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Life is Strange prequel is all about teenage relationships and angst

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Game publisher Square Enix and developer Deck Nine are preparing to launch Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, a prequel to the 2015 hit Life Is Strange, which sold more than 3 million copies.

The first episode of the game debuts on the Windows PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on August 31. And I got yet another peek at the episode and the relationships that are unfolding within it. I also interviewed lead writer Zak Garriss at Deck Nine. I still haven’t played the full episode yet, but it’s clear that it is part of a much bigger story with three full episodes before all is said and done.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. 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.