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Title: 'Under the Waves' leverages Quantic Dream's tech to tell a story of deep-sea grief Post by: HCK on August 24, 2022, 04:05:02 pm 'Under the Waves' leverages Quantic Dream's tech to tell a story of deep-sea grief
<p>Under the Waves appears to be a heavy, emotional and poetic game about grief and isolation, which means it'll fit right in with the other titles under Quantic Dream's umbrella. Under the Waves (https://blog.quanticdream.com/under-the-waves/) is in development at independent French development house Parallel Studio, and it's being published by Quantic Dream, the company known for Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human. It's due to hit Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PS5 and PC in 2023.</p><div id="298941814a204169ab59d78c7d223670"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xCN5sQHaRGg?rel=0" style="top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no"></iframe></div><p>As the name suggests, Under the Waves takes place far below the surface of the sea. The game stars Stan, a professional diver who finds himself dealing with grief, isolation and strange events in the crushing depths. Parallel Studio is using Quantic Dream's suite of motion-capture, animation and voice-recording tools to build Under the Waves.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Quantic Dream started ramping up its third-party publishing efforts in 2019, following an influx of cash from Chinese tech giant NetEase (https://www.engadget.com/2019-01-29-netease-quantic-dream-stake.html). In terms of first-party titles, Quantic Dream has been working on Star Wars: Eclipse (https://www.engadget.com/star-wars-eclipse-quantic-dream-trailer-014713202.html) for at least a year.</p><p>Starting in 2018, Quantic Dream was the subject of a media investigation regarding allegations of unchecked sexism, homophobia and hostility in the workplace, with reports stemming from multiple former employees. The studio faced a handful of lawsuits from these employees and it sued some of the involved publications; Quantic Dream lost some of those cases (https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2019/12/02/le-studio-de-jeu-video-quantic-dream-condamne-pour-des-photomontages-injurieux_6021367_4408996.html) and won some (https://kotaku.com/detroit-dev-quantic-dreams-wins-lawsuit-without-actuall-1847716375).</p> Source: 'Under the Waves' leverages Quantic Dream's tech to tell a story of deep-sea grief (https://www.engadget.com/under-waves-quantic-dream-2023-xbox-playstation-pc-184634057.html?src=rss) |