'Fiv5' could be the title of Quantic Dreams' next game

by Randy Nelson on Mar 21st 2011 5:30PM

David Cage, director of the soggy serial killer interactive drama Heavy Rain, has already said there won't be a sequel to that game, telling the PlayStation Blog, "We're going to be exploring a different direction, which will still be very dark and still for adults, but completely different to Heavy Rain" for Quantic Dreams' next project. That game's specifics may be a secret, but it may have a title: "Fiv5" ... yes, in the style of David Fincher's film Se7en.

Gaming trademark sleuth superannuation has turned up several clues supporting this theory, including a trademark filing with Europe's Office of Harmonization for the International Market. There's also a domain name registration by Quantic Dream, and a new hire at the developer has listed themselves as "Concept Artist: Video Game "FIVE" & "INFRAWORLD" on LinkedIn. Infraworld? Where'd we put our deerstalker hat and magnifying glass?

Via: @supererogatory
Source: LinkedIn, OHIM, PlayStation Blog

Tags: david-cage, fiv5, Heavy-Rain, playstation, ps3, quantic-dream, scee, sony, trademark

Reader Comments (31)

Still PS3 only? Or will we get it on Xbox 360 too?

@AceManUSC

Most likely still PS3 only. GAF dug up a trademark by SCEE for the name:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26618891&postcount=1

I'm disappointed Randy. You missed a great, possibly your only, chance to make fun of the band 5ive, and the 2006 film 5ive Girls.

@WiredKnight

Reminds me of Fuh-three-ar.

...AKA F3AR 3.

@WiredKnight

I hope they dont call it Fiv5. an E will do fine, And it dosent look like a child made the name.

Yeah. It really irks me when they use numbers in place of letters that look nothing or sound nothing like the number used.

Is it called Fiv-Five?

I approve of that photoshop.

And my instant reaction after reading the title was that Quantic Dream had something to do with Fast Five (the next Fast and Furious).

Oh, and who else read "Fiv5" as exactly that--"Fiv5", and not "Five"?

@Shadowbender

I definitely did, though I think it's mostly 'cause seeing "Civ5" so often made my brain just assume it should follow a similar pronunciation with this similarly looking word.

Se7en? Heavy Rain?

I'm not sure if it was Joystiq themselves who posted this video, but anyone who hasn't yet MUST see this video, it is amazing! xD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmiPL5xUw8A

@The Harbinger of Pie

The shot with Morgan Freeman's face had me almost fall out of my chair laughing. And the mess-ups are hysterical.

Watch this, everyone.

Thank you, sir.