Pre-Order Heavy Rain, Land First Chronicles Episode

It's one of PSXE's most anticipated games of the generation and now, you've got plenty of incentive to pre-order what may be the most ambitious and innovative title yet.

As announced over at the PlayStation Blog, pre-ordering wll net you the first episode of the Heavy Rain Chronicles (retail price of $4.99) entitled, "Heavy Rain: Chronicle One - The Taxidermist," which can be all yours the day the game is on store shelves. If you're wondering what these episodes are, SCEA Product Marketing Manager Jefferson Dong has an explanation:

"Each Chronicle will offer unique, stand-alone, playable short stories featuring one of Heavy Rain’s main characters, and a storyline taking place either before or after Heavy Rain’s original narrative. Similar to Heavy Rain, each episode will offer a unique journey and different outcomes based on the players’ decisions and actions."

"The Taxidermist" will focus on journalist Madison Paige in her investigation of the notorious serial killer; essentially, it's an "expansion and an update" to the Taxidermist demo that everyone really loved when they showed it off last year. Follow the link above to place your pre-order online at any one of the following retailers in the US: Amazon, GameCrazy, and GameStop (both online and in-store). Canadians can visit Amazon.ca, BestBuy.ca, EB Games and FutureShop.ca. If you don't wish to pre-order, you can still see the Chronicles; you just have to wait and pay for them. The first two will go up on the PSN some time after the game's launch.

As if you need more incentive to pre-purchase.

Related Game(s): Heavy Rain

12/18/2009 12:18:56 PM Ben Dutka

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I_defenestrate
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 12:35:27 PM
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That's friggin awesome. Preorder was checked months ago. Can't wait for this game.

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coverton341
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 12:40:37 PM
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Just saw this in the Playstation RSS feed. I may actually have to break down and pre-order. I don't normally pre-order games because well the benefits never quite seem worth it. Even early access demos don't usually cut it for me, but I am very intrigued by this game and early FREE access to extra content has me very interested indeed.

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SerendipityDeus
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 12:43:11 PM
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i was getting the episodes nonetheless but this just makes my day.

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Ultimadream
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 12:50:57 PM
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Oh yes! were getting The Taxidermist part which they showed in the preview! I was so disapointed when they said it was part of the game, It seesm like a great scenario, i hope its a pre-order bons here in the UK too.

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fuk u
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 12:53:21 PM
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i need to get this pre-ordered, and GOW3 im in no rush I just finished DeadspacE which was a great game. and now got dragonage on my plate... and got to go back threw GOWc. What is the release date on this HeavyRain???

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phantomMenace
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 12:55:18 PM
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This game should be really interesting and I'm hoping that it does well and gets the attention it deserves. Played it at PAX 09 and it was very imersive.

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fuk u
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 12:55:57 PM
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nvm FEB 18 i c

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frylock25
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 12:56:12 PM
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while i want to know more about this game, i dont at the same time. i want to know nothing about the story or whats going on before i play it. i have seen some game footage and it looks bad ass. i will def preorder this now cuz i just love free stuff lol.

when was this supposed to come out?

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fuk u
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 12:59:08 PM
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Feb. 16 i have confirmed it http://www.vgreleases.com/ps3/ReleaseDates/Anticipated.aspx

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fuk u
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 1:10:42 PM
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i wounder how this game plays... is it like RE5 with that weird camera view or like U2 with a more free view? someone told me its like a movie you play scene by scene and interact with button prompts. that would be strange.. i dont think i would like that

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bearbobby
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 3:26:18 PM

Check out some gameplay vids at gametrailers or where ever. It should give you a good idea of how it plays.

Looking forward to this game very much. We need some originality in our gaming.

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Jalex
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 1:16:11 PM
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Stellar news.
I've already pre-ordered the game, and I'll definitely purchase all the rest of the 'Chronicles.'

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fadin_illusion
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 1:57:11 PM
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where psxextreme's preview of heavy rain..??

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bigrailer19
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 2:11:49 PM
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cant wait!

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Kingharris
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 2:49:14 PM
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Even better news..

Collectors Edition.
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2009/12/18/introducing-heavy-rain-chronicles-the-special-edition-box/

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Jed
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 9:32:11 PM

any word on that hitting the states?

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BlackBriar
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 3:01:44 PM
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Very Cool! This makes me want it more! Also, I have a strong feeling this game will not make a Feb release, I can't see Sony release this game so close to God of War! It will hurt Heavy Rain! I can see a late May or Mid June release. It will be the best thing for the game. If it does come out in late Feb it will compete Splinter Cell, Which I also want! Think about it Sony! What do you think guys?

Last edited by BlackBriar on 12/18/2009 3:10:41 PM

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tumbletunnel
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 4:17:37 PM

Today Sony announced official that it will come out in Februari, March will be God of War time....April will see Red Dead Redemption. Good start of 2010.

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Scarecrow
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 4:28:23 PM
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I hate preordering
But this sounds good, free anything is always good

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Ultimadream
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 4:50:42 PM
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Just looked up about it, We Europeans will be getting a Special Edition with the this, a theme, soundstrack. Shame theres no making of Documentary or Art Book, but i'm so glad about the Taxidermist scenario i couldnt care less

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tes37
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 5:25:04 PM
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Looks like this game just got bumped to pre-order status for me. Going to get this ordered right after Christmas even though I won't get charged until it ships.

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Deleted User
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 6:03:40 PM
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once my money returns to a solid state after all that holiday shopping, definitely going to pre-order this! that's a fantastic bonus.

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Victor321
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 6:29:51 PM
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If I were to look at this from a marketer's perspective, this is an ingenuous marketing tactic. If this were to be applied to other games, established franchises or brand new (and promising) IPs, it'd be a great catalyst for pre-orders for people who werre on the fence, therefore boosting sales if you add those people with the people who are already dead set on buying it (me ^__^).

Plus, free DLC if you pre-ordered! Lol

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Xbox_Killer
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 8:14:26 PM
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If I import the European one will the US DLC work?

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___________
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 11:39:28 PM

nope.
all DLC is region locked, so if you buy a PAL game you must buy PAL DLC and visa verse.

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Xbox_Killer
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 11:47:19 PM

Thanks, I thought so. Can I use my visa card on the European store.

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___________
Saturday, December 19, 2009 @ 7:44:44 AM

you can but if your using say a US PSN account you must have a US address on the card your using.
best thing to do would be to use entropay.com
thats what im using, they create a virtual card for you and you can load funds from your card to that.
not sure if that works with EU PSN though, works perfectly with the US so i dont see why not the EU.
worth a shot.

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Xbox_Killer
Saturday, December 19, 2009 @ 2:48:49 PM

Thanks again, but I'm just going to order a psn card from the UK amazon.

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King James
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 9:23:49 PM
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Sweet

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Solid Fantasy
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 9:49:17 PM
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I'm in.

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Dancemachine55
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 10:58:09 PM
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Want this game so bad. Seriously, what adult in their right mind wouldn't want a game with an epic story and gameplay like this?

....wait, a whole buncha Xbots, MW2 and Halo fans just cursed in my face. Real mature guys...

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___________
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 11:40:37 PM

or people who absolutely hate QTEs.
i dont mind them, but theres allot of people that absolutely loath them so i can see why they would not like this.

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Fane1024
Saturday, December 19, 2009 @ 3:10:48 PM

FWIW, they're not _Quick_ time events, in that for the most part you don't have to mash the button quickly. There are simply situational control schemes with subtle on-screen indicators, so that you know which button does what in any given situation.

Some do require quick responses, I'm sure, but the whole QTE thing has been over-played. ALL games require that you press certain buttons at certain times in reaction to what's happening on-screen.

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___________
Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 11:40:55 PM
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SWEET!
now can we please have that god dam demo?

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LegendaryWolfeh
Saturday, December 19, 2009 @ 12:52:26 AM
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I don't understand, is this DLC made before the game is released already?

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karneli lll
Saturday, December 19, 2009 @ 3:28:36 AM

I thought this was only done by greedy devs.If the disc adventure takes up the entire disc i guess im ok with it;sad to see cheap multiplatform tactics on exclusives though

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Fane1024
Saturday, December 19, 2009 @ 3:14:11 PM

This particular episode was created as a demo for industry types, in order to hide the actual story elements. It doesn't directly fit into the Origami Killer story, so it isn't part of the game (since narrative cohesiveness is important to Quantic Dream). However, they have polished it for public consumption as an additional episode.

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karneli lll
Saturday, December 19, 2009 @ 3:34:35 AM
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Does anyone know a site where they check how much disc space a particular game takes? This DLC stuff is starting to get out of control

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lostfanatic6
Saturday, December 19, 2009 @ 1:52:19 PM
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So stoked for this game...pre ordering it either way, with or without the Chronicles!

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just2skillf00l
Sunday, December 20, 2009 @ 3:00:26 AM
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Never one to pre-order. So when you do how will they send the extra DLC content to you? Will they send you a code by mail or something? Please someone respond. This might end up determining whether or not I pre-order and get that extra episode.

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