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News American Heavy Rain Boxart Is... Not So Great
You know the European boxart for Heavy Rain
It's bloody brilliant, isn't it? All that rain and, erm, origami. Cool. The recently announced US boxart, yeah, erm, that's not so great. It kinda looks like a straight-to-rental B-movie; which isn't so hot. Also, it's distressing how clearly this is aimed at a mainstream American audience. It's after the...
News Sony: Graphically Heavy Rain "Blows Uncharted Away"
It's a nice position for Sony to be in when they can constantly claim their next exclusive looks better than the last
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves arguably took the ribbon from Killzone 2, which according to a CES Sony rep is about to be passed onto Heavy Rain. The comments were made to a GamerTell writer, where the rep goes on to clarify that, while...
News CES 2010: Heavy Rain Footage We Daren't Watch
Doing this job, writing for PushSquare, can be most difficult at times when you're excited for a game
We're not faceless, we write about Playstation because we genuinely love it, and while our interest levels are different depending what we're writing about; Heavy Rain is one game that has had us united since it's announcement. It feels like we've...
News Sony Still Planning Pre-Release Heavy Rain Demo
VG247 are reporting that Sony are still planning a pre-release demo for the upcoming PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain
The game's creator, David Cage, mentioned a while back that he'd like to release a PSN demo for the game, but was struggling to find the right scene that conveyed what the game was about. All had gone quiet on the demo front, but a Sony rep...
News Sony Confirm Western Heavy Rain Release Dates; 23rd February In The US, 26th In The UK
Sony's finally confirmed a date for Quantic Dream's ambitious adventure game, Heavy Rain
The game's due on the 23rd February in the US, with it hitting mainland Europe on the 24th and finally, the UK on the 26th. Phew. Glad that's finally all cleared up. You can order the Heavy Rain special edition exclusively from HMV if you're in the UK.
News Heavy Rain Dated In The US, Hitting February 16th
Whether Sony wanted you to know the date for Quantic Dream's epic adventure title, Heavy Rain, just yet; the latest episode of Qore has gone ahead and revealed it anyway
According to reports on the Examiner, Heavy Rain will hit US stores on the 16th February. We're now praying that SCEE pitch the game in the same time-frame (rather than the believed...
News CVG Say Heavy Rain Is Coming February 26th
Evidence is mounting for a February 26th launch of Quantic Dream and Sony's ambitious next-gen title Heavy Rain
You can literally feel the hype starting to build for this game at the moment. We've always been firm believers here in the office, so it's nice to see others jumping on board. While un-named, CVG's sources for the date seem pretty...
News Heavy Rain Collector's Edition Is Exclusive To HMV In The UK
Well this kinda sucks (but we still ordered it anyway)
The Heavy Rain Collector's Edition we told you about before Christmas has been locked down to a single retailer in the UK, meaning you'll have to get your preorder on over at HMV if you want significantly sexier boxart, a soundtrack, a free dynamic theme and an extra episode. HMV are claiming...
News Heavy Rain Rated 15 By The BBFC, Hmm...
You know there's loads of tits and stuff in Heavy Rain? Well apparently it's only worth a 15 rating from the BBFC (that's British Board Of Film Classification, yo)
Considering a little while ago we were expecting this game might get refused classification, we're going to assume that Quantic Dream were clever folks and liaised with the various world...
News Heavy Rain Is "Not A Video Game Anymore" To QD's David Cage
The more we hear about Heavy Rain, the more intrigued we get
Seriously, this game just keeps on sounding better. Naturally, there are plenty of people on the opposite side of the fence to us. The more they hear about Heavy Rain, the more pissed they get. So we're pleased to bring you another famous Cage-ism - as he talks about his video game not...
News European Heavy Rain Collector's Edition Is Gorgeous (& Not Wet)
It might seem like it's raining on the cover of Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain Collector's Edition, but that's just some special manufacturing techniques
Aside from a copy of the game (and it's cool embossed box), you'll also get a free copy Episode 1 (The Taxidermist demo) from Heavy Rain's "Chronicles" DLC, a soundtrack and a dynamic XMB...
News Multiple Japanese Retailers Pitch Heavy Rain For A February 18th Release
When one retailer lists a game's release date, we tend not to listen
But when multiple retailers, including Amazon, say "yo, Heavy Rain is hitting Japan on February 18th,&qu
News So, Erm, Heavy Rain Features Dudes In The Shower!
Thanks to some detective work by GoOnline Games (via Official Playstation Magazine) we can confirm a male shower scene in Quantic Dream's upcoming "let's try and shock everyone" masterpiece Heavy Rain
According to a couple of Tweets from the Official Playstation Magazine Twitter page, "there's a dude in the shower" in the game's preview...
News David Cage Reckons Heavy Rain Is A Playstation 3 System-Seller
In the game's industry we have a term for games, generally exclusives, which will push systems into households namely for that one piece of software
Aptly, that term is "system seller", and Quantic Dream's David Cage thinks Heavy Rain is just that.This experience should be available exclusively on PlayStation 3, and we want people to buy...
News Heavy Rain Will Get A Playable Demo At Some Point
Quantic Dream's David Cage has confirmed to G4 that Heavy Rain will get a playable demo at some point in the future
We are currently working on a demo, which is a real challenge, he said. Finding one scene that can convey what we are trying to achieve with Heavy Rain is something really difficult. If we show an action scene, some players...
News Playstation 3 Is "By Far The Best Platform" For Heavy Rain
During a Heavy Rain Q&A session at London's Eurogamer Expo this weekend, Quantic Dream's David Cage got drawn back into the ol' "why Playstation 3" discussion all over again
With a hesitation, a sigh and a pause, Cage responded, Whatever I answer, my answer will be suspicious I think it had to be on PlayStation 3 for two main reasons: the...
News VG247 Go Hands On With Heavy Rain At Eurogamer Expo
So, hey if you wanted to watch that Heavy Rain scene with Scott Shelby all over again, but this time with the idiots from VG247 having a good laugh as they fumble with the controls, check it out
We embedded it above. VG247's control issues aside, the game looks mighty stunning.
Heavy Rain is going to be a dark, mature game
Not dark in the immature sense. No, Heavy Rain isn't interested in exploding heads and blood littered corridors. Heavy Rain is interested in genuine mature gameplay. Of course, in the video game medium, maturity is often stilted. And that has us worried about Heavy Rain. Even the slightest tweaks to the...
News Latest Heavy Rain Footage Literally Blows Our Mind With Potential
There are a few things that seem off in this Heavy Rain video designed for the Japanese audience
The Japanese voice acting sounds poor and the animation looks like it's yet to really be developed. But everything else about this game is currently brimming with clear potential. If you're yet to really follow Heavy Rain, sit down and watch this 9...
News Quantic Dream On Striptease Reaction: "Exactly What We Wanted"
We think everyone was a little surprised to see the gritty nature of Heavy Rain's strip-tease scene
At the time we described it as "shady and a little uncomfortable". But we thought it was great for those exact reasons. And thus Quantic Dream have confirmed to EGTV that's exactly the reaction they were aiming for."We had a couple of...
News David Cage: Heavy Rain Is Not Just QTEs, Sony Really Care About The Quality Of A Game
In a glowing endorsement of his game's publisher, David Cage - head honcho of Quantic Dream - has said of Sony, "they really pay attention to the quality of the game
That's the only thing that matters to them, and to us too...I think we are in good shape, we made the game we wanted to make." Cage has also spoken out against critics of his...
Quantic Dream's head-honcho David Cage has written candidly in a blog over at IGN regarding the personal and widespread importance of Heavy Rain and its success
In the blog post he talks openly about the possibility of the game's failure and the impact it will have on him personally and in the industry. Heavy Rain is a game attempting to bring...
News Watch Heavy Rain's Madison Paige Strip All The Way [NSFW]
Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain want to tackle a lot of real life themes
The Madison Paige scene seems to really hammer home the game's intentions. In it, you are confronted and propositioned by a guy who'll provide you with information if you strip for him. Given the nature of the shady character, you risk getting raped if you take things too far —...
News David Cage Talks Candidly About Heavy Rain's Strip-Tease Scene
One of the scenes in Heavy Rain sees protagonist Madison Paige offer a strip-tease to a shady character in order to garner information
Go too far and you risk getting raped, don't go far enough and you don't get the information you need."You need to go through different emotions," Cage said to Eurogamer, "and showing this scene in...
News Quantic Dream: We Can Do Even Better Visuals Than Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain is, by all accounts, a pretty gorgeous looking video game
But Quantic Dream honcho David Cage reckons there's still more to get from the PS3. He reckons his company can go even further. Asked by VideoGamer.com if Heavy Rain was pushing the PS3 as far as it could go, Cage responded:"Well, you need to keep in mind that Heavy Rain is...
News David Cage: "Heavy Rain Is Not Dragon's Lair - Do You Think I'm Crazy?"
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It's a win-win for both you and ourselves. Next time you see someone on the Internet ignorantly claim that Heavy Rain is "just a sequence of cut-scenes," send them to this link. Seriously, it'll help our traffic and, most importantly for all of us, shut those fools up. Ever since the game...
News GamesCom 09: New Heavy Rain Gameplay Teases Fourth Character
Introducing Scott Shelby, the detective tasked with the case of the Origami Killer in upcoming adult noire thriller, Heavy Rain
This gameplay trailer is probably the best of the lot, giving you a good idea of the similarities and improvements that have taken place between Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain. Sit back and enjoy, it's a bumpy ride.
News GamesCom 09: New Heavy Rain Trailer Gives Us The Shivers
The latest Heavy Rain trailer focuses on the emotional bond between a father and a son
"How far would you go to save someone you love?" When it comes to the Origami Killer, clearly a long way. Will Heavy Rain be the first game since Metal Gear Solid 4 to draw a tear?
News New Heavy Rain Character To Be Shown At GamesCom
Many of us assumed it would we'd be seeing a new character at GamesCom when Quantic Dream confirmed they would show one Heavy Rain character at a time
Madison was last year. Jayden was earlier in this year. With GamesCom just around the corner, Quantic Dream are readying themselves to reveal the next character in their psychological thriller, Heavy...
News Check Out This Interview With Heavy Rain's Guillaume de Fondaumiere
Heavy Rain sounds more and more ambitious everytime we hear about it
Without really giving away anything new, in this interview executive producer for Heavy Rain Guillaume de Fondaumiere talks candidly about the experience and the game's influences. Citing something like The Silence In The Lambs as an influence gets us all excited. Not only was that...
News Quantic Dream's David Cage Will Deliver A Keynote At GDC Europe
Quantic Dream's David Cage is to deliver a keynote at the European version of the Game Developer's Conference on "Writing Interactive Narrative For A Mature Audience"
Given Cage's most recent games, Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain, we certainly think he's up to the task of delivering a lecture on such matter. In fact we wish we could be there to hear it...
News Quantic Dream Haven't Quite Figured Out How To Incorporate Trophies Into Heavy Rain Yet
Speaking with Spong, Quantic Dream's co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere has admitted that his company haven't quite figured out a way to implement trophies into their innovative release Heavy Rain
"We havent figured out, as of yet, how the trophy system is going to work. Its not necessarily a game that is conceptually in line with what...
News Quantic Dream To Release Mo-Cap Middleware
The developers of Heavy Rain - Quantic Dream - spent a lot of money on motion capture for their new game
In fact, they spent a year capturing animation for the highly ambitious release. A lot of other developers spend large sums of money on motion capture too. The one way to save such costs is to buy an off the shelf animation package, something...
News Heavy Rain Still Needs Plenty Of Work Says David Cage
Heavy Rain was pencilled in for a release this year
Alas, it's been pushed back until 2010 and Quantic Dream's David Cage reckons there is much work to be done:Were still at the alpha stage and theres a whole lot of work to be done, Cage told NowGamer. Theres so much fine-tuning in the game left to do. Everything has to be perfect. If...
News Heavy Rain Not Pouring Until Q1, 2010
Unsurprisingly, Joystiq are reporting Heavy Rain has been pushed back until 2010
They cite concerns of the game getting "lost in the shuffle" as the main reason; with high-profile releases such as Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin's Creed 2 planned for the same timeframe. It's a disappointing but it makes sense. With Heavy Rain being such an...
News David Cage: Heavy Rain Won't Go Balls-Out Bonkers In The Second Half
We love Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy
It's probably the biggest reason for our Heavy Rain excitement. But if there's one criticism of Fahrenheit, it would be when it goes a bit bonkers. "That's absolutely not the case with Heavy Rain," explained Quantic Dream's David Cage, director of both the aforementioned Indigo Prophecy and forthcoming...
E3 2009 New Heavy Rain Trailer Includes Story Elements
Quantic Dream's David Cage mentioned "The Silence Of The Lambs" as one of the inspirations behind Playstation 3 psychological thriller Heavy Rain - and that shines through in this trailer
The game will revolve around a shady individual known as "the origami killer" — how far will you go to save someone you love?
News Heavy Rain Lagoon Teaser Has Clubs, Heavily Distorted Bass, Dancing & Underwear
As an aside to the Heavy Rain trailer we posted yesterday, GTTV managed to snag a sneak peak at the reveal of second character Madison Page
The trailer depicts her entering a club. Apparently she'll have to interact with the club go-ers and may have to resist (or accept) the advances of sex-driven males. As is perhaps hinted by her prancing around...
First Impressions Heavy Rain; Digesting Everything We Know
Heavy Rain is our most anticipated game of the year
Our hype builds from the tid-bits we've seen in the past, the concept art and our undying love for Fahrenheit. But what of Quantic Dream's latest noire thriller? We investigate everything you need to know about this Winter's hottest Playstation 3 exclusive: Heavy Rain will have four playable...
News Heavy Rain Trailer Unveiled, Lots Of QTE's & Nasty Characters
Here's your first trailer of Heavy Rain, which is basically a scene out of the game
As promised, the game appears to take its cinematics very seriously, almost providing what looks like a CGI movie than game in this example. However, it's worth noting that Heavy Rain will be so much more - essentially being your very own adventure story. From a tone...
News The Cast Of Heavy Rain Revealed... Albeit In Silhouette Form
Heavy Rain will be a part of GameTrailer's GTTV show tonight
It'll also be featured on 1up.com from 1AM. Thus to keep the hype building, 1up have released a shot of the four characters players will take control of when Heavy Rain releases later this year. Remember, Quantic Dream have been virtually silent on Heavy Rain since last week, so tomorrows...
News Heavy Rain Footage This Thursday On GameTrailers
GameTrailers have another exclusive alongside the Modern Warfare 2 stuff this week
And it comes in the form of Heavy Rain. As you know, here at PushSquare we're literally chomping at the bit for new Heavy Rain footage. Oh boy... Hurry up Thursday! Hurry up! All these E3 reveals before E3... Hmmm, Sony must have something pretty big to announce...
News There's That Saying Again: "Heavy Rain Cannot Run On XBOX 360"
Quantic Dream's David Cage is the latest developer with a Sony contract to denounce how his game will not run on the XBOX 360
When prompted (for some reason) if Heavy Rain would run on XBOX 360 he confirmed; "I don't think so.""I think this game can only be done on Playstation 3," he said. "We used all the SPUs. "I...
News Some New Bits Of Heavy Rain Artwork, As Gritty As Ever
Good grief, can someone please get Quantic Dream on the blower - we want to know more about this game
Heavy Rain truly is shaping up to be one of the grittiest, nastiest stories in video games — and we've only seen a short trailer and a few bits of concept art. But when that particular artwork depicts a man "bonding" with a woman...
First Impressions Please Tell Us More About Playstation 3 Exclusive Heavy Rain
Back in the days of the Playstation 2, no game surprised us quite as much as Quantic Dream's "Fahrenheit" (or "Indigo Prophecy" in the USA)
A broodingly immersive release brimming with creativity and little in the way of cliche. Whilst the game took a turn for the worse in later chapters, it was in its attention grabbing opening that many hearts...