Beyond: Two Souls
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, 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.