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E3 2017 Spend More on Life Is Strange Prequel for Bonus Episode
Starring Max
Hmm, not sure how to feel about this one: Square Enix is flogging a Deluxe Edition of prequel Life Is Strange: Before the Storm which will include a bonus episode starring Max. Set to release after the third and final instalment in the forthcoming series, developer Deck Nine stresses that this is just a “farewell” episode for fans...
E3 2017 Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Will Plot an Unlikely Friendship
Girls of summer
That sure is one Life Is Strange ass Life Is Strange trailer – argh, we love it! Before the Storm, as announced overnight, is a new three-part episodic prequel depicting the unexpected relationship between teenage tearaway Chloe Price and Blackwell Academy’s brightest student, Rachel Amber. Of course, those of you who’ve played...
E3 2017 Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Announced
A three episode series
After rumours made the rounds a month or so ago, a prequel to the 2015 hit Life Is Strange has been officially announced, titled Life Is Strange: Before The Storm. The first episode launches on 31st August, with a further two episodes coming after that. The three episode series will focus on the story of Rachel and Chloe,...
News Are You Cereal? A Life Is Strange Prequel Just Leaked
Pay the Price
A new Life Is Strange game is in development at original developer DONTNOD, but it looks like a third game is on the way. While the series creators ruled out an appearance at E3 2017 recently, a bunch of screenshots have just leaked regarding a new title in development at Deck Nine – the new name for the studio f
Review Life Is Strange: Episode 5 - Polarized (PS4)
Say goodbye to the Strangerhood
Republished on Wednesday, 31st May 2017: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of June 2017's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Well, the moment is finally here. After nine months and five episodes, the first season of DONTNOD's Life is Strange has...
News DONTNOD Confirms Life Is Strange Sequel Is in Development
Oh boy
Hella good news here: Life Is Strange is getting a sequel. The sombre tale of Max Caulfield and Chloe Price touched over three million players when it launched episodically between January 2015 and October 2015, and developer DONTNOD has confirmed that a new entry in the series is on the way. Are we cereal? Yes. “We can’t wait to tell...
News Square Enix Running Life Is Strange Focus Groups in London and New York
We're totally cereal
It looks like the sun hasn't set on Life Is Strange, as Square Enix has invited fans to focus groups in London and New York next month. Scheduled to take place on 3rd May and 5th May respectively, the sessions will presumably be used to pitch fans on potential sequel ideas – or at least get some feedback on where followers see...
News Are You Cereal? Life Is Strange Is Getting a Live-Action Series
No emoji
For as much as we adore Life Is Strange, the episodic adventure had some hella cringe writing. That said, the title's angst-driven drama makes it a perfect fit for a live-action adaptation – and that's exactly what Square Enix, Dontnod, and Legendary Digital Studios have announced. The latter is no stranger to video game conversions,...
News You Must Try Life Is Strange on PS4, PS3 Now It's Free
It's hella good
It's hard to imagine a game in the past couple of decades that's more suited to this author's tastes than Life Is Strange. DONTNOD's decidedly divisive episodic adventure is like a John Green novel in gaming form, pairing the teenage mystery of Paper Towns with the heartbreaking plot threads of The Fault in Our Stars. If you're a fan...
Feature Life Is Strange's Hella Hawt PS4 Retail Release Is Out Now
Max power
Life Is Strange was one of the surprise releases of 2015: a teen drama aimed with pin-point precision at this author's heart – only for everyone else to fall in love with it and ruin his whole "hipster gamer" façade. The game proved so successful on digital platforms that Square Enix has decided to release a retail version, and perhaps...
News Life Is Strange Developer Commentary Released on PS4, PS3 for Free
Strange but true
Life Is Strange launches in shops this week, but for those of you that purchased the digital version, developer DONTNOD has decided to patch the retail release's developer commentary into all editions for free. Hella good news, huh? The update's already available on the PlayStation 4, but it will drop on the PlayStation 3 on 25th...
News Life Is Strange Beats the Bullies with Charity Hashtag
#EverydayHeroes
For this author, Life Is Strange was at its absolute best when it was dealing with everyday issues, and Square Enix has recognised that as part of an all-new charity drive. Using the name of the adventure's in-game photography contest, #EverydayHeroes encourages fans to share stories on social media about how they overcame bullying...
Game of the Year #5 - Life Is Strange (PS4, PS3)
Over the two moons
Life Is Strange may just be the best teen drama that John Green didn't write. DONTNOD's goosebump inducing adventure wears its young adult fiction inspirations proudly on its polka dot sleeve, but while it skips on The Fault in Our Stars' terminal illness plot device and Paper Towns' amateur detective vibes, it offers its own...
News Are You Cereal? Life Is Strange Warps to Retail This January
Max power
Gaming's greatest ever teen drama Life Is Strange will travel through time to retail store shelves starting 19th January in North America and 22nd January in Europe. The limited edition boxset – available on the PlayStation 4 but not the PlayStation 3 – will come with the complete first season on Blu-ray, as well as a 32-page artbook,...
News Hella Hype! Life Is Strange 2 Sort of Confirmed
Happy emoji
Here's a snippet that should have you dancing like Dana in her dorm room: Life Is Strange 2 has sort of been confirmed. Speaking as part of a French interview with Alchimy.info, DONTNOD co-founder Alain Damasio revealed that he worked on scripts for th
News The End of the World Awaits in Life Is Strange: Episode 5
Mad Max
This is it, then, Arcadia Baes: the brilliant Life Is Strange is hours away from a conclusion. Square Enix has sent out a trailer for Episode 5 – which is named Polarized – but it does warn that there are some spoilers inside. This author will be going on a media blackout for the rest of the week – avoiding plot details is going to be...
News Life Is Strange: Episode 5 Weathers the Storm on 20th October
Hella hype
Parisian developer DONTNOD's polarising episodic adventure Life Is Strange will take its final set of photos on 20th October, publisher Square Enix has announced. While we'd expected Episode 5 a little sooner, the studio's said that it's taking extra time to ensure that the finale is "the best that it can be". Given that this series has...
Review Life Is Strange: Episode 4 - Dark Room (PS4)
Dark side of the moons
French developer DONTNOD really kicked things into overdrive with the third episode of Life Is Strange. While the first two episodes were certainly divisive – even amongst the staff here - it would be hard to argue that the series wasn't in the process of carving out its own niche. Episode three was where proceedings truly...
News Life Is Strange: Episode 4 Turns Back Time on 28th July
Adventure surpasses one million sales
Life Is Strange: Episode 4 – Dark Room will don its Jane Doe shirt and travel back in time from 28th July, developer DONTNOD has announced. The instalment has been long awaited following the cliff-hanger ending of the previous outing, and promises to push protagonist Max Caulfield into "unexplored and daunting...
News DONTNOD Applying Final Touches to Life Is Strange: Episode 4
Arcadia wait
It's been quite some time since the previous episode of Life Is Strange released – and what a cruel cliff-hanger developer DONTNOD left us on – so it's probably time we got an update on the Parisian outfit's progress with Episode 4. Fortunately, it's confirmed that while the new instalment won't be arriving this week as expected,...
Review Life Is Strange: Episode 3 - Chaos Theory (PlayStation 4)
Life is beautiful
Life Is Strange: Episode 3 – Chaos Theory marks the third of five planned story instalments in Remember Me developer DONTNOD's divisive high school story. We had our fair share of problems with the first two episodes, but left the door open for the developer to truly deliver on the glimpses of promise that it had shown thus far...
News Life Gets Even More Strange in Episode Three This Week
Chaos theory
After the cataclysmic events at the end of the previous episode, the search for Rachel Amber will intensify in Life Is Strange: Episode 3 - Chaos Theory this week. You may want to avoid the launch trailer if you're sensitive to spoilers, but if you needed any incentive to sit on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for an evening this week, you'll...
News Hella Good News! Life Is Strange: Episode 3 Launches Next Week
For reals
If the fantasy setting of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt isn't whetting your whistle, then you may be more tempted to tour Arcadia Bay from 19th May instead. Square Enix has announced that the third episode in its divisive high school series Life Is Strange will debut next week on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. If you've already stumped up...
News Life Is Strange Will Further the Search for Rachel Amber in May
Not another bottle hunt
Without spoiling anything, Life Is Strange: Episode 2 came to a crushing conclusion for this particular author, so we're hoping that Episode 3 brings a little more positivity. Writing on Twitter, developer DONTNOD has confirmed that the third entry in the episodic series will deploy in May, so you haven't got that long to...
Review Life Is Strange: Episode 2 - Out of Time (PlayStation 4)
Boyhood: The Game
On the surface, DONTNOD's divisive Life Is Strange seems to have a lot in common with Richard Linklater's Boyhood in tone and feel. Sure, there's the heavy sci-fi underpinning and a city with plenty of dark secrets – in a Twin Peaks kind of way – but it retains the feel that the aforementioned flick captured by incorporating...
News Life Is Strange Gets Out of Class Early Next Week
Saved by the bell
Hype. While not everyone's quite on board with Life Is Strange just yet, we're seriously looking forward to the second instalment, which is set to debut from 24th March on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. This is looking like a much more action heavy outing, as the search for Rachel Amber amps up. There's also an obligatory...
News Life Is Strange: Episode 2 Gets Curiouser and Curiouser This Month
Better Caul school
Maxine Caulfield's angst heavy adventure Life Is Strange will continue from 24th March, developer DONTNOD announced during an EGX Rezzed panel this weekend. Also known as Tumblr: The Episodic Game – not really – the second instalment in the ongoing series promises to deal with the consequences of your actions a little more...
News Remember Me's Sequel Has Already Been Consigned to Memory
Script written and ready to go
Parisian developer DONTNOD may have its work cut out with the intriguing – but somewhat out-of-touch – Life Is Strange, but that doesn't mean that it's forgotten about Remember Me. Regular readers will, er, recall the Capcom published title starting life as a PlayStation 3 exclusive, before Sony dropped the release...
News Life Is Strange: Episode 2 Grounded Until Undisclosed Date
Update: Will arrive before the end of March
Update (15:15PM GMT): According to the official Life Is Strange Twitter account, Episode Two will still launch before the end of March. Original Story: Life Is Strange has been a source of heated debate here at Push Square Towers. While this author can accept its problems, your humble host enjoye
Review Life Is Strange: Episode 1 - Chrysalis (PlayStation 4)
Go f*** yourselfie
Life Is Strange: Episode 1 - Chrysalis marks the latest release from French developer DONTNOD, the studio behind Remember Me. Being an episodic game, it marks a change of pace for the firm, and allows it to join the ranks of Telltale Games, who has essentially defined the model in its current guise. Series like this are extremely...
Round Up Life Is Strange PS4, PS3 Reviews Aren't Out of the Ordinary
Mad Max
Given the success of The Walking Dead, it's a surprise that other developers are only just jumping on the episodic bandwagon. With the output of developer Telltale Games starting to get a teensy bit predictable, though, we're really curious to see French developer DONTNOD's take on the format. We've got a reviewer whizzing through episode...
News Life Is Strange Almost Looked a Lot More Masculine
Publishers will be publishers
Sigh. Considering the current climate, we did consider whether we should post this story in the first place – but then we figured that we'd be behaving just as badly as the publishers in question. During its recent developer diary, DONTNOD has hinted that some companies wanted it to make Life Is Strange's lead...
News Life Is Strange Plays Telltale At Its Own Game
The studio will remember that
It took Telltale Games a fair few attempts, but The Walking Dead proved that episodic gaming can be done well. However, while the developer's re-purposed its model with series like The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands, the regular repetition is starting to expose a few flaws in its format. As such, we're...
News Learn if Life Is Strange in January on PS4, PS3
Pay the Price
If you’re the type of person that’s constantly crying for something a little out of the ordinary, then it’s time to put your money where your mouth is. Life Is Strange, the episodic existential escapade from Remember Me developer Dontnod Entertainment, has been given a release date – and it premieres on 30th January on both the...
