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Looks like Amazon has cut the price of Heavy Rain. Could this be due to the Director's Cut? This could be the chance to pick up one of the PS3's most unique games. Goozernation has the details.
The head developer of Quantic Dream and mastermind behind Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain thinks that American gamers are being treated like "a bunch of crazy firearms wielding rednecks" and sharply disagrees.
"You're excited for id Software's upcoming game, Rage, right? You should consider seeing a lot more of it in the future then, as the developer's creative director Tim Willits said in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz"
Developers of the popular PS3 title, Heavy Rain, have recently announced that they like working for Sony, and that their next title will be a PS3 exclusive as well.
The winners of the gaming BAFTAs have been announced.
Celebrities including boxer Joe Calzaghe, comedian Danny Wallace and The Gadget Show presenter Jason Bradbury joined host Dara Ó Briain for the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards. Sir Ben Kingsley presented the final award, the BAFTA Fellowship, which went to legendary game designer Peter Molyneux.
Heavy Rain won awards for Original Music, Technical Innovation and Story, while Call of Duty: Black Ops won the GAME Award and the B...
David Cage, the lead designer of Heavy Rain told a group of GDC-goers his vision to change the low standards of videogames. He mentions the solution to this problem is to focus heavily on immersion and relatability.
Online retailer Amazon France has revealed a new set of Platinum Range games (which is the European equivalent to Greatest Hits) for the Playstation 3.
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has announced that Heavy Rain will be joining the “Playstation 3 the Best” line (the Japanese equivalent to Greatest Hits) in Japan.
"We all have that gamer in our lives. The one who you never know quite what to shop for. Will they like it, won’t they like it. They may in fact think you don’t know gaming at all. You might not, but here at PtC we’re want to help you fake it. You may be sitting there asking yourself “What do I get that gamer in my life who has a PS3?” Well ask no more."
Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski describes the Xbox 360 upcoming Kinect game, Milo (also known as Milo and Kate) as a mix between the video game, Heavy Rain, and Pixar.
A massive patch, which adds Playstation Move support in addition to other features, has been released for the Playstation 3 exclusive adventure game, Heavy Rain.
Amazon has started the Playstation 3 Gold Box Event with Heavy Rain as the deal of the day in addition to several hints towards the Lightning Deals that will happen later on today.
"He did, at least, acknowledge publisher Sony's role in Heavy Rain's largely unexpected success. “Publishers in general don't have balls. That's a fact,” he reiterates. “They want a safe bet. They look at what was successful last year, and ask you to do the same. You need to give them reasons to trust you... With a game like Heavy Rain, it comes together very late. If I showed you the alpha of HR, you'd probably kill it and say that it would never happen. Many publishers would have killed that..."
"Last night we got an invite up to Dublin to test out the new Sony motion controller the Playstation Move and to meet two of the people behind some of the games. Kieron Gaynor from XDev studios (The Fight) and Jon Torrens designer of TV superstars where on hand to chat with us and to take us through the games.
Before entering the event we where met by 2 large TV screens pumping out promotional videos showing footage from Little big planet 2, Socom, Killzone 3 and Heavy Rain to get the ex..."
"The PSP gets the bulk of the new games in this week's Playstation Store update while the bulk of the quality PS3 additions are on the DLC side. Take a journey into the mystery of "The Taxidermist" for Heavy Rain, partake in some feasting with Dragon Age: Origins, or hop on to Ryo's forklift for Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. And don't forget to check out the thirteen new songs from Jimi Hendrix for Rock Band."
"David explains to Keighley about his next project:
"I have written the next game, [I] have a very clear idea. Its not fully written, its in the synapses stage, but I have a very clear idea of where I want to go next. I don’t want just to make a some kind sequel or whatever. I really want to continue to explore and discover new things and experiment, this is what I am really excited about."
Cage continued:
"It’s going to be very different and I think its going to be very surprising.""
"Quantic Dreams has finally addressed the issues experienced by some gamers in Heavy Rain by releasing a new patch today. The patch weighs in at 38MB and fixes the issues reported by users including the accidental nudity (did they really have to fix that one?), game crashes and audio glitches. Booting up your copy of Heavy Rain will prompt you to download the v1.02 patch."
"People who didn't pre-order Sony's PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain will get the opportunity to download the pre-order bonus DLC, "The Taxidermist" from the Playstation Store on April 1, 2010. The DLC will cost $4.99 and will require you to own the full game of Heavy Rain."
"Unsurprising as the announcement may be, it has been revealed today that Square Enix’s highly-anticipated Final Fantasy XIII has taken the top spot in the UK’s multi-format sales chart for the week ending March 13th, 2010. Having launched in both the North American and European territories on Tuesday, 9th March 2010, on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 simultaneously, Final Fantasy XIII has lived up to it’s expectations commercially."
During the Sony's GDC 2010 press conference, Peter Dille thanked the gaming press for positively reviewing the unique Playstation 3 exclusive game, Heavy Rain.
"After all the hype, you’re probably a little sad you can’t play Heavy Rain on the PC. But now, thanks to Alex Austin of Cryptic Sea, you can. No, really. He’s done another game. “It’s a text-based adventure tightly-based on a Youtube video I watched of Heavy Rain,” he says helpfully. You can get it from here. And in a rare moment of fairness, here’s Phill Cameron saying why he dug the hell out of Heavy Rain which is an exciting game for the PS… wait! We’ve been duped! It’s a Trap! EJECT! EJECT!"
"Gaming culture takes over Tate Britain tomorrow, March 5th 2010, as everything from low-tech parlour games Charades and Werewolf to performance and interactive media art with Blast Theory's Can You See Me Now? take the spotlight in Late at Tate Britain: Game Play. Plus talks from presenters of Resonance FM's One Life Left Ste Curran and Simon Byron, and experimental music from David Toop and Unknown Devices: Laptop Orchestra will be taking place- it's all to play for."
The recent patch to Heavy Rain is causing a whole host of problems. The most recent issue is full frontal nudity. Luckily, its Madison Paige who is nude and not one of the other characters. A clip of the glitch can be found at the source but is NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
According to Supererogatory, New Line Cinema has optioned the PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain, which means they are considering making it into a film...
"...showing off the install process for Heavy Rain, and while it is indeed lengthy, at least Quantic Dream gave players something to do while the game does its thing. Enclosed in each copy of Heavy Rain is a piece of paper you can use to make your own Origami Killer calling card, and the loading screen contains instructions on how to get the job done. It’s a game AND an arts and crafts project! Fancy!"
It's no wonder that the American version of Heavy Rain's cover art copped so much negative feedback from fans and critics alike. The presentation has been cited as "terribly americanised" and I wouldn't disagree. As such, Sony Computer Entertainment America have backflipped and offered the European version to print, as their way of apologising.
Who here likes Limited Edition stuff? Thanks to Kotaku, 10 lucky people will win the limited edition (can there be any more emphasis on the word LIMITED EDITION) "Origami" Edition of the new Playstation 3 exclusive game: Heavy Rain. All you need is a camera; to take a "moody" photograph similar to the screens we've seen of the upcoming game. The icing on the cake: It's for Australian residents only!
2010 is becoming one of the busiest first quarters that gaming has seen. This week will be the debut of the much talked about Heavy Rain along with some playful party games and RPG's in the mix.
"From horrific tales of a child murderer to bouncy, fun kart racers, this week's new releases have every possible angle covered.
The "horrific tale of a child murderer" title belongs to Quantic Dream's PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain. Considered "not really a game" by its developer, Heavy Rain will attempt to tell a heavily cinematic and intersecting story of four characters who are searching for a murderer known as the Origami Killer.
Finally, the bouncy, fun kart racer comes from Sega and t..."
"When you pick up Heavy Rain next week and get the voucher code that allows you to download the first episode of the Heavy Rain Chronicles: The Taxidermist, you will have to wait two more weeks to download it off from the PlayStation Store. Originally planned to be released on the time when the game is released, the Taxidermist won’t be available for download until March 4th.
For the time being, keep those voucher code. Remember that the DLC is worth $4.99. Check back with us near the DLC’s..."
Sony launched the PS3-exclusive, Heavy Rain in the UK yesterday, with a surprise guest, actress Lindsay Lohan. The game launched at The Electric Cinema in London last night, where LiLo was pictured leaving late last night.
You might want to stay away from this list because it will probably ruin the first time experience for you. All but four trophies are story related.
The main source contains screenshots of said trophies, but happens to be French. The alternate source is in english but is somewhat incomplete.
"Today the embargo lifted on Heavy Rain reviews and across the web, the game received stunning review scores from top gaming sites. Because of the deserving acclaim, Heavy Rain has taken one retailer’s bestseller list by storm…
It seems as though after reading the rave reviews of Quantic Dream’s PS3 exclusive thriller surrounding the Origami Killer, it may have pushed gamers to go ahead and pre-order the upcoming game, thrusting it to the top of Amazon.com’s bestsellers list."
"Quantic Dream boss Cage told CVG sister publication the Official PlayStation Magazine: "She's fragile, she's vulnerable, she's naked. Okay, now that's out of the way."
He claimed that nothing in Heavy Rain was gratuitous - and that every clothes-less scene had artistic merit.
"The game is not shocking for the sake of being shocking," Cage added. "There's never sex for the sake of sex or gore for the sake of gore. Nothing is gratuitous, and I think everything supports the narrative and e..."
"Someone in Europe has gotten their hands on the Heavy Rain demo. Weighing in at 1.8GBs, the Heavy Rain demo is available to download in Europe, at least according to these images. The demo will offer a short glimpse at the type of experience the game will offer, but the overall title is something truly remarkable. The demo should be available for all those that took part in the 'Four Day Challenge'."
It seems like the infamous reign of mandatory PS3 installs hasn't ended. Lately most games have been able to knock down the file size to 1-2GB but one of the PS3 big titles to release in the new year, Heavy Rain, is going for a whopping 4.2GB's. For many with the newer models, this should would a little problem, but older model owners might need to start deleting some stuff.
Amazon has discounted some of the biggest upcoming games for the Playstation 3. Notable titles include Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Final Fantasy XIII, God of War III, Gran Turismo 5, Heavy Rain, MAG and more.
"David Cage has revealed that one episode of Heavy Rain's Chronicles DLC puts you in the body of the Origami Killer himself.
Over the course of an hour you'll uncover the reason for his murderous obsession, Cage told gameblog.fr (helpfully decoded by our friends at Eurogamer France)."
Heavy Rain is arguably one of the biggest games of Q1. It takes a different path in its gameplay, and everyone is eager to find out if such a unorthodox approach to gaming is going to be accepted by the hardcore gaming crowd. If you're someone who isn't sure about Heavy Rain, heres some good news for you- Mike Kebby, of the European Playstation Store team has confirmed that a demo for the game will be available come February 11.
The detailed ERSB summary of Heavy Rain’s “mature” rating is practically a report. This analysis of the controversial content is almost 500 words long and details some of the more “graphic” scenes players will face. Here’s just a few of the intense moments in Heavy Rain that made us squeamish reading them.
"It comes in a fancy gatefold cover, treated to make the textured raindrops appear "real", includes a promo code for the game's DLC, some cute (and bloody) little origami and a big fold-out covered in notes, which in the best case will be helpful solving the game's mysteries, worst case will look nice on the wall of a Heavy Rain fan."
"Hi everyone! More exciting Heavy Rain news – I’m pleased to confirm that the official Heavy Rain website is now live. You can head over there right now to check out screenshots, character info and videos. But that’s not all – you can also find out about ‘Four Days’ – the Heavy Rain Online Experience…"
"Quantic Dream boss David Cage said that the game's steamy moments were "about real characters doing what adults do when they fall in love".
"There are a couple [of sex scenes], but it's definitely not porn," he said.
"We don't intend to push the boundaries and be ultra-realistic in every detail. It's about real characters having emotions and doing what adults do when they fall in love.""
Heavy Rain's US boxart was revealed yesterday and fans' opinions weren't very positive.
Well, Sony took notice of the backlash and today announced that they will be releasing an alternative print-out box art for anyone who is unhappy with the official boxart.
"Sony Computer Entrainment Europe (SCEE) has today confirmed the release date for the forthcoming Heavy Rain, currently in development at Quantic Dream. Set to launch across Europe and other PAL territories on February 24th 2010, with the UK and Ireland receiving the title on February 26th, SCEE went one further, confirming the recently rumoured Special Edition and Downloadable Content (DLC)."
Sony has revealed the official release date for Heavy Rain for the US. With just a few short weeks left before the release, it's time to save up some money for all the big releases coming your way.
Heavy Rain has received a final release date for the UK region. The game will release across the area on February 26th. That is quite a good release date as not much games will be releasing in February, and its just missing the madness that March will bring with its triple A titles being released.
"Famitsu is reporting a February 18th release in Japan, which means a North American release date will surely be around the same time, too. Though Sony America hasn't formally announced a date, it's been assumed it'll be in the opening months of 2010. Hopefully, this means we'll also have a February release date to coincide with the Japanese release."
"Quantic Dreams boss and Heavy Rain director David Cage believes that Heavy Rain is already convincing gamers to purchase a PS3.
Chatting about the narrative-driven title Cage said that the buzz on the Internet forums is that Heavy Rain will help shift a few PS3 consoles.
"This experience should be available exclusively on PlayStation 3, and we want people to buy a PlayStation 3 because of Heavy Rain"."
"Speaking during his Developer Session at today’s Eurogamer Expo in London, Cage was responding to a question from one of the attendees following a demonstration of the game. After a bit of a pause and an audible sigh, Cage said, “Whatever I answer, my answer will be suspicious… Honestly, I don’t think so. I think it had to be on PlayStation 3 for two main reasons: the hardware, the architecture of the PS3 is extremely powerful in the way it is structured. If you make a real PS3 engine, then y..."
With scenes like this in the game, it comes as no surprise that Heavy Rain will be censored in certain regions. According to Heavy Rain executive producer Guillaume de Fondaumiere, they "felt the need to adapt the content to the culture"...
"Playing the game through multiple times, even with the prospect of different endings, is a bad idea according to David Cage.
"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," explains Cage. "I’m fine with [people reloading saves to avoid bad endings], but the right way to enjoy Heavy Rain is really to make one thing because it’s going to be your story. It’s going to be unique to you. It’s really..."
"The development utilizing the QTE with the DualShock 3 / SixAxis is already well established. Cage feels motion controls can break the barrier of a casual experience and would like to use the technology in a more mature manner."
"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.""
David Cage is in talks with Sony to release DLC for Heavy Rain. They plan on extending the story for the game through DLC. We could see a sequel or even a prequel to the world of Heavy Rain that will expand the story even more. He also revealed that the game has online features, as for what it is we don't know. It most likely would be leaderboards.
With Quantic Dream set to reveal yet more Heavy Rain details at the gamescom event next week, Sony would like you to pose your own questions to the developers -- leave them in the comments section at the source.
Quantic Dream has already revealed two of the four main characters that players will control. At GamesCom 2009 in Cologne, Germany Quantic Dream will revel the third character, and will reveal the fourth at the Tokyo Game Show. Gamescom is set to take place August 19th to the 23rd.
"The world's ultimate computer entertainment system delivers games, Blu-ray movies, music,video, TV and Internet for the most advanced and immersive entertainment experiences out there. Challenge other gamers online; download extra levels and characters - or, in certain cases, continue your game on the go via PSP. With PS3, the game is just the start."
We learned three days ago that throughout E3, the PlayStation Store would be constantly updated. Sony has fulfilled that promise, adding the Uncharted 2 E3 trailer, Final Fantasy VII for the PS1, and tons of other things.
Earlier it was written rumours had been circulating about the Internet that Quantic Dream's epic title Heavy Rain wouldn't be releasing until next year.
Gametrailer's Geoff Keighley has confirmed this to be true, in spite of Sony touting it as the most important title of 2009.
Though Heavy Rain initially was planned to be a sequel to Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy in North America), designer David Cage quickly realized he had "nothing more to say on this story and these characters" and went on a different path.
As such, we can expect Fahrenheit will always be an experience unto itself. Check out the full interview for more -- Cage is always a good read.
"The biggest rumour to hit this week that has some substance behind it is the PS3 Slim; Images surfaced this week of the supposed system on a Chinese manufacturing line, I do have to say that the system looks like a cheap Chinese knock-off that might not totally be up to scratch yet, however the box does look very convincing, too good for a Photoshop job. The new PS3 logo threw me off however, but as it was shown at the end of a trailer the other day it may be true. From the looks of this pict..."
OXCGN writer looks at the future of graphic between the top two heavy-hitters, the PS3 and the Xbox 360.
The former coming into its stride in 2009 will no doubt push Xbox 360 to doing more tweaks in that area, but he asks the question, will it really matter ? Isn't "gameplay" the thing "gamers" look for ?!
Makes for some interesting reading and discussion. So slip on over and check it out.
"The script
2,000 pages long
60 scenes, each about 15-20 minutes long, most, but not all of which you see on any play-through
40,000 words of non-linear dialogue
Based on 6,000 pages of notes and references
15 months in development
The art design
Two weeks scouting for locations on the East Coast of the USA
15 months of design by ten people
Photos, topographical gameplay maps, sketches of every item, paintings of every scene
The outsourcing to Asia
Over 100 people involved..."
Even if your character dies in Heavy Rain, you can still continue playing the game. As you can guess, there were tons of questions when this piece of information was revealed.
David Cage, developer of the Adventure game, told CVG that there are save points throughout the game, but begs you not to use them.
In almost every video game there is one main character and he is through out the whole story. If you die, you simply respawn and the story continues with that character. But with Heavy Rain its going to be a little different, if you main girl character dies, she dies for good. That means you have to start as someone else, but the story will keep on going. Just the girl isn't alive anymore.
Videogamer has brought us some brand new information from behind closed doors on Heavy Rain. You all saw the trailer with the murderer trying to kill your character. Well, Quantics David Cage tells what happens if you never got caught. He also explains that there are about 60 different scenerios like that. Many more details below and via the source about the gameplay, controls and some of the story.
For those that don't know, a new trailer for Heavy Rain was shown today at the Games Convention in Leipzing, however it seems that not all were impressed by it. One person in particular - Jesper Sellerberg of the Kezins website, was definitely not impressed.
The biggest reason for the dissapointment? The games use of Quick-time events (QTE's).
Heavy Rain the long anticipated PS3 exclusive showcasing amazing graphics in its trailers is about to be shown to the public at Sony's Leipzig Conference, in game footage at last. We also have 2009 as a release date, so keep an eye on the Sony conference.
PSM3 have released a new batch of rumours through there mysterious 'insider' source. The rumours are that David Cage is working on another title alongside Heavy Rain, that Beyond Good or Evil 2 is likely being worked on, that the Simpsons Game 2 is in the works and that the Big Daddy of all secret AAA shooters will be revealed soon. Now put on those Sherlock Homes hats!
"On Locations:
"I don't want to do a big free-roaming city like GTA, because the flow of the story will then be hard to control. Nevertheless, I do want to incorporate big sets, with a crowd, heavy populated areas like a mall and a subway are going to be in there. Of course, the gameplay has got to make use of that aspect too."
On Graphics:
"People will be surprised. Internal (Sony's) feedback on graphics has been great. This is going to be a truly next-gen game. But still, we want to do ..."
"Back in 2004, Quantic Dream attempted to lure the star toward Fahrenheit (Xbox, PS2, PC), which led to a meeting that ended with DiCaprio politely declining on the grounds that technology was not at a sufficient level to accurately portray his acting performance.
But time and technology has moved on since then, and Quantic Dream is once again hoping to sign up some of Hollywoods biggest box office stars for its latest PlayStation 3 game, which is presently being produced beneath the worki..."
As many have seen from the "Heavy Rain" tech demonstration done on the PS3 a while back, Quantic Dream is great at motion capture. Well apparently, they have also bought the latest and greatest in Motion Capture for their PS3 exclusive game.
For all those who haven't seen it, here's Heavy Rain:
The deal that Sony and Quantic Dream made about making an exclusive game has been announced. It seems the game is Heavy Rain. Also they say that Sony didn't order them to make this project. Quantic Dream funded it themselves. It also goes on to say that this game will use the power of the ps3 to its fullest. And that its a game only the ps3 can do.
Well this is great news for Sony. If this lives up to what they hope, Sony could be looking at another great game. Also a game to push the sales....
![Box shot of Heavy Rain [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvUGxheXN0YXRpb25fMy9BZHZlbnR1cmUvTXlzdGVyeQ==/heavy_rain_frontcover_small_wyg588vLPykclwS.jpg)