The next Life is Strange game looks set to take the form of a prequel helmed by the recently rebranded Idol Minds, a new report has suggested.
The studio confirmed yesterday that it is now known as Deck Nine Games and revealed it will be announcing a brand new title in an established franchise later this month. What’s more, the company will now be focusing on narrative-driven software, with its new game coming from a ‘leading AAA video game publisher.’
“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 rich gameplay,” said Jeff Litchford, Vice President of Deck Nine. “We’ve invested heavily in our staff of incredibly talented developers and in creating some truly remarkable tools. Our game will be announced at E3 this year where you’ll be able to see our efforts for yourself.”
Deck Nine President and CTO Mark Lyons added, “The studio has been focused on the creation of StoryForge for the last three years. We built StoryForge to give our writers, directors and cinematic artists and give them the tools they need to make deep, interactive, great looking games. We can’t wait to show what we have created with it.”
Understandably this has led many to believe that Deck Nine is in fact working on the recently announced Life is Strange prequel. However, things have gotten even more intriguing today with the addition of leaked images that depict Chloe and Rachel together, seemingly confirming the game will be a prequel. Check out the Life is Strange prequel screenshots below.
If you haven’t yet sampled the original game, you can pick up Life is Strange right now thanks to the PlayStation Plus June 2017 free games lineup.