Original Life Is Strange Dev Delays New Game to Avoid New Life Is Strange

Don’t Nod has delayed its upcoming game, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, from the third quarter of 2024 to early 2025 in order to avoid clashing with the new Life is Strange game.

Don't Nod Entertainment is the original developer of narrative adventure Life is Strange for publisher and franchise owner Square Enix. It’s currently working on new narrative adventure Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, while Square Enix has tasked Deck Nine with developing Life Is Strange: Double Exposure for release in October.

Don't Nod announced the decision to delay Lost Records: Bloom & Rage to avoid a narrative adventure showdown with Life is Strange later this year.

“We've made the decision to move the release dates of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage to early 2025,” a statement published to X/Twitter read. “We know you're all excited for both Lost Records and the new Life is Strange game, and we wanted to ensure both have adequate space to shine. The wait will be worth it!”

In a note to press, Don't Nod boss Oskar Guilbert expanded on the decision, saying: "We know that many of our fans are eagerly awaiting this game, just as they are the recently announced next installment of Life is Strange. Let's give both titles the space they need to be enjoyed by our players within the large community we have built.

"We firmly believe that the wait for Bloom & Rage will be worth it. We look forward to sharing this new adventure, which we hope will become another memorable chapter in the Don't Nod universe."

Let's give both titles the space they need to be enjoyed by our players within the large community we have built.

Lost Records revolves around a group of friends who reunite after over two decades of no contact to "confront a long-buried secret that made them promise to never speak again." Announced at The Game Awards 2023, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is meant to kick off a new connected universe, but Don’t Nod is also working on a number of other games.

Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, meanwhile, stars the main character of the original Life Is Strange, Max Caulfield. It's planned for release on October 29 Xbox, PlayStation, and PC.

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