Heavy Rain

2010 video game developed by Quantic Dream
VideoGame video_game Q647855
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Heavy Rain

Summary

Heavy Rain is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,039 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Heavy Rain received the Japan Game Awards Annual Work Category Game Designers Grand Prize[3].
  • Heavy Rain received the British Academy Games Award for Music[4].
  • Heavy Rain received the British Academy Games Award for Story[5].
  • Heavy Rain received the British Academy Games Award for Technical Innovation[6].
  • Heavy Rain's instance of is recorded as video game[7].
  • Heavy Rain was directed by David Cage[8].
  • David Cage wrote the screenplay for Heavy Rain[9].
  • Heavy Rain's composer is recorded as Normand Corbeil[10].
  • Heavy Rain was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment[11].
  • Heavy Rain's genre is interactive film[12].
  • Heavy Rain's genre is drama fiction[13].
  • Heavy Rain's genre is action-adventure game[14].
  • Heavy Rain's developer is recorded as Quantic Dream[15].
  • Heavy Rain's developer is recorded as Virtuos[16].
  • Heavy Rain's record label is recorded as Sony Interactive Entertainment[17].
  • Heavy Rain's designed by is recorded as David Cage[18].
  • Heavy Rain's software version identifier is recorded as 2.00[19].
  • Heavy Rain's Commons category is recorded as Heavy Rain (video game)[20].
  • Heavy Rain's platform is recorded as PlayStation 3[21].
  • Heavy Rain's platform is recorded as PlayStation 4[22].
  • Heavy Rain's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[23].
  • Heavy Rain's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[24].
  • Heavy Rain's language of work or name is recorded as English[25].
  • Heavy Rain's language of work or name is recorded as French[26].
  • Heavy Rain's language of work or name is recorded as Italian[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 72e120e5-fe20-4f77-a4c1-7a3e3e2ec7d4[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Heavy Rain was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment[11]. It was directed by David Cage[8]. David Cage wrote the screenplay for it[9].

Publication

Publication dates include February 18, 2010[30], February 23, 2010[31], February 24, 2010[32], March 1, 2016[33], March 2, 2016[34], and March 4, 2016[35]. Languages include English[25], French[26], Italian[27], German[36], Spanish[37], and Danish[38]. Genres include interactive film[12], drama fiction[13], and action-adventure game[14]. Recorded distribution format include Blu-ray Disc[39] and digital distribution[40].

Reception

Awards received include Japan Game Awards Annual Work Category Game Designers Grand Prize[3]; British Academy Games Award for Music[4], a video game award[41], founded in 2004[42]; British Academy Games Award for Story[5], a video game award[43], founded in 2010[44]; and British Academy Games Award for Technical Innovation[6], a video game award[45], founded in 2011[46]. Reviews include 73/100[47], 44%[48], and 92/100[49].

Why It Matters

Heavy Rain ranks in the top 1% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,039 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

FAQs

What awards did Heavy Rain receive?

Honors received include Japan Game Awards Annual Work Category Game Designers Grand Prize[3], British Academy Games Award for Music[4], British Academy Games Award for Story[5], and British Academy Games Award for Technical Innovation[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . Q108743705. awards.cesa.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . bafta.org. bafta.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . bafta.org. bafta.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . bafta.org. bafta.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . virtuosgames.com. virtuosgames.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [39] . wikidata.org.
  30. [40] . wikidata.org.
  31. [47] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [48] . OpenCritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [49] . Kritikanstvo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [30] . wikidata.org.
  35. [31] . wikidata.org.
  36. [32] . wikidata.org.
  37. [33] . wikidata.org.
  38. [34] . wikidata.org.
  39. [35] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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