Life is Strange

Life is Strange: Double Exposure is coming October 29

Square Enix announced that Life is Strange: Double Exposure is coming on October 29.

The game is yet another entry in the Life is Strange series, which features realistic human graphics and lots of narrative drama. In this story, a young woman, Max, talks about her friend Sofie, who dies in one world. But in an alternative universe of the game, Sofie is still alive, and Max does what she can to save her.

The company made the announcement at Microsoft’s Xbox showcase today.

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.