Remember Me Dev and Square Enix Team up for New Title Life Is Strange

“Life is Strange, wouldn’t you agree?” Well Square Enix, I’m not sure — but I’m certainly intrigued by your new game of the same name.

In a blog post to its European website, Square Enix announced this morning the previously-teased title Life is Strange, a collaboration between itself and Remember Me developer DONTNOD. The announcement was prefaced by a string of “what ifs” hinting at the sort of experience the game will offer, as seen below.

There has recently been a lot of discussion on the merits and disadvantages of remakes or reboots in games and we here on the Square Enix blog have been keeping a keen eye on your opinions and responding to them where possible. But what if we now announced an entirely new IP in the official Square Enix family? What if this title was wholly different to anything we have ever attempted before, both in gameplay and narrative? What if this title was released digitally as regular episodic content, with each new chapter building and evolving based on the choices you made in previous episodes? What if we now gave all of this a name: Life is Strange?

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It sounds almost comically ambitious, but the provided screens at least demonstrate that the game already looks fantastic. According to the post, “Each and every texture in Life is Strange is a hand drawn work of art and every action enacts a butterfly effect.” This is no hyperbole, either, because the main character Max has the power to rewind time.

You can check out the blog post for more details (the plot concerns the disappearance of a former classmate from Max’s hometown in Oregon), but in the meantime check out the screens Square has provided thus far. Life is Strange is slated for release on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, and will be playable at Gamescom, so keep your eyes peeled for more details soon.