Heavy Rain confirmed for 2010 release

By Ellie Gibson Published 13 July, 2009

Will be "on time, on budget," says QD.

Quantic Dream exec Guillaume de Fondaumiere has confirmed Heavy Rain won't be released until 2010.

"Most publishers today realise that it's not ideal to release a new IP or a new genre just before Christmas. It's a very crowded place to be, and certain games need more space to live their life," he told GamesIndustry.biz. "Everybody at working on the project, both at Quantic and Sony, believe this is the right time."

"We've always known that we had a window to release the game, and it's important for us to finish it the right way. We've got some margin either way, to some degree, but again I think there's a responsibility, and we don't want to deceive - so it's important for the game to be polished up until the last minute."

De Fondaumiere said the Heavy Rain alpha was delivered "on April 15 - on time, on budget". He continued, "It's a great moment, because we now have the whole game in our hands and we can play from beginning to end."

Sony had previously indicated Heavy Rain would be released in 2009. However, when talk of a 2010 date began to emerge back in May, the company declined to comment.

The bossman went on to say he's confident Heavy Rain will deliver on its promises and offer something different. "We're trying to show that it's possible to have an interactive story, that it's possible to offer players something different to just fighting, shooting and driving - that interactivity can be more than that," he explained.

"I hope that Heavy Rain will leave an imprint in people's minds, like the best movies or books - that's really our objective. I hope it's going to be not only something that they can look back on from a gaming perspective as new and original, but maybe from a more global perspective as an entertainment form, a form of expression."

You can read the full interview over on GamesIndustry.biz.

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Comments (38) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • CHAZBIGPOTATO #1 3 years ago

    This looks good

  • alimokrane #2 3 years ago

    Cant wait! question. How much is the game's budget anyway ? anybody knows ?

  • BlueDot #3 3 years ago

    On time and on budget, now there's a first!

  • woodnotes #4 3 years ago

    Edge really didn't like this game at all at E3. Personally I think it looks really interesting and given the lack of adventure games these days it should do well.

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #5 3 years ago

    I really haven't seen anything of this yet that doesn't show it to be more than just another Fahrenheit.* Thats not a bad thing as I enjoyed Fahrenheit quite a lot for the most part. But, IF it is a slightly improved version, then I don't think it will be the AAA 10/10 game 'some' people are hoping for.

    *I'm not talking graphics here obviously, before I get negged. ;)

  • kangarootoo #6 3 years ago

    I really want this to be good. Am reserving judgement, and trying to be objective (despite always egtting a bee in my bonnet about the mixed and flawed fun that was Fahrenheit).

    Good adventure games are thin on the ground, so I'd love this to bring it together and I certainly don't mind waiting if that helps it do so..

  • menage #7 3 years ago

    I like the idea I just don't see a lot of game there. Pretty graphics and a cool world/ story sure, but then what?

  • kangarootoo #8 3 years ago

    I am hoping for actual good game mechanics (the bit that was rather too mixed in Fahrenheit for my liking). If their little action sequences are fun, that is a plus point. Some proper "what do I do now?" moments, where I feel like I am investigating would also be good (as opposed to just "going places" and doing little mini-games when I get there).

  • Freki #9 3 years ago

    Expect it in Europe sometime 2011...

  • kangarootoo #10 3 years ago

    It is being made in Europe, so Europe delays are unlikely.

  • Freki #11 3 years ago

    It is Sony though ;)

    I read this article just after the one about Undead Knights so am not really being serious.

  • mkreku #12 3 years ago

    I still have high hopes for this. Just don't let it be a QTE fest, please..

  • paulf #13 3 years ago

    sometimes I wish games would stop trying to be 'interactive movies' and just be games, this could be the one to make me change my mind though, however it could also reinforce my point, Be interesting to see which it is

  • brof #14 3 years ago

    Heavy Rain.... like the best movies or books

    LOL hahahaha... a videogame? are they serious? N-E-V-E-R!

  • kangarootoo #15 3 years ago

    @Freki

    Undead Knights does loolk like more of a Japan centric game, but point taken :)

  • busboy33 #16 3 years ago

    I was curious about this one, but after the e3 footage hit the net I'm very put off. The chick in the bathroom was very disturbing, and the announcer was giving me flashbacks to Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.

    "She puts the lipstick on, yessss . . . first the top, then the bottom . . . "
    ". . . but it is not enough . . . she opens her blouse more . . . that is good . . . "
    "now tear the skirt . . . more . . . "
    "she puts the lotion in the basket . . . . she does this whenever she wants to play the sexy girl . . . "
    "lets do something with our hair . . . maybe we can be . . . sexierrrrr . . ."
    [link url=http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=x-MOJJ5dLdk
    ]http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=x-MOJJ5dLdk
    [/link]

    I felt very dirty, and he sounded very much in need of getting the fu@k out of the studio a little more.

    edit: added the link to the video, and changed a bit of the fake quotes -- the hair one is now exactly from the presentation, and is even more disturbing than the fake stuff I was writing.
    Edited by 1 at 13/07/09 @ 13:13

  • makeamazing #17 3 years ago

    Not too bothered that its coming out in 2010, as there are too many major games coming out in the next 6 months.

    As for QTE or Adventure games, well I for one will probably buy it anyway as its an exclusive. Also I am hopefull that it will be good... not played a good adventure game since Blade Runner all those years ago... so if its done well it wont matter that its interactive based (if you played blade runner you will know precisely what i mean :)

  • kangarootoo #18 3 years ago

    "If the game play matches its looks.."

    Famous last words?... :)

  • Widge #19 3 years ago

    Yeah, Bladerunner wasn't exactly a 'gameplay' fest, but it was an enjoyable adventure game!

  • Doctor_What #20 3 years ago

    I was once told something very wise about EDGE: they are not games reviewers, they are a fashion magazine. If a game is the best example of a third person platform game made in the last three years they will still give it an average score if it didn't do anything new. It's all about innovation for EDGE, and if it's not new, then it's not good.

    I've learnt to read their scores in a different way - if something gets a 7 or more and it's in a genre that I like, I know I'll probably think it's excellent. If it gets 9 or more then I might find it irritating and trying too many ideas without sound-enough execution.

  • kangarootoo #21 3 years ago

    @Doctor_What

    I think I see what you are saying, but to me that just reads like a kind way of saying Edge are pretentious. On that, I would agree. Every magazine needs a sales angle I guess.

    I don't personally learn to read their scores a different way, I just ignore them.

  • menage #22 3 years ago

    Any magazine that gives Fuel an 8 needs a recheck.

  • kingofbergamo #23 3 years ago

    Looking forward to experience this 'game' ;)

  • kingofbergamo #24 3 years ago

    "Any magazine that gives Fuel an 8 needs a recheck."

    Amen to that!

    +1

  • theiceman #25 3 years ago

    I am hoping it'll get the recognition it so richly deserves IF it is a great adventure experience.
    Also EDGE is rubbish. I lost faith in them for a while.
    +1 Fuelol

  • kangarootoo #26 3 years ago

    "I am hoping it'll get the recognition it so richly deserves IF it is a great adventure experience"

    IF it does, then I absolutely agree.


    @donnie080208

    Well, in truth you really don't know very much about the final experience. Just like the rest of us. I'd jog on before the sun comes up if I were you (Hobbit ref, for those confused).

  • paulf #27 3 years ago

    with regards to qte i quite liked the way they did them in the pc version of Quantum of Solace - which was move your cursor to a particular place, which was usually related to where bond was gonna kick/punch/knee to groin this had a tiny bit more context than the press x you usually get

  • Ryze #28 3 years ago

    So... will the fighting, shooting and driving be replaced with button bashing ala Fahrenheit?

    Or... with 'Simon says' QTEs... like Fahrenheit?

    ...or with new and original gameplay.

    Hopefully this won't just end up being a 2010 Dragon's Lair.

    I can't wait.

  • DjFlex52 #29 3 years ago

    Why do people always portray a game magazine's or game site's reviews as one entity?
    Is there any gamesite or magazine that have reviews you always agree with? Different reviewers for different console games at different times can never have a consistent point of view. It's all subjective.

  • makeamazing #30 3 years ago

    Wow got a negative feedback for saying I hope its as good as Bladerunner game, there sure are some Muppets on this website...lol

  • makeamazing #31 3 years ago

    So what your saying is some fanboys tagged me for saying that I would buy one of a few exclusives for a console.

    If you cant go and buy the exclusives that are available for a machine, then whats the point of having a particular console? As a gamer why shouldnt i go and buy the exclusives, especially the ones that are considererd important.

  • Doctor_What #32 3 years ago

    @ Donnie: "the best games this gen for storytelling were imo bioshock/halflife2 and gta4 hardly 20mins of cutscenes among them."
    Bioshock's story telling techniques were very good, but the story itself was very flat I felt. Halflife 2's story didn't do anything for me - there was no structure or pacing. You must have been playing a different GTA4 from me, because all I saw was missions bookended by minutes of cutscenes; however, they were excellent cutscenes and they did a great job with the story.

    I enjoyed all of those games, but only GTA actually told a really good story I believe, and that's the one with the most cutscenes. I'm not saying that cutscenes are good, only that they are definitely not necessarily bad.

    Regarding 'Heavy Rain', I enjoyed Fahrenheit, despite its many flaws, so I'm looking forward to playing this too. The idea of a story involving no magic, space marines, mutants, zombies, or superheroes sounds pretty good about now.

  • makeamazing #33 3 years ago

    Did I say that HR looked bad, or i didnt like it? No.. how can you read my mind all of a sudden eh? The game looks interesting and its exclusive, thats enough for me, because I dont have issues with spending £40 on a game. No be a good chap and shut up with your Xbox fanboy crap in a PS3 post.

  • kangarootoo #34 3 years ago

    "You said you would buy it because it was ''an exclusive''. That clearly implies that you would buy it as an exclusive"

    Well, it loosely implies it. There is nothing clear about it.

    Stop splitting hairs you two and have a hug.

  • busboy33 #35 3 years ago

    Ignore kangarootoo.

    He said horrible things about your mother too. Both of you. Either. I don't know . . . just fight!

    MOOOORRRRRRTALLLLLLL CCCOOOMMMBBBAAATTT!!!

    (what can I say? I'm bored.)

  • makeamazing #36 3 years ago

    if it sucked or not, so maybe you want to think more about your words next time eh?

    As Sony Exclusives are all pretty interesting so far, in something left field of what normal game companies do, I think I am entitled to try them out. No offence but I dont have to get permission off you in how i spend my money.

    Maybe you can just stop trolling, or perhaps just go and wait for your Natal and Milo exclusive, something I am pretty happy to let you have an exclusive on :D

  • makeamazing #37 3 years ago

    Yawn, didnt take you long to get into Fanboy mode did it... so funny... LOL

  • makeamazing #38 3 years ago

    Yes you are... really... let me just update what you said for you...

    Yes because clearly, anyone who isn't impressed with everything MS does ever must be a fan boy.

    Awesome logic, tard.

    Actually its because you sprout so much crap about Sony and so much "love" about MS. Its quite easy to see your a total fanboy, who clearly still lives at home with mommy... awwwww how nice