Quantic Dream’s Tantalizing ‘PS4’ Project, XSeed’s Surprise Killer Game and Other Secrets

Kotaku: In mid-November, Quantic Dream registered the domain singularityps4.com, suggesting a title and system for the second of two games the Parisian developer is said to be developing for Sony. Despite Cage declaring a lack of enthusiasm for the next generation of consoles, it's been evident for a while his company is eyeing future platforms.

[Ezz2013]

so they have team working on beyond and team working on this Project

well that's awesome
i love how sony 1st/2nd party dev are working on both ps3 and ps4 games at the same time

that's a real support

[hennessey86]

Please please please

[Ezz2013]

i don't think it's a new Heavy rain
because the game ended pretty well

let them keep working on new ip's

Cage also said he don't like sequels
http://www.gamesindustry.bi...

[SAE]

the developer said he dont like sequels so i doubt it ..

[Akuma-]

i dont care what quantic dream does but i cant wait for it. ill buy it first day and have faith that itll be amazing. plus sony is backing them so ill be expecting nothing but quality.

[BitbyDeath]

Spoiler *Most of the characters are dead, no point in doing a sequal unless it's a copycat in a different suburb with completely different characters. Even then I still don't see much point in it as the motive wouldn't be anywhere near as good as the first.

[Abdou23]

He said that sequels ruin the story. I hope other devs understand that not every game must have 2-3 sequels and online multiplayer.

[BlindGuardian]

I hope they get to make Kara into a full game, it might end up going toe to toe with Cyberpunk 2077

[Enemy]

It's not Heavy Rain 2. When Beyond: Two Souls was announced, Quantic Dream confirmed they were working on a second IP which hasn't been named yet. It'll surely be on the PS4.

Only one thing is certain; if Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls look as good as they do on the PS3, their PS4 titles will be miraculous.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Did you actually play Heavy Rain? Because I don't see how anyone who did, could ask for a sequel. Its a great original IP anyway. No need for everything to get a successor.

[wastedcells]

Kara!

[2pacalypsenow]

Yeah Heavy rain 2 wouldnt work as almost everyone dies( depending on your ending) but the title itself its based on that particular story (Ethan getting closer to drowning the more and more it rains"

[Temporary]

they COULD technically make a 'spiritual sequel' to heavy rain. Same TYPE of game just a different name and story.

I dont care though, anything they make will be a breath of fresh air like Heavy Rain was.

[DivineAssault]

Beyond 2 souls is the closest your going to see to a sequel.. Like 999 for the DS has a "sequel" called Zeros escape.. No need to keep the same thing going sometimes.. It gets stale like many games this gen..

Anyway, a new IP for PS4 is great news.. Im sure theres going to be some fantastic games coming within the next year or so for nx gen consoles

[Fez]

Ezz and IDeath are correct... he said he don't like sequels. Infact I believe his actual words were:
"I doesn't like sequels. Thems ruin the story of the first game"

[Red_Orange_Juice]

I cannot wait

[GraveLord]

Bet we'll see PS4 tech demo from Quantic Dream!

[turgore]

Bet we will piss our pants.

[Premonition]

Just a few more months away :)

[Root]

"singularityps4.com"

"ps4.com"

"ps4"

So hopefully this means it will actually be called the PS4 :D

[tommygunzII]

After Playstation 1, 2, and 3 I think it's highly likely it will be named PS4. Anything else wouldn't make sense.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

I want ps4 now! I can only Imagine what QD, GG & ND will do with new hardware.

[showtimefolks]

I believe Sony will try to buy QD after release of beyond 2 souls.

Great plan by Sony for having 2 teams with each studio me doing ps3 games and other doing ps4.

I would also like to know what the other team at DM are working on since the original is working of war.

E3for Sony could be epic

Show uncharted 4 running on ps4 or atleast a trailer
GT6 with a release date would be killer if launches with PS4
Killzone 4 just to show what ps4 is capable of

Show SP new IP since most likely they are not doing infamous 3
New ratchet and clank game, do it properly. A direct story line follow up from a crack in time

Ready at dawn studios have been working on next gen title rumored to be for PS4

Can't wait for E3

[imdaboss1]

The reason why i support Sony so much is that they care about us gamers thats why you see so MANY exclusive games just for their console....They did messed up the price for the PS3..but they solved it within a year with a price drop..I hope they learn from their mistake and release it the same time as the next xbox with some killer games..

[AngelicIceDiamond]

If that's the case expect Quantic Dreams to make an appearance at E3 2013 to present another brand new game.

Dear E3 2013, SLAUGHTER! E3 of 2012 thank you ( :

[garos82]

quantic dream developing for ps4? yes please and count me in.
This is why i love ps platform, there is something for everyone.
starting off 2013 far cry3 and soon ni no kuni this will be a great gaming year.

[WildStyles]

Next gen is coming.....

[lfclee]

Next gen is coming but it's not the huge jump we expected in graphics department .

[CBaoth]

Do you believe that next gen systems won't reach the 1080p60fps threshold Sony and MS have targeted? Or quite simply do you believe even if they do, it won't be as big a jump as this past one?

[Baka-akaB]

i dunno why people keep telling themselves that . Even stuff like cod looks suddenly beautiful jumping from 720p , no even sub hd to 1080p

[Bathyj]

Ok Mario, I can see why you'd say that.

[tommygunzII]

I agree with you completely. I play PC games at 1080p and once you get a certain distance from the TV you couldn't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p.
The difference from PS1 to PS2 was visible from a distance, same with PS2 to PS3, but you will have to get a little closer to see the differences between PS3 and PS4. Common sense really.

[lfclee]

Your all deluded if you think you think it is going to be a huge difference in graphics , you'd have to look really close to notice the difference like tommygunz11 said.
Why are people so sad they don't like the truth are they that messed up that they believe everything they hear or are they strangers too the truth or know nothing what so ever about Gpu's , I put it down to all three claims !

[stuna1]

You all act like everyone is gaming on little a$z tv's! When I'm sure most gamers that perceive gaming as a entertainment outlet, would also view it as a hobby!

So speaking from my perspective, I invested in the best for my gaming pleasures, as I'm sure alot of others have!

So just to elaborate further: I have a 47in Sony Bravia 3D tv hooked up to a Samsung 7.2 channel 3D receiver, 4 Bass reflex Q Power tower speaker, with 4 small satellite speakers, a center channel speaker with a 400 watt Klipsch sub woofer, round it all off with a 3d Blu ray player by Samsung.

What I'm saying in all this is, to get the best!
There will be people willing to invest in the Best!

Also having a 47in tv has allowed me to differentiate 720p from 1080p quite easily .
OT: Quantic Dream are definately developers who have been able to unlock the magic of what the ps3 is capable of! and I'm sure that that trend will continue when it comes to the ps4.

[imdaboss1]

It will be a huge enough for gamers for now..PS4 looks to be 50 percent more powerful then the next xbox

[hazardman]

Dude..dude..dude come on now its gonna be Less than 50% dude don't exagerate. Rumoured specs have them being about the same and yes with PS4 being slighlty more powerful but 50% come on....hahahahahahaahaa....had to laugh. I'm buying both so I. Don't care its just your comment was funny 50% more powerful bwahahahahaha!!!! On a more serious note I asked the manager at my local gamestop if he had any word. He told us he believes Sony will announce something Feb. He could be wrong of course but he sounded very confident.

[shadowwizard]

Well I can see that Sony will buy Quantic Dream in no-time, maybe after Beyond is released.

[Ezz2013]

yeah i think so two
they did that with SP and MM after infamous 2 and LBP2

i already see QD as 1st party dev anyway

[Liquid_Ocelot]

I swear I thought Sony had acquired Quantic Dream. I wonder what the hell are they waiting for :)

[ElitaStorm]

2 games, just 2 games.

like sucker punch, but they must be good.

it's a simple mathematic

one good one bad = bad
one good two good = good
one good two good one bad = good

must game studios make one good the rest bad is that the ONE good game is there by default

[I_am_Batman]

Sony would make a big mistake if they don't buy them. It was a mistake not buying Insomniac. Just look at Fuse and compare it to Resistance.

[DigitalAnalog]

Last I checked, SONY offered to buy Insomniac multiple times but was denied because they insist on being independent.

[Conzul]

Yay for PS4 possibly being called "PS4"! I've no beef with Orbis but I would have called it PS4 anyway and hope that people knew what I was talking about.

[NewsForSnowflakes]

I would love to see a game with Kara from that amazing tech demo.

[BitbyDeath]

Would be awesome if they showed a glimpse of what they're working on at E3.

[dafegamer]

Just only a matter of time that Sony will aquire Quantic Dreams. They did a great Job for Sony and it would be dumb not to aquire them.

[M2-]

It be would bad for the gaming industry though. Indies have full control over their projects.

Companies like -$ony suppress originality and creativity, as the primary goal of acquiring an indie developer is ownership of their IP's. Just look at what -$ony did to Zipper Interactive and what they doing to Media Molecule.

[Gorilla_Killa_X]

What are they doing with Media Molecule? LBP and LBP 2 were good. Tearaway looks like it will be good too.

[M2-]

-Essentially "Milking" Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet IP.
-Causing some Media Molecule developers/employees to leave including the lead coder of lbp's core component "user-creation".
-Dictating MM's creative freedom

[Bathyj]

"$ony suppress originality and creativity"

You lost me right there.

[lilbroRx]

You made a good point that I agree with completely, but sadly you made the mistake of speaking ill of Sony on "this site". Doesn't matter whether what you say is true or false before "them".

May the spirit of the internet have mercy on your comment bubbles.

[hawkeyejonjon]

Zipper Interactive was losing them money. Socom 4, Mag, & Unit 13 were failures and lost them money so you say you would keep a studio that is losing your money? No you wouldn't. You will make sure they won't lose you any more money by shutting them down. If i was in Sony's shoes, i would have shut them down after the second failure but they gave them 3 chances to make a successful game and they striked out.
Prove that developers/employees/lead coder left Media Molecule.
Media Molecule wanted to do something else than LBP and Sony allowed them. If Sony was limiting their creativity they would have said no you have to work on LBP. I am no Sony nor Microsoft fan. MM wanted to make Tearaway and Sony said fine. Look at what Microsoft did to Rare. Their creativity is gone. MM only made 2 LBP games and they can choose what they want to do but that game must not fail or Sony may question them next time to make sure it isn't a failure.

You say originality and creativity is suppressed by Sony but Microsoft does it even worse. When was the last time Microsoft make a new IP Game?

[Prodigy-X]

I can't wait for E3, it's killing me.

[soniqstylz]

I can't wait for GDC.

[cedaridge]

You can tell Sony is cooking up somethin good for the PS4 without us knowing none of the ingredient's.

[Liquid_Ocelot]

It smells real good though!

Can't wait to hear David Cage talking about the new technologies they're using/implementing as well as their newer techniques for mo-cap. Amazing stuff.

E3 can't come soon enough!

[BlmThug]

Heavy Rain is mind blowingly amazing so any QD title is a day one purchase for me

[Conzul]

Heavy Rain was the first (roughly) of its kind, and it was far from perfect - though I enjoyed it and it rocked on harder difficulty.

I'm sure all the XP that went to Cage and his studio will properly amaze us in the form of Beyond: Two souls. Day 1 for me as well.

[Walker]

Beyond: Tow Souls already is a next-generation game .

Simply fantastic !
http://blogs-images.forbes....
http://images.gamersyde.com...

[Belking]

Cut scenes...

[Walker]

In real-time and exactly equal with gameplay .
Gameplay:
http://i5.minus.com/idCqKBV...
http://www.abload.de/img/1x...

[Hicken]

"Cut scene," meet "troll comment."

Wait, I don't need quotations on that second one.

[Skips]

Everything is running in real time buddy. As stated by David Cage himself.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

@ exactly 11:45

This is definitely something you won't see on any other CONSOLE besides next gen.

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

;D

[Belking]

@walker. i don't think so. Look at the difference in detail from your 1st set of links to your second.Look at the lack of detail in the train car she is standing on. Big difference there. They are just basically interactive movies.(which is good by the way.) If you know Cage you won't have too much control over the characters.

[Roccetarius]

Unless they're renaming the game, then i bet Activision is coming after them for Singularity. It's published by them and made by a studio of theirs.

Also, maybe their next game actually has more gameplay.

[Fullmetalevolust]

Gotta love Xseed for bringing over Japanese games that wouldn't see the light of day on our US/EU shores. And, from what I hear, they are a small team. Way to go! They have translated/brought over many enjoyable titles.

[Clarence]

I can't wait.

[urwifeminder]

Why is this pollution on the 360 page?

[modesign]

im gonna predict the 2 big launch titles for ps4 will be infamous 3, killzone4, and Kara.

[BlackSharinganX]

if sony going to come out with a new ps4 i hope it comes in different colors at launch

[inFAMOUS_KRATOS]

the only plus for me is, sony is keeping the name ps4

i can't see them being successful with orbis or w.e because even today, people at work call it psp 2

[black911]

Cant wait for Beyond Two Souls!!!!

[cyclindk]

I just rewatched parts of E3 2012 and... God of War, Beyond: Two Souls and The Last of Us will own 2013...

Sales be damned, those titles look astoundingly good.

Production values

Animations, visuals, they are ridiculous.

[kingPoS]

I get feeling Heavy Rain is going wind up on psn+ roster within six months. I wouldn't mind... I wouldn't mind at all.

[tigertron]

Kara looked so amazing on the PS3, just imagine how it would look on the PS4. I hope Cage and everyone else at QD are working on that as a PS4 title.

[sdplisken]

make it a ps4 launch title!!!

buy em sony, make em part of the ps family and bring on beyond two souls!!!!