2020 IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR
So, here’s to 2020; we can’t wait to keep on dreaming and to climb new mountains thanks to all of you. Until then, the entire Quantic Dream team wishes you a wonderful new year 2021! See you soon!
Yes, it’s already the end of the year – everything goes so fast! – and we’d like to take a moment to thank you all for your support. Whether it’s through our official website, our social networks, online or irl, every message you send us represents one more achievement for Quantic Dream. It’s you who infuse our studio with the energy to break down barriers and take on new challenges! But let’s also take a little break to look at what 2020 has meant for us, and the life of the studio.
More than 20 years after its creation, our independent studio has also become an independent publisher. So yes, that was in 2019, but this year we were able to start evolving with this new branch in our skill tree! The first move was to self-publish Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human on PC. Our games are now available on Steam, Epic Games Store, as well as retail box versions. Quantic Dream also now partners with external teams to help them realize their vision, through our sound studio, motion capture set, directing / animation / camera teams, writing, production, distribution and promotion. Sea of Solitude: The Director’s Cut and Dustborn, two adventures that we are fortunate enough to be able to offer to fans of strong and original human stories, are part of that new publishing experience.
In 2020, we also launched our Twitch channel, through the creation of our own streaming set, with the idea of giving voice to our talents and being able to exchange live with you. This new mode of communication and sharing will become more and more regular in our speaking engagements, so allow us to suggest you to subscribe, to make sure not to miss anything in the months and years to come! And if you haven’t yet tested our Detroit: Community Play extension whether you’re a streamer or a viewer, it’s also time to get the party started!
In the last few months, we’ve also been talking about offering more and more new content, either on this official blog or on our YouTube channel. We’ve celebrated the 10th anniversary of Heavy Rain and the 2nd anniversary of Detroit: Become Human with a series of exclusive videos. We also unveiled some of our own technologies with the Hot Tech series, in which our teams share the solutions designed to bring our games to life.
Let’s stick to the theme of technology: in 2020 we’ve inaugurated our new sound studio – now Dolby Atmos mixing enabled – whose renovation had begun in 2019 and continued to develop our cutting-edge motion capture set; more on this coming soon!
Let’s not forget the inauguration of our official shop, where we celebrate our icons and their worlds. A beautifully detailed Kara statuette, a Connor Nendoroid, clothes, accessories, a vinyl record and of course video games… There’s something here for everyone, and believe us, it’s just the beginning!
So, here’s to 2020; we can’t wait to keep on dreaming and to climb new mountains thanks to all of you. Until then, the entire Quantic Dream team wishes you a wonderful new year 2021! See you soon!
