon is Heavy Rain from development studio Quantic Dream. The company, led by founder and CEO David Cage, has made a name for itself by telling genre-pushing adventures and Heavy Rain, with its ultra-realistic graphics and deep storyline, might just take everything to the next level. At the European Game Developers Conference 2009 in Cologne, Germany, Cage philosophized about creating narrative for so-called mature games, explained the challenges that lay ahead and the benefits in store for players.

"I won't reveal anything about Heavy Rain -- I'm sorry about that, I can't," Cage began his keynote speech. The 40-year-old designer, who has operated the 100-person France-based Quantic Dream for about 12 years, said that during the development of Heavy Rain the team expanded to about 200 people with help from outside sources around the world."

Heavy Rain's Stormy New Characters Revealed (News)

Aug 18, 2009

PlayStation LifeStyle: "Coming straight out of Sony's GamesCom press conference is two new characters for the highly anticipated game, Heavy Rain."

GC 09: Sony gamescom conference (Feature)

Aug 18, 2009

The Sony press conference got things underway at gamescom in Germany earlier today. Rumours of a PS3 price drop and an all-new skinny version of the console had been building momentum in the build up to this week's event. So did the PlayStation people deliver? Find out below with our bullet-point rundown of all the Sony conference highlights. ...

GC 09: 23 reasons to be fired up for gamescom (Feature)

Aug 17, 2009

Gamescom is unquestionably more low profile than E3’s explosive LA shindig. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of reasons to get pumped up for the upcoming event in Cologne. Hell, we can think of, oh, at least 23 examples why you should give a damn about the ‘European E3.’ And they all take the form of potentially amazing games. Below you’ll find a line-up of some of the most exciting titles due to ...

Heavy Rain: the David Cage interview (Feature)

Aug 12, 2009

Of all the games on display at E3 this year, few sparked as much curiosity as Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer. The PS3-exclusive story of four characters in search of a serial killer, Heavy Rain was dark, moody and prettier than most of the other games on the show floor. ...

PS Blog: Heavy Rain Interview - Submit Your Questions! (News)

Aug 10, 2009

PS Blog:

Gamescom Cologne starts next week, and of course, we're getting some quality time with Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream at the show. So you know what that means - we need your questions!

You've no doubt recently seen or read about the game, whether from our E3 virtual booth tour or the PlayStation.Blog.Europe's Friday interview with Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Executive Producer and CEO at Quantic Dream.

So once again, we're opening the door to you! What do you want to know about Heavy Rain? Do your research, then drop your questions in the comments section below.

SCEE confirms Cologne reveal for new Heavy Rain character (News)

Aug 10, 2009

VG247: SCEE's confirmed to VG247 that a brand new Heavy Rain character will be revealed next week at GamesCom in Cologne.

New Heavy Rain character to be shown at GamesCom (News)

Aug 9, 2009

Nick @ PS3Center writes:

Quantic Dream is set to reveal a new character from their upcoming psychological thriller, Heavy Rain, at GamesCom. So far, two of the game's four protagonists have been introduced, with the remaining two to be unveiled at the left over major game conventions scheduled for this year.

Interview with Heavy Rain Executive Producer (News)

Aug 7, 2009

Over on the PlayStation.Blog.Europe, they've got a great Heavy Rain interview with Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Executive Producer and CEO at Quantic Dream. Guillaume talks in-depth about how the story relates to the four playable characters, and provides much more insight into the psychological thriller. Enjoy!

Fewer games, higher prices this Christmas (News)

Aug 6, 2009

MCV: Trade plays it safe to increase chance of Q4 profits – as key IP is pushed back to 2010

Heavy Rain Writer/Director David Cage to Speak at GDC Europe (News)

Aug 2, 2009

David Cage, CEO and founder of Paris-based developer Quantic Dream, creators of the renowned adventure games Omikron: The Nomad Soul and Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy in North America) and of the highly anticipated 2010 PLAYSTATION 3 exclusive release, Heavy Rain, will deliver a keynote at this year's Game Developers Conference Europe (GDC Europe). Cage's keynote address, titled "Writing Interactive Narrative for a Mature Audience," will focus on why mature games are necessary, what difficulties these developers face, and will expose possible solutions and techniques in interactive storytelling.

Heavy Rain Fact Sheet (News)

Jul 31, 2009

ZoKnowsGaming writes "A few weeks back we did a Heavy Rain preview and in that preview there were a lot of never before seen facts about the game and the article was actually based on the game's official fact sheet. Then today we got to thinking, how many people might have missed it because they thought it was info they have seen before because it wasn't clearly marked as the game's fact sheet and so we decided to post the actual fact sheet and title it as such so folks know exactly what they are about to see."

What the hell happened to 2009? (Feature)

Jul 31, 2009

Back in January of this year, we switched on our doom-and-gloom machine and predicted which of 2009’s most anticipated titles would inevitably be pushed back to 2010. We didn’t want to be right. In fact, we spent the next six months wishing, hoping and praying that the industry would prove us wrong. It didn’t. ...

Heavy Rain Maker David Cage Keynoting GDC Europe (News)

Jul 27, 2009

Think Services today announced that David Cage will give a keynote at Game Developers Conference Europe (GDC Europe). His speech, titled "Writing Interactive Narrative for a Mature Audience," will focus on the relevance, difficulties and strategies for making stories in mature games. Cage is CEO of Quantic Dream and has helped create Omikron: The Nomad Soul, Indigo Prophecy and the 2010 PS3 title Heavy Rain.

Dyack: Heavy Rain could be 'fantastic' (News)

Jul 16, 2009

Speaking at the Develop Conference in Brighton today, Denis Dyack, founder of Silicon Knights, has said he believes Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain could turn out to be a "fantastic experience".

Quantic Dream Founder Says Motion Sensing Wrong Direction for Industry (News)

Jul 14, 2009

Is motion sensing a fad, or is it perhaps the future of the video game industry? The truth probably lies somewhere in between, but with Wii MotionPlus, Project Natal and Sony's PlayStation motion technology all gathering steam, for the moment all three console makers are intent on taking hold of the motion-sensing market. David Cage, founder of Quantic Dream (which is working on the much talked about Heavy Rain, due out early 2010), is no fan of the direction the industry seems to be headed in, however.

Heavy Rain pushed into 2010 by "crowded" Christmas (News)

Jul 13, 2009

Heavy Rain will release in 2010 to give it "space to live" away from the hectic Christmas retail period, Quantic Dream co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere has told GI.

Upcoming games that could revolutionize the industry (Feature)

Jul 3, 2009

Contributors: Chris Antista, Charlie Barratt, Brett Elston, Matthew Keast, Shane Patterson, Mikel Reparaz

Hundreds of games are released every year, then played and forgotten by the next. Only a dozen or so will be remembered a decade from now, and only a few of those will have any lasting impact on the medium as a whole.

Which upcoming titles stand the best chance of leaving that meaningful mark? ...

Heavy Rain Not 'In Line' with Trophies (News)

Jun 29, 2009

Guillaume de Fondaumiere, co-CEO of Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream, has told SPOnG that his company's game is not necessarily "conceptually in line" with the PS3's Trophy system.

"We haven't figured out, as of yet, how the trophy system is going to work. It's not necessarily a game that is conceptually in line with what trophies should do", Guillaume told SPOnG at the GameHorizon conference.

Heavy Rain: "a game that can appeal to different audiences" (News)

Jun 19, 2009

Sony's European studio talks about Heavy Rain, and it's unique style of gaming.

Heavy Rain dev to sell 'mo-cap packages' (News)

Jun 18, 2009

Quantic Dream offering a high-end collection of animations to other studios.

Quantic Dream's famed mo-cap studio is launched the Motion Kit Collection, an "evolving library" of animations and captured motions.

Motion Kit Collection Vol 1 will feature 2 motion kit libraries (one for both sexes), each comprising 84 generic motion animations, which totals 2 X 7 linear minutes of animation data.

Heavy Rain still needs a "whole lot" of work (News)

Jun 17, 2009

NowGamer: During a recent interview, Quantic Dream's David Cage told NowGamer there's still a lot of work to be done on Heavy Rain before it's ready.

"We're still at the alpha stage and there's a whole lot of work to be done," he said. "There's so much fine-tuning in the game left to do. Everything has to be perfect. If there's one thing wrong in a scene, it's the only thing you'll see. There are many things that don't work right now..."

PS Blog: E3 09 Virtual Booth Tour: Heavy Rain (News)

Jun 10, 2009

Official Playstation Blog:
"Here we present our fourth and final E3 09 Virtual Booth Tour, this one for Heavy Rain (click to watch God of War III, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, and MAG). In this piece, Quantic Dream's Guilleaume de Fondaumiere walks you through the "Mad Jack" scene, showing off a number of elements of the game, and introducing you to major character Norman Jayden. Please note we've age-gated the video for language and violence."

EU version of Heavy Rain to be rated R (News)

Jun 7, 2009

Considering the sex scene was censored from the U.S. version of Fahrenheit it seems likely that the American´s will get a toned down version of Heavy Rain. Sex, full frontal nudity and drug use have been confirmed.

Sony touts acne as a next-gen game feature (News)

Jun 6, 2009

Destructoid writes: "Sony let us know that only the PS3 has the power to render detail so fine that the characters even have acne. We had the privilege of seeing the amazing Heavy Rain up close, but maybe this was particular close up was too close for comfort. We're talking whole-screen face here.

"He's got acne. I don't think acne on an actor in a game ever before," Sony says of Heavy Rain character Norman Jaden.

Scars are old. Pores are so last year. Acne is where it's at, according to Sony. Microsoft, where you at with the acne?"

E3 09: Why wait? E3's hottest games reviewed NOW (Feature)

Jun 5, 2009

New Super Mario Bros Wii

Getting one of the best platformers of all time with four player support should be a godsend, right? Sorta. And even though the game retains the DS’s impeccable tight and intuitive, the characters goofily occupy a physical space in a relatively small field. “Up To Four Friends!” can now halt your movement, ruin timed jumps, and even swallow you while riding on Yoshi. Furthermore, one player ...

Heavy Rain Trickles Hints of DLC (News)

Jun 4, 2009

PlayStation LifeStyle writes:

"Speaking with Petro Piaseckyj, Managing Producer for SCEA during our session with Heavy Rain he mentioned that Heavy Rain DLC is indeed in the works."

E3 09: Top 10 things you need to know about today - Thursday edition (Feature)

Jun 4, 2009

1) A Lego game will finally let you build your own levels, Lego-styleLego Indiana Jones 2 will feature new levels based on Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, along with “re-imaginings” of scenes from the first three films that appear differently than they did in the original Lego Indy. Horrified yet? Well, here’s a piece of news that might lift your spirits ...

OPM UK gets hands-on with Heavy Rain (Video)

Jun 4, 2009

This adventure-drama from Indigo Prophecy creator Quantic Dream features four main characters, permanent deaths and a whole lot of next-gen horsepower.

Heavy Rain: No game over, just game endings (News)

Jun 4, 2009

Heavy Rain's got four main characters. All of them can die. So, it's essentially four "lives," and then, game over, right? Not quite. Quantic Dreams is challenging the ingrained notions of game endings. Sure, if your clumsy button presses manage to kill off all four of your characters, the game's mysterious antagonist, The Origami Killer, gets away. But this is simply one of many potential outcomes in a player-created story, director David Cage explained during an E3 breakout session for the game. Even if all four die, there will still be "a sense of closure."

E3 09: OPM UK gets hands-on with Heavy Rain (News)

Jun 4, 2009

VIDEO: Our sister mag has played the PS3's most intriguing exclusive. Check it out here ...

Heavy Rain Not Coming Until Late 2010? (News)

Jun 3, 2009

The lack of Quantic Dream´s appearance at Sony´s E3 briefing certainly left a few people concerned. Heavy Rain is quite possibly, if not the most, one of the most anticipated games of 2009 so it is really baffling as to why Sony didn´t show-boat it. Gametrailers allegedly confirmed that the release of Heavy Rain had been pushed back until sometimes in 2010 and the fact that this heavy title was not even shown in the 2009/2010 lineup has got me leaning towards a late 2010 release.

E3 09: Heavy Rain - PS3 trailer (Video)

Jun 3, 2009

This adventure-drama from Indigo Prophecy creator Quantic Dream features four main characters, permanent deaths and a whole lot of next-gen horsepower.

Potential Sony pressconfere game line-up (News)

Jun 2, 2009

PSFocus has put up a list on there site which shows a potential game line-up for the Sony E3 2009 press conference.

Why Heavy Rain is a PS3-exclusive (News)

May 28, 2009

NowGamer: During a recent chat in London, Heavy Rain director David Cage told NowGamer why he decided to release his latest project only on PS3

Heavy Rain put back to 2010? (News)

May 26, 2009

On the latest episode of the GameTrailers TV show at roughly 19 minutes 30 seconds, it is reported by the presenter, Geoff Keighley, that the eagerly awaited Heavy Rain will be coming "next year".

Was this a simple slip of the tongue, maybe he simply meant "over the next year" or something similar?

Guillaume de Fondaumière of Quantic Dream to Speak at GameHorizon Conference (News)

May 22, 2009

The head of the PlayStation Home platform, Quantic Dream's co-CEO and the former executive director of the Game Developers' Conference (GDC) are amongst the latest leading games industry figures who have signed up to speak at June's GameHorizon Conference.

Quantic Dream Hints at Post-Heavy Rain Plans (News)

May 22, 2009

Back in December, 1UP ran an interview with Quantic Dream co-CEO David Cage in which he said the company was looking to start work on a pair of projects in addition to PS3 adventure game Heavy Rain (which, to throw a plug in, 1UP is covering all this week). "The company has now reached another stage where we're ready to have two and soon three projects at the same time, with the same desire of ambition and originality," he said.

First Details of Heavy Rain (News)

May 20, 2009

Today upsblogit.com received absolutely reliable information about one of the most awaited PS3 games: Heavy Rain. We will list and explain some details that we've obtained and that will spread on the web as soon as possible.

Leaked: Quantic Dream Shows Heavy Rain Teaser Image (News)

May 19, 2009

1UP states: "Want a look at the playable characters in Heavy Rain? Or more accurately, the shapes of their heads."

EDIT: Original link is now down because 1UP was not supposed to release this image till tomorrow. Consider this a leak.

New Heavy Rain Footage This Thursday (News)

May 19, 2009

GOONL!NE: "There will be some brand new footage of Heavy Rain coming this Thursday on GameTrailers TV."

In-Game footage of Heavy Rain coming this Friday 1 AM PST (News)

May 19, 2009

1UP's week long cover story on Heavy Rain ends Friday with story details, a hands-on report, new in-game footage, behind the scenes clips, and a couple of exclusive info-nuggets.

David Cage: Heavy Rain cannot run on 360 (News)

May 15, 2009

NowGamer: Heavy Rain director David Cage has said that his upcoming PS3-exclusive would not be able to run on Microsoft's console.

New Heavy Rain info coming on May 22nd (News)

May 12, 2009

It looks like the embargo for Heavy Rain ends at or around May 22nd.

PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read [26/4/2009] (News)

Apr 26, 2009

Jeff Rubenstein // Social Media Manager: "Next Sunday, this list will be filled with stories from the past week's PlayStation media events in LA and Seattle; impressions of inFAMOUS, Uncharted 2, and… other things. In the meantime, PS3-exclusive playable Joker in Batman: Arkham Asylum and Dante's Inferno coming to PSP? Yes please!

And if you've read anything good in the last week, please feel free to share it below. If not, we can consider this the calm before the flood :-)"

New Heavy Rain Artwork (News)

Apr 6, 2009

Quantic Dreams keeps us wanting more when it comes to Heavy Rain, and that's apparent in these new images. Released just today, what do these images symbolize? It keeps me wanting more, that's for sure. Look for this one before the end of the year.

Actress Carice van Houten (Valkyrie) in Heavy Rain (News)

Mar 6, 2009

A Dutch entertainment program had a scoop on upcomming PlayStation®3 game Heavy Rain.

CONFIRMED: Team ICO at E3 2009 (News)

Mar 6, 2009

It's no secret that ICO and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda will be speaking at GDC this month, but now CGReviews has good news about Team ICO's next project. Not only will it be revealed at GDC (if everything goes according to plan), but they'll also reveal a trailer and gameplay at E3 2009.