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Quantic Dream Bringing ‘Heavy Rain’, ‘Beyond: Two Souls’, ‘Detroit: Become Human’ to Epic Games Store
Epic continue to ramp up their exclusivity catalogue to take on Steam. Quantic Dream is the latest to jump aboard, with PC ports of three of their games: 2010’s Heavy Rain, 2013’s Beyond: Two Souls, and the more recent Detroit: Become Human.
All three cinematic games will launch exclusively on the Epic Games Store later this year, with Sony still holding onto the rights for the games.
In Heavy Rain, you play as four different characters over the course of four days as you hunt for a murderer known only as “The Origami Killer”. Each choice you make with each character may result in altering the story.
In Beyond: Two Souls, you play as Jodie Holmes. Born with a connection to a mysterious entity with incredible powers,
your actions will determine Jodie’s fate as she faces extraordinary challenges, danger, and heart-wrenching loss on a journey to discover the truth of who she is.
In Detroit: Become Human, technology has evolved to a point where human-like androids are everywhere. Play as three distinct androids and see a world at the brink of chaos through their eyes. Your very decisions will dramatically alter how the game’s branching narrative plays out.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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