Star Wars: The Old Republic was officially announced today, only an hour and a half ago.

Rest well, KotOR, among gaming's most defiled. This is a sad day for gamers everywhere.

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It finally happened. After laughing at everyone else get the RROD, it finally came back and bit me in the ass while at the shore this weekend.

At long last, Heavy Rain has returned in the form of a new trailer at Leipzig GC '08. Alas, once again the new demo does not have any relation to the actual game, but now that they have shown the gameplay, I am more excited than ever.

The demo depicts a woman named Madison riding her motorcycle into an unnamed town. She pulls into a standard suburban neighborhood, arriving at the dingy house of a taxadermist who has become a prime suspect in the case of the origami killer. Madison is an investigative journalist who has taken it upon herself to find evidence on whether or not this man is the killer or not. Madison makes her way into the house through the kitchen window, which was left ajar. She looks throughout the house, in which you can interact with almost everything. Making her way upstairs, what else does Madison find but...the corpse of a woman in the bathtub, and two woman in another room who have apparently been stuffed...by a taxidermist! Just then, the taxidermist decides to arrive at home. Here's where things get interesting for me. In the demo, Madison is discovered by the taxidermist, which results in a QTE of Madison trying to escape the house with the taxidermist hot on her heels with a knife. BUT, that is only one possible scenario of what could happen. According to David Cage, writer and director behind Heavy Rain, there are many different ways in which that scene can turn out. Madison can escape the house without alerting the taxidermist, or she can hide from him in around 30 hiding places. She can also be killed, and the story will still go on. In Heavy Rain, says Cage, there are no game overs. Sounds intriguing...

If only they would release that demo on PSN!