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Fri, Apr 19, 2013 | 17:47 BST

Heavy Rain cost €16.7 million, Sony made “more than €100 million” on it

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Quantic Dream’s Guillaume de Fondaumiere has said Heavy Rain cost €16.7 million to develop, and once distribution and marketing costs were added, the total came to €40 million. Still, the game was profitable: “Sony earned more than €100 million with this game,” he told the Digital Dragons audience in Poland today.

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Wed, Apr 10, 2013 | 19:49 BST

Quantic Dream hiring programmer with “a strong understanding of multiplayer”

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Quantic Dream has posted a job listing for a lead online programmer with a “very deep and high knowledge of online gaming; network developments.” The firm would like for this person to have shipped a triple-A title with “significant experience in multiplayer gaming.” While Quantic’s next project, Beyond: Two Souls is a single-player title as with Heavy Rain, the firm’s David Cage has as in the past multiplayer is something he would consider in the future. Via Superannuation‘s feature on Kotaku.

Thu, Mar 21, 2013 | 14:00 GMT

Beyond: Two Souls has no QTEs, states Cage

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Beyond: Two Souls may come from the same team that brought you Heavy Rain, but it doesn’t have a single QTE, Quantic Dream’s David Cage has told VG247.

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Tue, Aug 28, 2012 | 07:35 BST

Cage: Sony grants “total freedom”, indies the “future of the industry”

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Quantic Dream boss David Cage has said very few developers have the chance to explore new ideas – and those that do will shape the future of games.

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Wed, Aug 22, 2012 | 15:05 BST

David Cage interview: interaction lost in a cinematic age

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Beyond: Two Souls and Heavy Rain creator David Cage speaks to VG247′s Dave Cook about emotion, the importance of talented actors and what to expect from Beyond.

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Tue, Aug 21, 2012 | 22:14 BST

Beyond Two Souls: Interactivity is ‘more than shooting guns’ – Cage

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David Cage believes player interaction in video games should consist of more than just shooting a gun, and this philosophy is something he’s striving to instill with Quantic Dream’s latest, Beyond: Two Souls.

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Fri, Aug 17, 2012 | 19:31 BST

Beyond: Two Souls – death comes to us all

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Beyond: Two Souls isn’t a game trying to be a movie or some attempt to bridge the divide between them. Quantic Dream view it as a convergence – a third new form of entertainment that puts its actors fully to the test. VG247′s Dave Cook goes behind the scenes to learn more.

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Wed, Jul 04, 2012 | 07:55 BST

Warren Spector “would never make” a game like Heavy Rain

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Although Deus Ex creator Warren Spector believes David Cage is one of the best writers in gaming, he’s wary of the inflexibility of heavily scripted games.

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Thu, May 31, 2012 | 08:45 BST

Quantic Dream “unhappy with everything” about Heavy Rain

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Despite showing the world a thing or two about graphical prowess and cinematic gameplay, Quantic Dream boss David Cage says the team weren’t satisfied with Heavy Rain.

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Tue, Dec 20, 2011 | 00:53 GMT

Heavy Rain Move Edition still missing extra content

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A Destructoid report puts the spotlight back on an ongoing issue: Some buyers have found that the Platinum Move Edition of Heavy Rain is missing the exclusive content advertised on the box. Affected copies of the game, which are still appearing in the wild, do not display the extra content on the PlayStation 3′s XMB. To get the disc replaced with a full version, purchasers have to ship the game to Sony, footing the bill themselves.

Tue, Dec 06, 2011 | 00:07 GMT

65% of Heavy Rain players saved Shaun

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Of Heavy Rain’s 3 million players, over one third failed to save the Origami Killer’s next victim.

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Thu, Nov 03, 2011 | 17:21 GMT

Heavy Rain: Director’s Cut releasing in the US on November 8

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Sony has announced the Heavy Rain: Director’s Cut, a package which includes the original game, Heavy Rain Chronicles: Episode 1 – The Taxidermist DLC, the original soundtrack, bonus videos, Move support, dynamic themes, and new concept art, will arrive in US stores on November 8. It will run you $29.99. The PS Store will also have the Heavy Rain Crime Scene Dynamic Theme available for free on that day as well.

Wed, Sep 28, 2011 | 19:25 BST

Cage: No Heavy Rain 2 because “I’m not in this business to make money”

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David Cage has said he has no intention of making a Heavy Rain 2, as he is not in the videogame business to “make money.”

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Mon, Sep 12, 2011 | 09:35 BST

Quantic Dream: €10 million lost from second hand Heavy Rain sales

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Quantic Dream CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere has said that the French developer has lost upwards of €10 million in second hand sales from Heavy Rain.

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Mon, Aug 08, 2011 | 15:35 BST

Heavy Rain gets toned down edition for France

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European game ratings body PEGI’s rated a toned down version of Heavy Rain. The Quantic Dream thriller was given a PEGI 18 (BBFC 15) when it launched last February. Now the new version, Heavy Rain Edition Modifiée, has been given a PEGI 16. This new version does feature “realistic looking violence, nudity of a sexual nature, and strong language,” however. Sony’s told Eurogamer it’s a French-only thing, though.

Fri, Jul 15, 2011 | 21:42 BST

Friday Shorts II: Develop, Heavy Rain, PS Video Store

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It’s Friday, which means you’ve now reached the weekend. Congrabulatgonglations. That’s a word I just made up. Here are your shorts.

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Wed, Mar 23, 2011 | 03:19 GMT

Western games dominate Japanese developers’ best of 2010 list

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A late survey of Japan’s development luminaries has seen Heavy Rain and Red Dead Redemption top a list ripe with international releases.

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Tue, Mar 22, 2011 | 05:53 GMT

David Cage: Game creators should write stories about themselves – not space marines

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This may come as a something of a shock to you, but Heavy Rain creator David Cage is a bit full of himself.

Perhaps, however, that’s not such a bad thing.

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Sat, Mar 19, 2011 | 17:04 GMT

Cage: “We need to talk about emotions and work on stories that appeal to all people”

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David Cage has been on a talking streak since Quantic Dream won three BAFTAs earlier this week, and most of what he’s had to say involves interactive storytelling – one of the categories Heavy Rain won an award for.
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Thu, Mar 17, 2011 | 17:53 GMT

“We want to show that Heavy Rain was not a coincidence or a lucky shot,” says Cage

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Winning BAFTAs last night for Story, Technical Innovation, and Music, Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream was rather pleased, and none more so than David Cage.

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