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If you consider Heavy Rain to be one of your favourite titles, then you’ll no doubt be interested to know what Quantic Dream is going to develop next. I certainly am!
There’s no official word on what the studios’s next game will be (or even what platform it will appear on), but if you go on over to their website and click on the “Recruitment” tab you’ll get a good idea of what we can expect and how far away it is.
Mass Effect and Heavy Rain were two titles that came out tops at the British Academy Video Games Awards (BAFTA) recently held in London.
Heavy Rain walked away with three BAFTAs, for Original Music, Technical Innovation and Story. Mass Effect was crowned Best Game, applauded for being a “combined achievement of technology, art, design [and] audio… a beautiful complete gaming experience.”
The winners of the 14th annual Interactive Achievement Awards were announced at a ceremony last night, after an extensive list of nominees was announced in late January by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS).
As has become the trend at award ceremonies for games released in 2010, Red Dead Redemption cleaned up and took no less than five awards in categories such as ‘Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction’ and ‘Outstanding Character Performance,’ while Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 2 and Limbo also received multiple awards.
But which title won ‘Game of the Year’?
The full list of awards winners in 24 categories follows below:
So you’ve tried out all that the PlayStation Move party games have to offer. You’ve done everything from swatting bugs and disc golf on ice to grooming virtual pets and shooting cardboard cut-outs. It’s time to see what the PlayStation Move can do when teamed up with the creative geniuses at Quantic Dream. Even if you’ve already gone through the rollercoaster story of Heavy Rain, here’s a damn good reason to soak up some more riveting action and experience it in a new way with Heavy Rain Move Edition.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Heavy Rain Move Edition.
Do you already own Sony and Quantic Dream’s masterpiece of an adventure game, Heavy Rain? And are you intrigued by what the newly-released PlayStation Move controllers can bring to the experience?
Well, if you’ve just bought a Move Motion Controller and you want to try playing something other than mini-games for five minutes, you’ll definitely want to download the PlayStation Move patch for Heavy Rain, which will allow you to use the Motion Controller in the game.
The European and US PlayStation Blogs have provided some key pieces of information for Heavy Rain fans this fine day, letting everybody know when we’ll be able to pick up a copy of the PlayStation Move-enabled edition of the game, or simply download the free patch that adds in the functionality.
There are a few release dates for Heavy Rain Move Edition here, so let’s do this bullet-point style:
While most (if not all) Heavy Rain fans are quite disappointed that there’s a good chance we won’t see any future instalments in the game’s series of ‘Chronicles’ episodes, thanks to the PlayStation Move edition of the game taking priority at developer Quantic Dream, it will nevertheless be refreshing for those selfsame fans to play through the game (again) with motion controls.
In a post on the European PlayStation Blog, the product manager on Heavy Rain Move Edition, Ross Alexander, has shared a handful of screenshots showcasing this version of the highly acclaimed action adventure title that promises to give players “the ultimate freedom of control.”
The winners of the annual Develop Awards were announced recently, recognising the top games, developers, technologies and service providers in the European videogame industry.
Quntic Dream received two awards, one of which was for the studio’s Heavy Rain action adventure game, while Joe Danger developer Hello Games also won two awards. Batman: Arkham Asylum, Split/Second and DJ Hero all also picked up awards.
See the full list of winners at this year’s Develop Awards below:
Over E3 2010, Guillame de Fondaumière at game development studio Quantic Dream told videogame consumer site Game Informer that the PlayStation Move version of Heavy Rain is currently the company’s highest priority, as ‘encouraged’ by Sony.
This means that the planned series of Heavy Rain ‘Chronicles’ downloadable content (DLC) has been put on ‘indefinite hold’ until the Move version of the game is complete, but according to de Fondaumière, it’s more than likely that the studio will simply skip the DLC and move onto the next (non-Heavy Rain related) project.
Now, Quantic Dream head honcho David Cage has confirmed these comments, saying that he’s “disappointed for fans we could not finish the story of Heavy Rain the way we intended.”
In a bit of unfortunate news for rabid Heavy Rain fans, it seems as though developer Quantic Dream has put the planned second chapter of the series of ‘Chronicles’ downloadable content (DLC) on ‘indefinite hold,’ in favour of developing the recently announced PlayStation Move version of Heavy Rain.
El33t towers has been a hive of activity over the past few weeks, and we’re sorry we have kept you all waiting a little longer than usual to announce the winners to a couple of our competitions.
Could today be your lucky day? Hit the jump to find out if you won yourself a copy of Heavy Rain or MX vs ATV Reflex or Superstars V8 Next Challenge.
Fingers crossed!
Gamers all across the globe have been enjoying developer Quantic Dream’s interactive psychological thriller Heavy Rain since the game was released at the end of February. One million gamers to be exact, according to Sony who has just announced that one million copies of Heavy Rain have been sold worldwide in just five weeks.
Some of you may already have seen the 2005 film Derailed starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. However, many of you will not yet have spotted a videogame celebrity among the film’s cast.
It’s none other than Scott Shelby from Heavy Rain, who was molded on actor Sam Douglas who also provided the voice for Shelby.
An absolute megaton of content will be hitting the European PlayStation Store in just a few hours, filled to the brim with special price offers (Gunstar Heroes!), permanent price reductions, add-on content (Heavy Rain – Taxidermist episode!), a game bundle (Penny Arcade Adventures two-in-one!) and a pre-order special offer (Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse!), plus the usual assortment of videos, themes, and Rock Band (Jimi Hendrix!), Guitar Hero, DJ Hero and Karaoke Revolution tracks.
But that’s just a taste! For the full list, you can browse through the rest of the content coming soon to the European PlayStation store below:
If you haven’t yet played Heavy Rain, the interactive psychological thriller from Sony, we have the perfect opportunity for you to win one of two copies of the game.
Get your entry in today over at our Heavy Rain competition page and pop by our review to find out more about what the game’s all about.
Thanks to Ster Kinekor for sponsoring these awesome prizes!
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