NetEase has acquired Detroit: Become Human maker Quantic Dream
Chinese game publisher and internet firm NetEase has agreed to acquire Quantic Dream, the maker of narrative games such as Detroit: Become Human, Beyond:...
How Quantic Dream defended itself against allegations of a ‘toxic culture’
Quantic Dream has had a couple of years of nightmare publicity surrounding its alleged “toxic culture.” From the company’s perspective, the French game studio...
The DeanBeat: Would politics make video games better?
As I watched my Facebook feed explode about President Donald Trump’s racist comments this week, I couldn’t help but notice that game developers are...
David Cage and Josef Fares on the future of game storytelling
Joseph Fares and David Cage are game directors who love storytelling. They have created memorable games that players rave about. But they share little...
David Cage interview: Researching Detroit: Become Human’s back story of rogue AI
Detroit: Become Human depicts a fictional near-future story about a world where humans are served by lifelike androids. It showed us a future where...
The DeanBeat: Great moments with game developers at Gamelab 2019
I’m always hungry when I go to Gamelab, the video game conference in Barcelona that is curated each year by Ivan Fernandez Lobo. I...
Quantic Dream hires exec to round up third-party developers
Quantic Dream has hired game veteran Sebastien Motte to help run third-party development relations as the company expands beyond PlayStation. Paris-based Quantic Dream —...
Why NetEase and Quantic Dream are teaming up for games on multiple platforms
For the past 12 years, Quantic Dream has been making exclusive video games like Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain for the PlayStation 4. But Chinese internet company...
NetEase invests in Detroit: Become Human game studio Quantic Dream
Chinese internet company NetEase Games has acquired a minority stake in Quantic Dream, the French game studio that created blockbuster games such as Detroit:...
The DeanBeat: Why outsiders see us better than we can see ourselves
When I learned that Ghost of Tsushima, an authentic samurai swordfighting action-adventure game, was under development at Bellevue, Washington-based based Sucker Punch, I did...