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We're down to a mere two months before David Cage's next inventive game experience Heavy Rain is rumored to hits store shelves. The deeply immersive title about three characters searching for notorious serial murderer, the "Origami Killer,"  is set up to deliver a powerful narrative coupled with innovative gameplay.

Now, developer Quantic Dream has announced that Heavy Rain will be getting a series of character-specific playable "short-stories" as DLC. Dubbed "The Heavy Rain Chronicles," the DLC chapters will explore events that occur before or after the timeline of the main game.

According to Jefferson Dong, SCEA marketing manager for Heavy Rain:

Each Chronicle will offer unique, stand-alone, playable short stories featuring one of Heavy Rain’s main characters, and a storyline taking place either before or after Heavy Rain’s original narrative. Similar to Heavy Rain, each episode will offer a unique journey and different outcomes based on the players’ decisions and actions.

In addition to the DLC announcement, Dong also revealed that gamers who pre-order a copy of Heavy Rain in the US or Canada will receive "Heavy Rain: Chronicle One - The Taxidermist" as a complimentary bonus when ordered at eligible retailers (Amazon, GameCrazy, and GameStop in the US). "The Taxidermist" follows "investigative journalist Madison Paige in one of her first cases tracking down a serial killer." The DLC, along with other "Chronicles" will also be available for non-pre-orders for $4.99 through the PlayStation Store - though no release date has been specified.

As many games tend to offer pre-order players bonus skins or gold colored guns, "Heavy Rain: Chronicle One" is definitely one of the more appealing pre-order bonuses in recent history.

With God of War III en route, Heavy Rain may not be the most anticipated game of 2010, but it certainly stands to be one of the best.

Will you be pre-ordering Heavy Rain? What interests you most about the title?

Heavy Rain has a tentative release date of February 16th 2010 - exclusively on PS3.

Source: PlayStation Blog