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Life Is Strange: Before The Storm – Review (Awake)
While Don’t Nod, the studio behind the original Life is Strange is hard at work on a sequel, a smaller studio, Deck Nine, have been working on a shorter, but no less ambitious, prequel to the series, called Life is Strange: Before The Storm. Set three years before the events of the first game, this is a standalone adventure that puts you in the shoes of Chloe, and tells her story, along with the enigmatic Rachel Amber, who was missing in the first game. So Chloe is kind of a dick, and I hated that at the beginning. Gone was Max’s considered and likable demeanor, and when the game just started, I thought I was going to hate Chloe, and by extension, the game itself. But Chloe just didn’t let up, and kept being a dick. So I decided that I was going to make the dickiest choices possible. Viola...
Prequel To Life Is Strange In The Making?
Yesterday Idol Minds announced their rebranding as Deck Nine, and said that they were working on a ‘critically acclaimed franchise’. Soon after, a bunch of images popped up on their site, with strong references to Life Is Strange, and it seems like the developer is working on a prequel to that game. The images have since been removed from Deck Nine’s website, but a NeoGAF, JINX, states that the prequel has been in the works for quite some time and will focus on Chloe and Rachel’s story. With DontNod already confirming a sequel already in the works, it’ll be interesting to see how multiple studios come together to build the franchise. I personally had expected to see a new story being told through different characters, which still might be the case for the sequ...
Idol Minds Rebrands As Deck Nine Games, Working On ‘Critically Acclaimed’ Franchise
Idol Minds, an established game developer with twenty years of experience, today re-emerges as Deck Nine Games The studio rebrand is a result of a complete shift in direction to fully focus on the creation of narrative-driven titles. A large influx of talent from the film, TV and videogame industries and a unique world-class proprietary toolset lead the list of key changes. This toolset, called StoryForge, is the result of 3 years of continuous development and provides unparalleled freedom for Deck Nine’s writers, directors and cinematic artists to focus on telling great stories. “With the creation of our new, proprietary toolset StoryForge and the shift in studio focus, we are removing the shackles from our creative team and bringing together our two passions; meaningful storytelling and ...