Detroit: Become Human dated for PC

Detroit: Become Human will launch for PC exclusively through the Epic Games Store on December 12, 2019.

Costing £29.99, it will be released alongside a free playable demo featuring the game’s opening scene.

Previously only available on PS4, the sci-fi game is set in 2038 in a world where human-like androids built to serve are omnipresent.

Players take on the role of three distinct androids and face a series of life-or-death moral dilemmas in a story featuring a branching narrative.

Detroit: Become Human’s cast includes Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy), Clancy Brown (Carnivale), Lance Henriksen (Aliens) and Valorie Curry (Twilight).

“Porting the game to PC has been a tremendous challenge, as we wanted players to get the original experience without any compromise,” said writer and director David Cage. “So we entirely redesigned the interface and developed a new engine to offer 4K resolution and high quality rendering on a wide range of PCs.

“We are glad to welcome more ‘deviants’ into the dystopic world of Detroit, and allow them to discover Quantic Dream’s vision of interactive storytelling.”

Detroit: Become Human has sold over 3.2 million copies since its PS4 release in May 2018.

Earlier this year Quantic Dream released Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls on PC via the Epic Games store.

Prior to that the titles had only been released on PlayStation platforms, due to an exclusive working relationship between Quantic Dream and Sony which ended in January 2019 after more than a decade.

Quantic Dream CEO David Cage said recently that unless there are specific exclusivity deals in place on a title-by-title basis, all the studio’s games will be multiplatform at launch.

He also said he believes “cloud play is going to be the next revolution in gaming” and that improvements in lighting technology rather than increased resolutions are going to be key to boosting realism in games over the coming years.