Beyond: Two Souls Coming to PS4 on Nov. 24th, Heavy Rain Out Next Year

Posted by Guillaume de Fondaumiere on Nov 19, 2015 // Quantic Dream co-CEO

Hello, PlayStation fans. I’m pleased to announce that Beyond: Two Souls is coming to PS4 next week, complete with graphical improvements and new fan-requested features. You’ll be able to download it from PlayStation Store starting November 24th for $29.99.

Players will have another chance to experience the story of Jodie Holmes (played, excellently, by Ellen Page), a young woman who possesses supernatural powers through her psychic link to an invisible entity. Holmes’ journey is intertwined with the complex Dr. Dawkins (brought to life by the inimitable Willem Dafoe), on PS4.

[DarkOcelet]

That is great news for those who didnt play it. The visuals in this game still challenge new current gen titles.

I cant wait for Detroid!

[UserNameIsNotTaken]

Hell, I played the games & I'm buying the collection myself.

And it's Detroit* :P

[DarkOcelet]

Well, Detroid also works since they are Androids :D

[TLG1991]

Good save Ocelet

[ABizzel1]

One thing I hope they change is to simply let us use the Left stick to move, and not L2 / R2 in Heavy Rain (forgot which one it was).

Updated controls would be nice.

[freshslicepizza]

not surprised these games are coming but it's great to see and getting heavy rain for free if you buy beyond digitally is very good news.

[UserNameIsNotTaken]

It seems that I just got rekt.

[Me-Time]

lol damn. I heard someone mention beyond and heavy rain were said to have remastered versions coming in the future (the news was leaked or something a while back). I was going to hold off buying BEYOND until after PSX. I still might have to since I'm broke.

I've had heavy rain for so long now. Don't know if I'll wait til the collection releases.

[DarkOcelet]

LOL!

I just got lucky ;)

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Yeah, Beyond: Two Souls was my last preorder up until Fallout 4. I'll be waiting until March though once they release Heavy Rain and have both in a physical release.

[N4GGuy24]

Another collection hoping for backward compatibility. But hey making money with repackages so doubt anyone will stop. Btw heavy rain is the better one great game and story recommended.

[Kalebninja]

Woah that's great, never got to play it.

[G20WLY]

It's one of the few top end exclusives that came out at a time when people were starting to think about next gen consoles.

I reckon some people held onto their money saving for PS4, so may not have played this. Hopefully it'll do quite well and should act as a great way to tide us all over while we wait for their next game, Detroit! :)

[theshredded]

Only played the Heavy Rain demo & loved it!

[DarkOcelet]

The feels in Heavy Rain is deep. Get ready for one hell of a soul crushing experience :(.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Got Heavy Rain at launch. That was my first platinum :3

[Paytaa]

Heavy Rain was easily one of my favorite experiences last gen. Me and 3 of my buddies would be assigned a character and played as them through the whole game.

It made me really appreciate these type of games.

[TLG1991]

Thats a pretty good way of playing it with people. my girlfriend usually just watched when i play stuff like this but im going to do that from now on.

[traumadisaster]

There was an app that was made to play the game. My wife on the phone has easier touch controls than controller for her.

[The_BlackHeart__]

@Paytaa - That is brilliant! It will be pretty cool to see a playthrough of a game like Until Dawn in which 8 different people are responsible for their own character's well being, and have to role play during each episode.

[I_am_Batman]

Awesome trailer. Never got to play it on PS3 so I'll check the PS4 version out at some point.

[SpinalRemains138]

For anyone interested in Heavy Rain, if you've never played it;
You have to try it with the Move controllers. It makes the game so much more fun than it already is.

One of the greatest, underappreciated games last generation.

Beyond Two Souls....not so much.

[traumadisaster]

Surprisingly I found the original controls without move to my liking.

[Hoffmann]

These games are great but I recommend to rent some or buying them used since they are rather short

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

I rather support devs when they make good games

[OC_MurphysLaw]

You could always use PSNow and play the PS3 version that way you can rent and still support the dev. I mean that is what its for right?

[Hoffmann]

I totally agree. In cases like this I really recommend the same as Dlacy13g though. Streaming them via psnow is the best option for games like these. You play em through one time, and the alternative endings are not really worth to go through the complete game another time. Its easier to watch them on YT

[r2oB]

@ doctorfraud

I commend your conviction for speaking with your wallet. I definitely agree, if you disagree with a developers/publishers practices its best to speak with your wallet and not reward them. However, Quantum Dreams isn't known to withhold content for DLC, or charge for multiplayer, or any of the things mentioned in your rant; so why punish them? There is no need to have a blanket attitude towards every developer, just because you are upset with the practices of some, that doesn't seem fair.

[DarkOcelet]

I don't think a 10 to 12 hour experience is short.

Also both games have multiple endings so it has a good replay value.

[Hoffmann]

In comparison with other games I play they are really short / small

[madmonkey01]

heavy rain has a lot of replay value in my opinion with the ending varieties

[traumadisaster]

I'll pick up next bf on the cheap.

[ChronicPsycho]

Cool. Will buy.

[ServerBOT]

Can't wait to pickup the collection next year.

That forest scene is still one of the most realistic bits from a game.

[Spoonsx]

Always wanted to play both of these games. I'm PC first but have been trying to decide if I should buy a Xbox One or Ps4 for exclusives. I think this just made up my mind for me.

I hate the PS4 community but the games are to much to pass up.

[Volkama]

Don't mistake the over-zealous forum dwellers as being representative of the PS4 community. It's a large and diverse audience, with good and bad. Same could be said for the PC community...

[ScaReCrow90]

Don't mistake overzealous Xbox owners or anyone in the comments to be representative of the community for their respective console either.

[Volkama]

@ScaReCrow90 I would have thought that went without saying, but OK.

[Genuine-User]

Nice of you to paint everyone (25 million+) with the same brush.

[JonnyBigBoss]

N4G's community doesn't paint a good picture for the PS4 community, to be fair.

[Spotie]

N4G's community doesn't paint a good picture for the XB1 community, either. Or the Wii U, or the PC.

But hey, let's act like Sony fans are the only ones acting out around here.

OT: Since I never finished either of these- I think I only played the demo for Beyond- I'll probably wind up picking this up... maybe. It'll depend on whether or not my gf lets me.

[Volkama]

@Spotie I think N4G Wii U community paints a pretty accurate picture of the Wii U community. In that there isn't one.

[Wallstreet37]

Heavy Rain really was a good game and my girl watched me play it and enjoyed it as if it was a high budget movie. The story although not perfect is a decent one and keeps you wanting to know what happens. Every time i played (just like with until dawn) my girl was there and often times asked me to play to find out what happened next. Heavy Rain was a bit clunky for me so i hope the Ps4 feels/plays better control wise!

Also replay value is definitely there, my girl replayed it and had the oppsite ending then i did (didnt mention what due to spoilers)

Great game imo, solid 8.5

[trywizardo]

perfect
i hope the price for the physical copy is 30$ also

[GrimDragon]

Heavy rain was a great game I expect the same enhancements for it. I didn't play beyond two souls though. Can anyone tell me if it's just as good or better than hard rain? I did not like until dawn the change in story about a wendigo ruined it for me. And much of the qte events did nothing to penalize me for screwing up. On multiple occasions I just sat and watched the game move along when it asked me to press a button and I didn't it just went on to the next scene. I was like wtf?
For example there's a part when you have to run across a bridge that's falling apart the character is being chased you have to avoid the gaps in the bridge and make a few jumps. At each point I was prompted to press triangle or circle etc I did nothing just to see what happens. Well guess what she jumped and ran on her own. Even fought the antagonist on her own I was like aaahhhh this is bullshit. Stopped playing from that point.

[Picnic]

Grimdragon, given that Until Dawn annoyed you for the game playing itself, the QTEs of Beyond Two Souls will too but you must pretend that they matter if you want to see what is a distinct experience. Believe it or not, it is very difficult to die and, even if you did, you only play 1 person so the game doesn't continue as it does in UD and HR with another character. It is testament to the superbly subtle acting of Ellen Page and to some extent Willem Dafoe plus some beautifully high def environments (with great variety though not depth) and unexpected , powerful, shock scares that Beyond manages to keep you entertained or on edge even when ploughing through some action scenes that have none of the genuine fear or cinematic homage of Heavy Rain. They're both masterpieces that need to be played and for strangely different reasons. Beyond is more about having fun with powers at your leisure in deliberately disconnected scenes with more variety in tone and setting than Heavy Rain's, some in no chronological order as you play/make what is effectively a memory of yours , and witnessing a girl's unusual too much too soon childhood as the game becomes progressively and beautifully darker. Heavy Rain has far more possible playthroughs, better directed action but is a rough and harrowing ride with some boring scenes at the police station. Beyond has a compelling popcorn blockbuster meets cool indie film quality. It is preferable to play Beyond first so that the merits of HR by comparison are enjoyed without unfairly making Beyond seem massively lesser. In Heavy Rain you're pretty much IN a LA stylised serial killer /chase/ detective horror film. In Beyond the game is BEING that girl. You personally feel her worries and become comfortable guiding her to some semblance of safety. Whereas Heavy Rain is real modern film noir that deliberately feels like there can never really be safety. You already lost 1 child whatever happens.

[GrimDragon]

Thx pic appreciate the time you took to help me decide if this game is right for me. I gave you a +bubble for saving me 30bucks.

[Picnic]

Cheers Grim but I didn't want to put you off getting Beyond Two Souls. For me, every adventure genre fan , every PS3 (a great tech demo for graphics) or PS4 owner , should try it, with more widespread appeal and personal investment in the character you actually play than Heavy Rain. It's a sometimes brilliantly strange narrative that does meander but is held together by the brilliant Ellen Page who is worth the fee. If you remember games around 2004 that gave you telekenetic powers, this is the kind of game I wish they'd been. As an experience to enjoy, I am fonder of Beyond Two Souls.

[Summons75]

Why next year for heavy rain...they should just put them in a collection together and release them the 24th.

[Picnic]

Heavy Rain will take longer to tart up to make the most of the PS4. Plus I think everyone should play Beyond first. I think it's best to get used to being frightened before playing Heavy Rain and, also, the variety of settings and the finesse of the graphics and character models in Beyond draws you a little more comfortably in. Plus you feel cheated by Beyond's QTEs if you play HR first.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I don't think they want to hold a game back due to the difficulties in porting another game. Heavy Rain might be a hard game to transfer over, who knows. I'm getting both and I'm fine with it being $30.

They are not the same games, they are not in the same series, I see no reason to put them in a collection. They have nothing to do with each other, not even slightly.

[uth11]

I thought they were both releasing the same time as a collection?

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Yes, in March or individually in the PS store.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I don't recall them ever announcing it was coming in one package as a collection.

http://blog.eu.playstation....

It was never officially ever confirmed as coming in a collection of sorts. That isn't to say they won't make one in the future as some physical bundle or something, but they never stated it was coming in that form. I think it was just assumed due to both games coming from the same developer.

[uth11]

oh Ok, I thought I heard it was a collection, and it wouldn't be until next year, so this release was a surprise to me.

[etownone]

Awesome!!!

[fulnattybrah]

How can you ps gamers accept this?

[FunAndGun]

Oh, they're releasing Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls on PS4, cool. More choices for me, or I can just skip them and play all the new games instead. No sweat off my balls.

I'm a PS gamer and I accept it just like that.

[scark92]

Accept more games? You ain't natty get outta here!!

[bleedsoe9mm]

wonder if its going to be another ps4 remaster that looks exactly like the ps3 game . i'd wait for the bundle heavy rain is the better game , beyond 2 souls is just ok , maybe worth 20$ if you haven't played it .

[TriangleOffense]

Ill blindly buy anything quantic dream makes including remasters. Day 1 for me and that is a rarity now a days

[ricochetmg]

I missed both of these games last gen and want to play them .

[Ahmay]

Just reminded me of how I didn't get my dlc for preordering heavy rain at Gamecrazy... f those puckers...

anyways remastered boobs ftw..

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Happened to me too with Gamestop! Lol

[cfc83]

Supposed to be a collection, but selling them for 30 bucks each makes more money, plus Sony lack exclusives and have to once again rely on remasters. I think i'll give this game a swerve.

[G20WLY]

Heavy Rain comes out in the New Year. At that point the collection will be available.

If they held back B2S and removed the option to purchase it for those who had already played HR, that would be unfair.

Some people just want to complain though, right?

[ninsigma]

So is beyond still releasing by itself next week as well as collection next year??

[Butters360]

Dunno. Europe gets a collection in March. We get Beyond next week by itself with a discount going towards Heavy Rain next year.

[ninsigma]

Oh I see, this is us only. I need to pay more attention. Thanks! :)

[Butters360]

Old news but nice to have official confirmation. Have to ask the devs at PSX if we're gonna get a physical collection.

[AutoCad]

Really getting tired of this treatment sony is giving me as a playstation consumer..Enough with the remasters Sony,give me new AAA experiences..

[TwoForce]

Even i do understand it, that the Sony plan after all. They are still making new ip, but it gonna take time. Making new AAA games are not easy. You need patience, time, resources and new ideas to make sure new game are ready or not. All these years, we have seen a lot of new ips have been successful or failure or canceled. Today, new graphics engine, new tech and new way to learn. We keep studying and learn to master, but time of the years go on and on. We keep learning new thing and it will never stop challenge us.

[NeoGamer232]

So why would people buy a PS4 now then rather than waiting until it drops in price, the current games are cheap, and the high quality AAA IPs are released?

[G20WLY]

Don't. Buy. Them. Then.

[DigitalRaptor]

Really getting tired of people ignoring facts and logic. If you think the vast majority of in-house Sony studios AREN'T currently working on new AAA games, then you've not watched any Sony conference or paid attention to their announcements in the past 24 months.

If you think Sony can allow its first-party devs to make and release PS3 games up until PS4's launch window, and suddenly enable their teams to split and have NEW AAA IPs completed and ready to go within 2 years, you're only being foolish.

As an Xbox consumer, were you happy with the steep decline in quality AAA game releases from Microsoft after 2010? Honestly... Because it dried up quickly in favour of trash Kinect games.

All this proves is that you continually have your head buried in the sand... These remasters have been announced for well over a year. I won't do you the favour of educating you on what's coming next year. Just know that nothing is different about this gen than the last, except more remasters and indie games are here to fill the void that would otherwise provide you less to play.
---------

@ NeoGamer232

Well, are you really asking this question? People want to play great new games, and plenty of unique games that a lot of people out there think are invalidated as proper games because of their budget, despite inherent creativity and fun factor.

There currently are loads of high quality AAA IPs on all these consoles (they're not all exclusives), and PS4 is a console that people have chosen to play these games on. If anything it stands to prove that most consumers know what the purchase of a PlayStation entails in the long-term.

[ChuckTheIceMan]

More remakes that they will tout as PS4 Exclusives??? Come on!! People aren't going to fall of this stuff are they?

[_-EDMIX-_]

"tout as PS4 Exclusives?"? Who said this was PS4 exclusive? this exist on PS3 right now?

Mind you, neither game sold 80 million, the install base for the PS3, thus...not everyone who owned a PS3, owned those games. Thus, its new to many PS4 gamers.

How old are you? You telling me you never heard of a port before? Do you get how many games during every gen get ported? The reality is, not every gamer will 100% own every single game during a gen, thus the porting or transferring of that game to another system will always have a market....ALWAYS.

[ChuckTheIceMan]

I've had every console since the NES so yes I'm familiar with a remake. But whithin one generation we've had more god damned remasters than is called for. The same game with better graphics IS THE SAME GAME!!! It's not a ps4 or xbox exclusive, it was a previous gen exclusive that you pretty up and resell at full (or slightly discounted) price and add it to your "Exclusive" list. It's bullshit. I won't buy any of these and nobody else should either. It's pure laziness on the developers part. Some games should be remade and released but as good as the last of us was, I played it on the ps3 and was glad when it was over. I don't ever want to play that again. Heavy rain is NOT a game that needs to be re-released. It was a great game but it needs a WHOLE new game with a whole new story, and setting, and characters. I don't ever want to play heavy rain again! Now if they offered it free if you already own heavy rain, or if the new version installed and ran off of your old heavy rain disk like xbox backwards compat then I'm all for it. But people have to stop paying for games they've already played like 5-7 years ago!

[Shuckylad]

I know, I'm gonna rename my ps4 the ps3 remastered.

[Melankolis]

Too many remasters (i'd say it's quite necessary if the previous versions were NOT HD), disappointed but...i think it might be needed for people who didn't have PS3 before.

Just change my perception = this isn't for me
...and it's done!...sigh...

[Nivekki]

I'm gonna wait for the collection, far to much to play at the moment. Will gladly play both when the collection drops.

[jmc8888]

Never got through either, but the PS3 hardware completely held back Beyond: Two souls.

Might double dip just to get a playable experience with it.

[Elda]

I prefer the Heavy Rain remaster but for no more then 20 bucks especially for an almost 6 year old game.

[jznrpg]

I will definitely grab Heavy Rain again when it is in a flash sale . Maybe i will finally get 100% in the car scene .

[tigertron]

Amazing games, I might double dip when they are cheaper.

[DivineAssault]

Ill just import the collection in march..

[lowkey10011]

To bad ps4 can't play ps3 games.

[Flashback001]

Jesus another remaster -.-

[AudioEppa]

Best news of the day so far! Now to get it digital or wait for physical next year...

[captainexplosion]

Is the PS4 port of Gravity Rush out is Japan yet?

[TeamLeaptrade]

Not really into the games to pick either up in remaster form. But, to each their own.

[scark92]

Love this, a Remaster I am interested in, loved Heavy Rain, never played Beyond Two Souls.

[WDBII]

yay! more ps3 games on the ps4.. oodles and noodles of fun

[NotanotherReboot]

Why are people gettting so excited for this? Are you serious? People are buying the GOW 3 remaster UC remaster and now this? Are you not even bothered that there is no big exclusive this holiday like Halo 5? Am I the only sane person here?

[kenshiro100]

Why can't people enjoy what they want to enjoy? Console exclusives take a lot of time to make. They don't rain from the sky.

[Father__Merrin]

the graphics in beyond were beyond incredible. 10/10

i think il get the collection in march if its retail

[Ratty]

"You can now play the game in chronological order right from the start – a much requested feature in the PS3 version!"

That was my one and only (but heavy) gripe with the game. I'm insta-rebuying this now.

[BLAKHOODe]

I'm kind of done picking up new games for awhile. Fallout 4 is going to keep me busy for a long time. As long as I'm ready for Hitman in March, I'm good.

[Moe-Gunz]

I'm such a QD fan that I'll be getting this next week and then I'll import the collection when released.

[skratchy]

Wish Heavy Rain was coming out first. Oh well. Still excited to replay them both.

[guyjean]

The Sony page says

Release Date: 11/24/2016

2016!! not 2015...

https://www.playstation.com...

[guyjean]

Really hope it is 2015.

[UNKLE]

The trailer is better than the whole game was... I wanted to see heavy rain ps4 version whats the changes beside 1080p...

[Shuckylad]

I'm renaming my ps4 the ps3 remastered.

[fitfox]

is it just me or is this generation really last generation?

[Orionsangel]

We need more last gen games. Yeah sure. That's why we bought next gen consoles, to play last gen games, smh.

[Azzanation]

Pity the game was below average.