Good news for the fellows over at Quantic Dream. Heavy Rain, a flagship PS3 title and one of this generations defining experiences has sold over a million copies since its launch in February. That’s over a million people who’ve pressed “X” to yell “Jason.” I’m happy the guys are finally getting a bit of commercial success instead of just critical …

Quantic Dream’s co-founder and co-CEO David Cage has been chatting to Destructoid about the upcoming PlayStation Move and Project Natal but his most interesting comments come out when he talks about Microsoft’s E3 trailer from last year. Remember the one with the kid who scans in his own skateboard and then rides it down the road in the game? Last …

Heavy Rain has now gotten to a place in my mind where it can simply do no wrong. It seems that everytime I see something new about the game it pushes that one step further into being the perfect interactive experience. Heavy Rain’s creator David Cage has been chatting to CVG about the upcoming game and the all important sex …

During a developer session at Eurogamers Expo the Quantic Dreams founder and CEO, David Cage, was forced into answering that question that everyone loves to hate. He was asked whether Heavy Rain could have been developed on any other platform and after a pause and a sigh (most probably thinking about articles like this) he admitted that he didn’t think …

Maybe preview is the wrong word since they only really interviewed someone and were shown a slideshow of the game but it’s still a fascinating read. Heavy Rain is one of the oddest games to come along in a long time, and it’s exclusive to the PS3 which seems to be making a habit of publishing odd games. Heavy Rain …

And now for something completely different... David Cage of Quantic Dreams has confirmed that in the upcoming PS3 title "Heavy Rain", if the main character dies, you will still be able to continue with the games central plot. If you haven't seen any of the screens or videos yet, the main character is a journalist that is investigating a couple of disappearances and the woman pictured in the image above. David Cage had the following to say: “I can’t really tell you too much about what the story’s about or how it’s going to work with the characters, all I can tell you that your character - the main character - can die, and the story will continue,” When asked whether the death of the main character will lead the player into some sort of side story, he replied by saying that “No, no,” and that "It's one big story". This all sounds rather interesting. The only question I have is, is whether the main character might die at your hands or if it will be something that is more heavily scripted into the plot. I believe it will be the latter and possibly based on a huge decision that must be made in game.

While there are very few who would disagree that Heavy Rain is looking really interesting, there are a few things that needed to be pointed out about the direction that it is taking. What makes what I am about to say even more interesting is the fact that today, David Cage, the boss of Quantic Dreams actually said that he considered Heavy Rain to be "the most important title for next year". Really? Why on earth would he say that? There is no doubt that the game is looking visually stunning and the concept is interesting to say the least, but after looking at some gameplay footage and watching a developer interview I really have to wonder what the buzz is all about. In the developer interview, the previously mentioned David Cage speaks about how Heavy Rain is a different interactive experience and how it allows people to interact and not only watch a story. The gameplay footage says otherwise though. From what we have seen so far, the game looks to be the equivalent to a movie that breaks for some quicktime events. Now while we have seen very little of the game so far, this is the footage that they decided to show off as their first gameplay video. While the story may prove to be a deep and emotional experience it kind of feels like they are basically making a movie and then adding some mini-games onto it to make it interactive. This is an interesting concept as far as I can see and may indeed may be an interesting way to tackle storytelling in the future but does it make this game important? I'm interested to learn more about the game as more details pour out onto the internet but I fail to see what exactly it is that the developers are aiming for here and whether or not this game could truly be considered a game rather than an interactive "film". What do you guys think? Do you think the game is onto something or do you think that it may just be too early to really tell what it's going to offer?