159w ago - Today the LBP Team has announced that the LittleBigPlanet Heavy Rain Costume Pack for PS3 is arriving in the LittleBigStore next week.

Included are five costumes and a set of stickers based on characters from the PlayStation 3 title- including Madison, Jayden, Shelby, Ethan, and the Origami Parajita.

The Heavy Rain Costume Pack will be available next Tuesday for North America, Wednesday for the UK, and Thursday for the rest of Europe.

Details:

Five costumes and a set of stickers based on characters from the PS3 Thriller Heavy Rain, including Madison, Jayden, Shelby, Ethan, and the Origami Parajita with a great big red jam stain all over it, sticky!

Contents:

• Madison's Hair, Madison's Jacket, Madison's Trousers
• Origami Pajarita
• Ethan's Hair, Ethan's Trousers, Ethan's Jacket, Ethan skin
• Shelby's Trousers, Shelby's Jacket
• Jayden's Glasses, Jayden's Glove, Jayden's Hair, Jayden's Jacket

Pricing & Availability:

Release date: 08/06/2010
Price: £4.79 / €5.99 / US $5.99 / AUS $ 8.45 / NZD $9.50
Included: Costumes, Stickers

166w ago - SCEA Product Marketing Manager Jefferson Dong has revealed that Heavy Rain on PS3 has surpassed the one million sales mark today alongside a video, as follows:

Hi everyone, I'm pleased to announce that since its launch in February, Heavy Rain has hit is millionth mark in sales worldwide! Congratulations Quantic Dream!

Praised by media for its gripping storyline, thought-provoking themes, innovation and engaging example of non-linear storytelling, it's no surprise that more than a million gamers agree.

Don't believe us? If you haven't played Heavy Rain yet, then take a look at the following trailer highlighting the award-winning, critically-acclaimed, and one million unit-selling Heavy Rain!





In addition, the only true way to experience what makes Heavy Rain so unique is to download and play the PSN demo for Heavy Rain straight from the PlayStation Store.

We hope you're enjoying Heavy Rain, and the newly released Taxidermist Level (available on PSN for $4.99). But, if you're looking for more, continue to check back here on the PlayStation.Blog for the latest updates!

170w ago - SCEA's Product Marketing Manager Jefferson Dong has announced that on April 1, 2010 the much anticipated Heavy Rain Taxidermist PS3 DLC will arrive and reaffirmed the news is no April Fool's Day joke.

To quote: Those of you who pre-ordered the highly-acclaimed interactive psychological thriller, Heavy Rain, have already gotten a chance to play Chapter 1 of the Heavy Rain Chronicles, The Taxidermist (props to those who pre-ordered).

But, for those who didn't pre-order, we are officially announcing that The Taxidermist chapter will be available to download for $4.99 through the PlayStation Store on Thursday, April 1. Mark it down! Please note, however, you must have a copy of Heavy Rain to play the chapters of the Heavy Rain Chronicles.

Another great offering from the Quantic Dream crew, The Taxidermist chapter provides an additional backstory to Heavy Rain and features one of the main characters from Heavy Rain, journalist Madison Paige, on one of her early leads from her investigation into the Origami Killer.

In a similar manner to the unique, cinematic gameplay style of Heavy Rain, you will play Madison, and be presented with a number of tense situations and decisions, as she digs further...

171w ago - Today TokyoDomeSF4 has shared eighteen different Heavy Rain PS3 endings in a series of videos via YouTube.

The outcome of the PlayStation 3 game's final scenes are dependent on choices and actions the player has made throughout the game; Any of the four characters may die at some point, or fail in a way that they do not reach Shaun's location.

In the "best" possible ending, Ethan figures out the address and manages to find and rescue Shaun, while both Madison and Jayden have separately identified Shelby's crimes and Shaun's location.

Shelby appears, congratulating him on his success but prepared to kill them both. Jayden arrives and chases Shelby, eventually killing him, while Madison arrives to clear Ethan's name as the Origami Killer.

The details of the epilogue will vary depending on both minor and major events that occur through the game. Generally, a news report giving the status of the Origami Killer case is shown, and the surviving characters' lives beyond the game's events are shown.

Other endings vary, and individual fates are crossed referenced accordingly.

For those who don't mind spoilers, check out the videos below!

172w ago - Sony's UK Product Manager Lucy Duncan has shared several new Heavy Rain PS3 advert videos today on the PlayStation Blog.

To quote: We have been running several different ads for the Heavy Rain TV campaign in the UK and just in case you have missed any of them, here they are!

This is a pre-launch we ran 'Top & Tail' ads to show the different choices you can make within the game and the consequences that this can have in the 'Hassans Shop' scene. 3 different endings were made and played out on TV.

Our 60″ ad first aired during last weeks Inter Milan and Chelsea Champions League game and ran throughout the launch weekend.





















A shorter 30″ version of this ad will be running until the 14th of March:





You should also check out the interactive Heavy Rain game trailers on the Heavy Rain YouTube channel to experience the game, make decisions for yourself and watch...