The studio behind Heavy Rain and the impressive Kara tech demo is committed to Sony, according to Quantic Dream head David Cage. That commitment includes being open to the possibility of being acquired by Sony, though no plans have been made.

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Quantic Dream, the team behind Heavy Rain, is working on a brand new game for PS3. While it will take advantage of lessons learned by their last adventure, creative director David Cage said that they wanted to create brand new tech for their next game.

"We never thought it would work on a PlayStation 3," Cage told an audience at Game Developers Conference. However, after experimenting, he announced "then we discovered that it could."

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With Heavy Rain: Director's Cut in stores, developer Quantic Dream has released a number of interesting facts about the game. Three million people have played the game, but only 33% of those players managed to keep everyone alive. The interactive choose-your-own-adventure title features numerous ways for all of the characters to die, and it appears most players fell into one of the many death traps.

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What do you call a Director's Cut re-release that has almost no input from the original director? Apparently, you still call it a Director's Cut. Heavy Rain: Director's Cut is a budget re-release of Quantic Dream's critically acclaimed adventure game, and it contains no alterations to the original game.

Instead, you'll get the "complete, original game" in addition to the "Heavy Rain Chronicles: Taxidermist" DLC (which came free with first-run copies).

Read more: Additional bonuses and a Greatest Hits price »

Given Heavy Rain's tremendous success--with over two million copies sold so far--it's unsurprising that Quantic Dream has partnered up with Sony on yet another exclusive.

"I really like Sony, honestly I do," studio head David Cage said, explaining the deal. "They’ve made some bets with developers like Fumito Ueda and Media Molecule. I kind of feel loyal to them."

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Sony has announced a new set of PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits on the PlayStation Blog. Among the new red-rimmed editions are God of War 3, Heavy Rain, ModNation Racers, UFC Undisputed 2010, and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Game of the Year Edition). Read more »

Following reports and much speculation, Variety has confirmation that Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain is headed to Hollywood. 'Deadwood' and 'NYPD Blue' creator David Milch has signed up to adapt the interactive movie into a regular movie.

The movie is being developed by production company Unique Features with Warner Bros., which is reportedly 'fast-tracking' it. Read more »

The nominees for the 11th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards have been announced, meaning that we now get to see what games the international panel of industry professionals felt are in the running to be acknowledged for the greatest overall achievements over the past year. (via Gamasutra)

The Xbox Live Arcade exclusive, LIMBO, leads the charge with seven nominations, followed closely by Red Dead Redemption (six nominations) and Mass Effect 2 (five nominations). All three front-runners are in the running for GDC's Game of the Year award. Pioneer, Ambassador and Lifetime Achievement Special Awards, as well as the host of this year's awards show, have yet to be revealed. Read more »

PS3 Exclusive: God of War 3

We've followed Kratos from lowly soldier to the god of war. From the highest peaks of Mount Olympus to the shallow depths of Hades. We've followed him everywhere and it's been a prime example of supreme badassery from start to finish.God of War 3 throws Kratos into a world of ultimate action, featuring huge and beautiful environments and combat that can be as senseless or precise as you prefer. It's a story about the an intense warrior who cannot let go of his past and, because of the mostly self-inflicted evils that haunt him, is willing to risk his future.It's the definition of a blockbuster action game, making it easy to name God of War 3 the best PS3 game of 2010. Read more »

The promised Heavy Rain patch adding PlayStation Move support will be released on September 22, Sony has announced, followed soon after by a Move-enabled demo.

The free patch will let you waggle and shake your way through Quantic Dream's adventure game for growed-ups using the motion-sensing PlayStation 3 peripheral. September 28, meanwhile, will bring a downloadable demo featuring the 'Sleazy Place' and 'Crime Scene' areas and boasting PS Move support. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Daily Filter includes some new media from Shinji Mikami's Vanquish, a trailer for the first Red Dead Redemption DLC, screens for the PS3 exclusive "The Betrayal of Jimmy DLC" for Mafia II, new screenshots for Def Jam Rapstar, a duo of soccer updates for both Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 and FIFA Soccer 11, a pair of screens for the new BioShock 2 DLC, a new trailer for Sonic Colors (now releasing on November 16), a look at Move's integration in Heavy Rain, a trailer for Etrian Odyssey III, and a video apiece from Two Worlds II and Patrician IV. Read more »

Quantick Dream's plans for further Heavy Rain 'Chronicles' downloadable content are "on hold" as the studio has shifted its focus to implementing PlayStation Move support as well as working on "new projects," creator David Cage has told Eurogamer.

"They are on hold to allow the team to work on Move and on new projects, and I doubt they will ever be produced," said Cage, explaining that Read more »

Deadline.com (via Kotaku) is reporting that Unique Features is near closing a deal to purchase the film rights to Quantic Dreams' PlayStation 3 game Heavy Rain.

The game's cinematic storytelling and use of real actors makes it an easy choice for film adaptation. An auction for the rights was set up by Hollywood talent agency CAA on behalf of Quantic Dream. Read more »

Quantic Dream's "adult" quick-time-tastic adventure thriller Heavy Rain has now sold over one million copies, publisher Sony has announced on the PlayStation.Blog.

The PlayStation 3 exclusive was released in North America on February 23. The first 'Heavy Rain Chronicle' downloadable content episode 'Taxidermist' was released to all and sundry on April 1 for $4.99, having previously been given free to pre-orderers. As well as further Chronicles, support for the PlayStation Move controller is in the works. Read more »

In a "move" seemingly inspired by a blinding flash of the obvious, Quantic Dream's adventure-thriller Heavy Rain has been targeted to receive motion-control integration courtesy of the upcoming PlayStation Move peripheral.

As reported by MTV Multiplayer, Heavy Rain was initially designed for use with the PlayStation Move, but the game ended up being ready for market long before the new motion control scheme. MTV's most recent report (via Eurogamer) indicates that the Belgian magazine Chief obtained confirmation from Sony that 'Move' support will be added to Heavy Rain this fall, likely via a downloadable patch. Read more »