The second scheduled DLC for Heavy Rain has been put on hold, unfortunately. According to Joystiq, the DLC is on hold indefinitely while the team focus on making the game Move-compatible. Not much details about the second episode has been revealed, except that the Origami Killer is a playable character.
Heavy Rain: Move Edition is a updated version of this year’s classic interactive thriller that lets players use Sony’s new motion control to carry out movements within the game. The game will be updated to support the PlayStation Move controller in October 2010, almost a month after the controller launches.
If you are a Heavy Rain fan and own LittleBigPlanet, you will love the new costumes heading to the PlayStation Store this week. Five costumes from Heavy Rain will be added to LittleBigPlanet, as well as a set of stickers for you to enjoy. Costumes include Ethan Mars, Madison Paige and Shelby Scott.
A few weeks ago we reported that Heavy Rain surpassed the million units sold mark. Sony has now officially confirmed that the title has indeed crossed the mark in just five weeks after release. “It has been hugely gratifying to see the positive response that Heavy Rain has received from gamers” says David Cage, the Writer and Director of Heavy Rain and CEO of Quantic Dream.
If you are a fan of Heavy Rain but haven’t picked up the first DLC pack, Heavy Rain Chronicles: The Taxidermist, yet then this is a competition for you. We are giving away a PSN code to download the first episode for free and entering is simple. Just follow the instructions below and cross your fingers.
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A number of high-profile games have been released in Q1 of 2010, from the 256-player MAG to the first Final Fantasy title for the PlayStation 3. In the last few weeks along, Final Fantasy XIII, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and God of War III all sold a large number of copies in their opening weeks. But which game is leading so far?
According to European gaming magazine Chief, which is out next week in the Netherlands and Belgium, a number of titles have been confirmed to support PlayStation Move by Sony. Among the list of titles are some previously announced titles including SOCOM 4 and LittleBigPlanet, but new to the list is Heavy Rain. Although the magazine doesn’t go into details, the game is likely to receive a patch to enable Move support.
Many games have taken a stab at “adult” games, failing miserably by including copious amount of teenage angst, breasts or over the top blood, sometimes all three! Where they fail, Heavy Rain succeeds, where they fall short, Heavy Rain is the triumphant gold medallist. In gaming, something forgotten by the time the million dollar visuals are done is the narrative. But to create a game that fundamentally touches you, the story and the way the story is told has to be important. Heavy Rain is a story…an experience, with a game wrapped around it.
Given the nature of this title, spoilers are NOT included in this review.
Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream have given some brief details of their next project. Unfortunate for folks hoping for a single-player sequel to Heavy Rain, the game’s creator has stated that he wants to take the success of Heavy Rain and apply it to an online gaming experience.
Quantic Dreams has finally addressed the issues experienced by some gamers in Heavy Rain by releasing a new patch today. The patch weighs in at 38MB and fixes the issues reported by users including the accidental nudity (did they really have to fix that one?), game crashes and audio glitches. Booting up your copy of Heavy Rain will prompt you to download the v1.02 patch.
