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The next Heavy Rain.. But Not


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I hope this isn't exclusive to the PS3

 

No one is going to fund their games except Sony, MS and others rejected Heavy Rain first, then they went to Sony. It had a 30 million budget.

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The name of the newest game from Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dreams appears to be "Fiv5." It was uncovered when a series of domain registrations and a trademark filing were discovered.

Besides the Quantic Dreams-registered domains (as found by supererogatory), Sony Computer Entertainment Europe was responsible for a trademark filing of the name. The name is further corroborated by the LinkedIn profile of a Quantic Dreams artist listing Five and Infraworld (a game canceled in 2006) as the projects he has done concept artist work for. His profile has since been changed to refer to them as two games under non-disclosure agreements.

 

The developer's co-founder, David Cage, made a passionate call for more mature games earlier this month at the Game Developers Conference, so it seems safe to assume that the new game won't be a colorful, upbeat, E-rated romp.

 

Besides the name, which is immediately reminiscent of titles like David Fincher's Se7en and Driver 3 (which was stylized as "Driv3r"), we do have some other indications of what to expect from the new game. Cage has talked about his future projects in the past, including a desire to move away from the serial killer stories he has done previously. Last June, it was rumored that Cage was casting for a science-fiction title, but he later denied any such claim. He did, however, say, "We are not going to play it safe from now, we are going to use this credibility to continue to take risks, give ourselves exciting challenges and try to invent new ways of playing."

 

The fact that SCEE filed a trademark on the game's name suggests it'll be an exclusive to Sony platforms -- presumably the PS3. That contradicts what Cage said last year about a desire to possibly go multiplatform with its next game. At the time, he added, "There are pros and cons and it's not an easy decision."

 

 

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