Heavy Rain is an upcoming PlayStation 3 game from French developer, Quantic Dream. The game is the spiritual successor of Quantic Dream's previous multiplatform title, Indigo Prophecy (known as Farenheit in Europe).

Michael Denny, Vice-President of Sony's European studios is the person who decided to give Heavy Rain a shot on PlayStation 3, talking on the subject he said:

"Heavy Rain is a game that can appeal to different audiences, I can’t wait until the industry gets a chance to see more of it and consumers get to play it. It’s a title that is played in your head; it’s not about skill, twitch gaming or controlling the pad, it’s about decision-making, and the right choices. It’s designed to draw players in."

So Heavy Rain require gamers to think carefully about decisions, and provides a different style of gameplay than any other game available. The reason he decided Sony should publish Heavy Rain, and other titles such as LittleBigPlanet was also mentioned:

"...within Sony what we want to do is allow for disruptive products, differentiators, and something that’s innovative."