Beyond: Two Souls
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Beyond: Two Souls is an action-adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released on 8 October 2013 for PlayStation 3 and for PlayStation 4 on 24 November 2015. A Windows port self-published by Quantic Dream was released on 22 July 2019.
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Developer(s) | Quantic Dream |
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Director(s) | David Cage |
Producer(s) | Charles Coutier |
Designer(s) | Sophie Buhl |
Programmer(s) | Damien Castelltort |
Artist(s) | Christophe Brusseaux |
Writer(s) | David Cage |
Composer(s) | Lorne Balfe |
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Genre(s) | Interactive drama, action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
The game features Jodie Holmes, one of two player characters. The other is an incorporeal entity named Aiden: a separate soul linked to Jodie since birth. Jodie, portrayed by Elliot Page,[lower-alpha 1] possesses supernatural powers through her psychic link to Aiden, growing from adolescence to adulthood while learning to control Aiden and the powers they share. Willem Dafoe co-stars as Nathan Dawkins, a researcher in the Department of Paranormal Activity and Jodie's surrogate-father-figure. The actors in the game worked during the year-long project in Quantic Dream's Paris studio to perform on-set voice acting and motion-capture acting.
Beyond: Two Souls premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, the second time the festival had recognised a video game. David Cage, the writer and director, said that game development studios should provide "interactive storytelling" that can be played by everyone, including non-gamers. The game received polarised critical reception upon release, and sold 2.8 million units by July 2018.