Heavy Rain, the upcoming psychological thriller from Sony and Quantic Dreams, has gone gold in North America. The PS3 exclusive will be available across the US on the 23rd of February, on the 24th of February in Europe and on the 26th of February in the UK.

If you pre-order the game you’ll be able to download the first chapter of Heavy Rain Chronicles, the upcoming downloadable-only episodes for the game, for free (once you’ve actually got your copy of the game in hand of course). Otherwise you will have to wait a full month to get your hands on the episodes and it will cost you $4.99 per chapter to boot.

Sony also confirmed that a demo for Heavy Rain will be available on the North American PlayStation Store on the 11th of February. “The demo will allow players to play two chapters from Heavy Rain, featuring Norman Jayden, an FBI agent brought in to help local authorities track down the Origami Killer, and Scott Shelby, a private detective hired by the families of past victims of the Origami Killer to find the serial killer.”

Finally, make sure you check out the new Heavy Rain trailer titled ‘To Catch a Killer’ and browse through our previous coverage of the title to see what the fuss is all about.

Source: SCEA’s PlayStation Blog