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Warren Spector spoke passionately and humorously today at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California. At his panel, entitled "Narrative in Games: Roles, Forms, Problems, and Potential," he poked fun at himself on his slides for being an "out of work guy," since Disney... More

Disney may have closed the 57-year-old developer's Junction Point studio, but he still has the burning desire to create games. During his D.I.C.E. speech entitled "The Graying of Gaming," Warren Spector outlined how his perspectives, ambitions, and priorities have shifted from his time... More

[story by Andy Reiner, who is covering the D.I.C.E. convention for Game Informer] David Cage, the writer and director of Quantic Dreams' upcoming PlayStation 3 game Beyond: Two Souls, spoke at D.I.C.E. today about the video game industry refusing to grow up. His speech, titled "The Peter Pan... More

Normand Corbeil, best known in the world of video games for his work with Quantic Dream composing the music for Heavy Rain, has passed away at 56. The sad news comes from 8bitfix.com . Corbeil was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August of 2012, and he passed away on Friday January 25. Corbeil did... More

Willem Dafoe has been rumored to co-star alongside Ellen Page in the upcoming Quantic Dream developed Beyond: Two Souls. The rumor comes from GamesIndustry.biz , who is saying that the rumor comes from, "a source familiar with the project." Here's a completely unrelated video starring Dafoe... More

The next project from the developer of Heavy Rain will reportedly be unveiled at Sony's E3 press conference. According to MCV , the game is called Beyond, and will be another narrative-focused experience like Heavy Rain and Indigo Prophecy. The game is being directed by David Cage, and will be a... More

Paris-based Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream is vocal in its demand that French tax breaks are reinstated for the benefit of it and other video game developers in the country. In January, French tax breaks to game developers expired, and getting them back might not be easy. The tax breaks were authorized... More

Ever wondered if having a shorter, relatively simple-to-beat game affects the percentage of players who complete it? Spoiler alert: It does! IGN posted a number of interesting stats on Heavy Rain gathered by developer Quantic Dream from the three million people who have played the game. Most interesting... More

When Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain released in early 2010, it receive critical praise and sold better than many expected. Naturally, creator David Cage was pleased, but the designer isn’t itching to continue that success with a sequel – far from it. In a recent interview with Develop-Online... More

Heavy Rain's score is one of the reasons that last year's hit PlayStation 3 game had such an emotional impact on players. On this weeks Minnesota Public Radio podcast, Top Score, Heavy Rain's composer talks about the process of writing music for a game filled with so much drama. French-Canadian... More

Heavy Rain creator David Cage is a man of many opinions. The outspoken developer is never afraid to speak his mind, and now he's made some comments about the groundbreaking facial capture animation technology used in Rockstar and Team Bondi's upcoming L.A. Noire. In an interview with CVG, Cage... More

Quantic Dream's David Cage is quickly becoming one of the most outspoken game creators in the industry, recently ruffling some feathers at his GDC presentation, in which he proclaimed "Game mechanics are evil!" However, there's no denying that the man has talent, as proved by the critical... More

In an interview with the PlayStation Blog, Quantic Dream's David Cage gives a few hints about the team's upcoming project. "For our next project we’re going to build on what we have discovered with Heavy Rain. We own this genre of interactive drama and we want to show that Heavy Rain... More

Let's keep this short and sweet, OK? The guys over at Mega64 have released a new video skewering Heavy Rain. It includes a tough guy at a coffee shop, a guy who gets annoyed when a stranger handles his drink, and an old guy who seems confused by a bribery attempt. Watch it. More

With the panel entitled "Creating an Emotional Rollercoaster in Heavy Rain," Quantic Dream head David Cage encouraged fellow developers to prioritize storytelling as much as gameplay and also dropped some interesting facts about the game. Here are some of the highlights from the talk: - Heavy... More

Sony's Greatest Hits program is a great way for budget-minded gamers to get some of the PS3's biggest and best titles at a bargain price. Today, Sony announced that it is adding five new titles to the program. The good news? These are some amazing games; three of them standing among the very... More

The brilliant writer/producer who created the best Western show in the history of the planet is taking his talents to video game film adaptations. This past May we learned that The Lord of the Rings film producers Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne acquired the rights to Quantic Dream's noir serial killer... More

Today Quantic Dream announced its newly-renovated motion capture studio is open for business. What's so special about it? We're glad you asked. The Paris-based studio sports 64 optical cameras, which will now allow the studio to simultaneously capture voice acting performances alongside facial... More

Let's face it: Balls are boring, candy canes rarely stay put, and tinsel will choke your vacuum cleaner. If you're stumped for ways to decorate your tree this year, why not do what one person did and claim your video-game allegiances at the same time? Flickr user Gamer Grrlz (AKA Holly Green... More

DO NOT watch this vignette from Quantic Dream if you haven't played Heavy Rain yet as it spoils pretty much everything. If you have played it already, you've got to check this out! Even reading the rest of this story will spoil big chunks of the game for you so stop reading now if you don't... More