Connor confronts a rogue android in Detroit: Become Human.
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Why David Cage thinks Quantic Dream’s android angst game, Detroit: Become Human, will be original

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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David Cage and his Quantic Dreams studio has made a progression of hyper-realistic video games, from Indigo Prophecy to Heavy Rain to Beyond: Two Souls. Now the French game studio is making a new Sony exclusive, Detroit: Become Human, for the PlayStation 4.

Sony revealed a disturbing scene from the game where a rogue android becomes upset that it will be replaced as a family servant. The android takes the family’s little girl hostage and shoots police who try to rescue her. The police bring in Connor, an android police negotiator, to set the girl free. You can play the scene out several ways, making different decisions that can lead to the rescue or death of the girl.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.