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News Quantic Dream Is Eager to Take Advantage of the PS4 Controller's Touchpad
Studio keen to remove barriers
Quantic Dream hopes to use the PlayStation 4 controller’s touchpad in order to lower the barrier of entry for its games. Chatting with Eurogamer.net following last weekend’s Digital Dragons event in Poland, company vice president Guillaume de Fondaumière hinted that the studio’s in-development next gener
News Heavy Rain Cost €16.7 Million to Make, Made More Than €100 Million
Decent investment
Let’s be honest, if Heavy Rain popped up on a video game special of Dragons' Den, director David Cage would be laughed out of the abandoned warehouse. In truth, something similar probably happened when developer Quantic Dream was pitching the project to various publishers – but eventually Sony took a gamble on the release. And...
News Quantic Dream's Been Working on Its First PS4 Title for Almost a Year
Be still our beating heart
Quantic Dream started work on its confirmed – but still shrouded in mystery – PlayStation 4 title way back in mid-2012, the French company has revealed. Chatting with Eurogamer.net at the Digital Dragons event in Poland, vice president Guillaume de Fondaumière explained that the studio was granted extremely early...
News David Cage: You Will Be Amazed By What We're Doing with PS4
Project is really surprising
Quantic Dream may be carefully applying the finishing touches to Beyond: Two Souls as we type, but that’s not stopped the company from starting work on its first next generation project. The studio confirmed that it’s already knee-deep in PlayStation 4 development earlier in the year, and now gaffer David Cage has...
News Beyond: Two Souls Didn't Cost As Much to Develop As You Think
Just a little bit more than Heavy Rain
When you spend twelve months filming with Hollywood actors Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe, you’d think that your game’s budget would be through the roof. But according to Quantic Dream’s head honcho David Cage, the upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive Beyond: Two Souls didn’t actually cost that much money to...
News What Kind of Posters Do You Think Quantic Dream Has Hanging on Its Wall?
You'll kick yourself
David Cage’s vocabulary revolves around one word: emotion. Listen to any interview or seminar with the Quantic Dream founder, and you won’t have to wait long to hear the poignant term. As such, it’s little wonder that the studio behind games such as Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls has a poster wearing the words...
News Quantic Dream Is Already Working on a Game for PS4
Studio planning innovative adventure
Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream may have only fully raised the curtain on its PlayStation 3 exclusive Beyond: Two Souls earlier this afternoon, but it’s already looking to the next generation. In an interview with Eurogamer.net, the Par
News Could Singularity Be Quantic Dream's First PS4 Game?
We're already drooling
Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream is currently applying the finishing touches to its upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive Beyond: Two Souls – but the studio may also be working on a PlayStation 4 title. Seasoned online snoop Superannuation has uncovered a domain name for
News David Cage Dubs Beyond's Engine Switch "Totally Absurd"
Where there's no sense, there's no feeling
Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream has officially gone mad. Chatting with Shack News, head honcho David Cage has admitted that creating a new engine for the upcoming Beyond: Two Souls was probably not the company’s best idea – but it went ahead and did it anyway. “Does it make sense from a company...
News Delve Behind the Scenes of Quantic Dream's Beyond
"Can we do that again?"
If you’re eager to know a little bit more about the process of creating a game like Quantic Dream’s upcoming Beyond, then this behind the scenes video should give you a deeper understanding of how things work. It looks like a vast majority of the time is spent perfectly attaching tiny silver balls to each actor’s face,...
News No, Willem Dafoe Is Not Starring in Beyond
Chinese whispers
Despite rumours to the contrary, Hollywood heavyweight Willem Dafoe will not star in Quantic Dream’s upcoming Beyond. Cornered by Joystiq after a panel at the San Diego Comic-Con overnight, director David Cage denied the actor’s involvement with a swift shake of the head. One person who is definitely linked with the project,
Rumour Quantic Dream's Beyond to Feature Ellen Page
Hard candy
Looks like Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us won’t be the only PlayStation 3 exclusive to feature a character vaguely resembling Juno’s Ellen Page. Why? Because, according to rumours, Page herself is set to star in Quantic Dream’s next game Beyond. It follows
Rumour Quantic Dream Looking to Move Beyond Heavy Rain
Play beyond
Speculation is really starting to gather around Quantic Dream’s next game. A new report from MCV speculates that the title – which is set to be announced during Sony’s press conference later today – will be named Beyond.
News Quantic Dream "Unhappy with Everything" About Heavy Rain
Jason! Jason!
Heavy Rain certainly wasn’t a perfect game: it had more plot holes than a colander, and some of the strangest accents we've ever encountered. But, refreshingly, Quantic Dream acknowledges those flaws, and the Parisian studio is working hard to ensure it corrects them with its next release. Studio gaffer David Cage told Gamasutra:...
News Cage: Open-World Games Can Look As Good As Kara
Mind-blowing
Quantic Dream’s recent Kara tech demonstration was seriously impressive, but many sceptics criticised that the visuals only looked so good because of the confined nature of the environment it was set in. That’s not true according to gaffer David Cage, who claims that the visual fidelity of the demo could be maintained on a much...
News Find Out How Kara Came to Life
Behind the scenes
There’s no doubt that Quantic Dream’s Kara tech demonstration was one of the most interesting reveals at this year’s GDC. Designed to plot the progression of the French studio's performance capture technology, the short movie detailed the transformation of an android named Kara from cyborg to emotional human. It’s...
News Quantic Dream "Open" to Going First-Party
Snap 'em up, Shuhei
Sony’s Worldwide Studios portfolio has grown significantly this generation with the addition of studios such as Sucker Punch and Media Molecule, but we get the impression that the platform holder’s always looking to expand. Top of our wish list for new acquisitions would be Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream, and surprisingly...
News David Cage Discusses the Development of Kara
The genius is back
If you haven’t seen Quantic Dream’s Kara technology demonstration yet, drop everything you’re doing and watch it. While the footage is not indicative of the Heavy Rain developer’s next project, it showcases the kind of technology leaps we can expect when the title is eventually announced. To complement yesterday's reveal,...
News Quantic Dream Debuts Incredible Kara Technology
Tear jerker
As promised yesterday, Quantic Dream has raised the curtain on its new engine technology, codenamed Kara. In an incredible short – similar to 2006’s The Casting demo – Quantic Dream introduces a cyborg named Kara, who’s assembled and checked before being taken apart due to showing unusual, emotional behaviour. Kara’s forced to...
News Quantic Dream to Showcase New Tech Demo Tonight
Uncaged
Quantic Dream will give us the first glimpse of its next game on Eurogamer.net tonight. Studio co-founder David Cage will debut a brand new tech demo as part of an hour long session at GDC this evening, but Eurogamer.net will follow immediately with the footage in addition to insight from Cage himself. Set your alarm clocks to 22:30PM GMT if...
News David Cage To Showcase New Quantic Dream Technology At GDC
If you're curious about what Quantic Dream's been up to since the release of Heavy Rain back in 2010, then you're weeks away from finding out
Develop's reporting that the French studio is to showcase its new technology at a 60-minute GDC lecture in March. The demonstration will be anchored by co-CEO David Cage, and will "examine virtual actors,...
Feature Push Square's PlayStation Predictions For 2012
It's 2012; the future is upon us
You didn't notice? Seriously, stop reading this article right now and find your nearest window — don't worry, we'll wait. Good, you're back. Did you notice the flying cars and newly built steel sky-scrapers on the horizon? Yeah, exactly. The future, huh? Unfortunately the future isn't quite as exciting as late 70s...
News Heavy Rain Was Completed By 74% Of Players
Heavy Rain remains one of our favourite PlayStation 3 games to date
Quantic Dream's moody adventure might not have got everything right, but it deserved its plaudits for trying. And according to statistics released by an IGN infographic, the game got its just deserves. The thriller was completed by a whopping 74% of players, which we're guessing is...
News Heavy Rain: Director's Cut Drops In to North America Tomorrow
To the cloud
Heavy Rain is still one of the best reasons to pick up a PS3, and now the package is a little more enticing, as the Heavy Rain: Director's Cut reaches North America tomorrow. As part of the Greatest Hits range the game will retail for $29.99 and includes the following: Complete, original game, Heavy Rain Heavy Rain Chronicles: Episode...
News Heavy Rain: Director's Cut Ships To American Retailers Next Week
Despite suffering something of a backlash since release, Heavy Rain remains one of our favourite PlayStation 3 exclusives
Fundamentally different from any other game available — even a good 18 months after its original release — Heavy Rain offers a slower, more deliberately narrative driven experience. We'd urge anyone that hasn't had the chance...
News Cage: Quantic Dream Is All About Breaking Boundaries
Quantic Dream's David Cage has told Develop that he has no interest in making a Heavy Rain sequel because he is not in the video games business to make money
Quantic Dream, he said, is all about breaking boundaries. Let me be stupid for one second; Im not in this business to make money, he told the website. I wrote Heavy Rain because I was...
News Online Pass Justified: Quantic Dream Lost Nearly ?10 Million From Used Sales Of Heavy Rain
Quantic Dream's CEO, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, has revealed that his company lost an estimated 10 million from used sales of Heavy Rain
But the executive didn't blame the consumer, more the recent recession which he believes has lessened spending in the video game sector: I would say that the impact that the recession had, especially on AAA...
News Edited Heavy Rain To Get European Re-Release
European ratings board PEGI has published an evaluation for Heavy Rain Edition Modifiee, a supposedly toned down version of Quantic Dream's crime-drama epic
The original game carried a PEGI 18 rating, but Edition Modifiee has been awarded a PEGI 16 score. It's unknown what content has been cut, but the PEGI rating mentions an August 3rd release date...
News Evidence Of David Cage's Next Endeavour Surface
Quantic Dream's working on a title called Infraworld
At least that's the implication of a new trademark filed by SCEE and picked up by video game super-sleuth Superannuation. The trademark was filed by SCEE in the US on May 17th and pertains to the name Infraworld, a project Quantic Dream has long been associated with. The title was believed to be...
News Quantic Dream 'In Discussions' With Sony For E3 Announcement
E3's coming guys, hold onto your hats
Quantic Dream boss, David Cage, has just dropped the most exciting E3 tid-bit of the year thus far — that his studio is "in discussions" with Sony for an E3 announcement of its new project in June. This is in discussion right now with Sony, Cage told CVG when asked about an E3 reveal. Well...
News Cage: Quantic Dream's Latest Technology Makes L.A. Noire Look Restricted
Quantic Dream's outspoken gaffer, David Cage, has said that the Team Bondi's impressive Motion Scan performance capture technology is a "dead end", and that his own studio's new gizmos are already more advanced
I think [Motion Scan is] an interesting solution to a problem for now. But its also an interesting dead end, the visionary head told...
News David Cage Talks About His Relationship With Sony, Staying Loyal To The PlayStation Brand
Sorry non-PlayStation owners, but it looks like you're going to have to pick up a PlayStation 3 if you want to play what Heavy Rain developer, Quantic Dream, cook up next
The studio's gaffer, David Cage, has revealed that the platform holder has earned his "loyalty". Speaking with CVG, Cage said that Quantic Dream's relationship with Sony...
News Evidence For Quantic Dream's Next Game Mounts
Snippets of information pieced together by superannuation's Twitter feed, TheSixthAxis and NeoGAF [quite the collaborative effort
Ed] might just be enough to paint our first impression of Quantic Dream's next project. We've known for a while that David Cage and his crew have been working on two new projects, but now we have the briefest sniff of...
News David Cage Is Eager To Prove Heavy Rain Was Not A Fluke
Heavy Rain was one of the big winners at last night's video game BAFTAs
But despite winning awards for story, technical innovation and music, Quantic Dream's gaffer, David Cage, is eager to prove his studio can replicate the game's success. We created the genre. We own the genre, and we want to show that Heavy Rain was not a coincidence or a...
News Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 2 Score Big At The Gaming BAFTAs
Mass Effect 2 took the top-prize at last night's gaming BAFTAs, scooping the gong for game of the year
Sony and Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain wasn't far behind though, winning three awards for its story, technical innovation and original music. Elsewhere on PlayStation, God Of War III took the prize for artistic achievement while Assassin's Creed:...
News Heavy Rain Makes a Splash at BAFTA Awards with Three Wins
Critical mass
Sony's Heavy Rain was one of the stand-out games of 2010 whether playing with Move or DualShock, and last night's BAFTA Video Games Awards have honoured Quantic Dream's game with a trio of statues. David Cage's detective thriller scooped the award for Technical Innovation, beating Kinectimals, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and more. It also...
News Mega 64 Does Its Very Best Heavy Rain Impression, Makes Us Smile
Mega 64's cringe-worthy public interpretations of popular video games don't always grab us, but the group's second Heavy Rain video is pretty funny
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News Cage: Quantic Dream's Working On Two Very Different Projects, Wants To Make War Game
David Cage has been far too quiet since Heavy Rain launched
We miss the French visionary's view on the future, and ambitious remarks on the video game industry. Thank heavens for GDC then, where Quantic Dream's top boffin has been rambling on about all sorts of post-Heavy Rain implications. As well as revealing that over 70 percent of players...
News Top PlayStation 3 Titles Join Sony's $30 'Greatest Hits' Label
Sony's expanded its growing collection of PS3 'Greatest Hits' by four, adding the likes of God Of War III, Heavy Rain, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Modnation Racers and UFC Undisputed 2010 to the catalogue's growing roster
Each of the games will be repackaged at an impressive $30, making them the perfect impulse purchases — even if you own two...
News Heavy Rain Video Details Cut Content & Deleted Scenes, Is Fascinating
Did you know that the original version of Heavy Rain featured gameplay segments in which Ethan Mars swam around in a metaphor for the Origami Killer's mind? No, neither did we, that's why we found this trailer featuring deleted scenes from the game absolutely fascinating
Beware: this video is pretty spoiler heavy.
Out Today Heavy Rain: Move Edition
Get wet, go wild
Heavy Rain received its Move patch last week, but those of you who missed out on the update can now pick up the Heavy Rain: Move Edition on Blu-ray disc across Europe. With an RRP of £29.99/€39.99, the disc doesn't just add support for Move (though it can be played with DualShock 3 too). Gamers can also experience the Taxidermist...
News PlayStation Blog Hosts a Pair of Move Developer Videos
Heavy Rain and Killzone 3 detailed
Sony's official PlayStation blogs for Europe and North America are treasure troves of information: not just run by community managers, they also include posts from developers and staff from other publishers, giving a unique look into PlayStation games from all corners of the development world. This week's updates...
News Heads Up: The Heavy Rain PlayStation Move Patch Is Available Now
Those of you with copies of Heavy Rain will be able to download a patch from this morning enhancing the game with PlayStation Move controller support
The patch is free and should start downloading the moment you run the game when connected to the PlayStation Network. It weighs in at 1142MB. We'll have a review of the Heavy Rain: Move Edition on the...
News Heavy Rain Scoops Game Designer's Award at Japanese Ceremony
Quantic Dream honoured
The patch to update Heavy Rain with Move controls should be let loose tomorrow, but Japanese body the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association awarded the DualShock 3-enabled version its Game Designer's Award at a recent ceremony. It praised the game's unique sense of storytelling as well as its emphasis on performing...
News Heavy Rain Gets Move Patch and Demo on September 22nd
A downpour of information inside
Heavy Rain: Move Edition is the updated version of Quantic Dream's seminal interactive drama, and it's set to arrive soon in two mouthwatering flavours. If you already own the original Heavy Rain, you can expect to experience all the fun of downloading a new patch for it on September 22nd, which will add in all the...
News Heavy Rain: Move Edition Hits Europe In October, Demo Next Week
Sony's confirmed that the re-packaged version of Heavy Rain - touted Heavy Rain: Move Edition - will hit the UK on October 8th, with the rest of Europe getting it a couple of days earlier
Not only does the game feature PlayStation Move controls out of the box, it also comes packaged with The Taxidermist DLC, the game's soundtrack, three XMB themes...
News David Cage: Move Needs More Support from Core Titles
Quantic Dream boss emphasises importance of AAA games
Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain is undoubtedly one of the Move's AAA titles over the launch period, with the studio having devoted a huge amount of its workforce to the development of a free Move-enabling patch and bonus video content too. Studio founder recently David Cage spoke to GamesIndustry.biz...
News Sony: Introducing New IP Is Our Barometer For Success, Not The Console War
Sony's told Official PlayStation Magazine that they believe the success of their first-party studios should be judged on the performance of new IP, rather than comparison's to their competitors
Michael Denny, Sony's Worldwide Studios boss for Europe, told OPM that he believes there's "nothing more gratifying" than delivering new IP...
News David Cage: Heavy Rain's Success "Proves The Market Is Ready For New Paradigms"
Quantic Dream's forward-thinking director, David Cage, has revealed that he didn't expect Heavy Rain to be a success
He told an audience in Cologne that he believes the acceptance of Heavy Rain shows that the market is ready for new paradigms". I think the industry is ready for new ideas, he said . "Games are today based on violent...
News Heavy Rain: Move Edition Will Hit "Pre-Christmas", Patch Will Be Free For Everyone
SCEE's product manager, Ross Alexander, has confirmed via the PlayStation Blog that the PlayStation Move-enabled version of Heavy Rain will drop before Christmas
He was keen to stress that those who already bought the game will be able to download the control update for free from the PlayStation Store. A retail re-release with Move controls...
