“The dj2 team has long believed that video games would one day serve as incredible source material for stories told in television and film, and that it was only the lack of love and respect for the artform which previously held successful adaptations back,” said Johnson.

Both adaptations had been in the process of development for a while now, with Shawn Mendes signing on to executive produce the Life Is Strange series, and ZA/UM having inked a deal in 2020 with dj2 for the TV adaptation of Disco Elysium.

Needless to say, there are plenty of film and TV adaptations of video games on the way in some form or another for genre fans. It was announced earlier this week that Netflix will finally be bringing BioShock to life, and of course Paramount+ has its Halo adaptation coming next month (and already has a second season confirmed).

There’s also the System Shock and Hunt: Showdown adaptations headed for new streaming service Binge, HBO’s The Last of Us, the upcoming Twisted Metal adaptation by Sony, and the Eli Roth-directed Borderlands film that finished production last year.

Life Is Strange tells the story of Max Caulfield, an 18-year-old photography student who discovers that she has the ability to rewind time, leading her every choice at the mercy of the butterfly effect. Meanwhile, Disco Elysium centres on a large city still recovering from the effects of a war decades ago. An amnesiac detective has been assigned to a murder case, during which he comes to recall his own past, along with the current forces trying to affect the city.

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Released back in 2018 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (and released for the Nintendo Switch in 2019), Vampyr is an action-RPG casting you as Dr. Jonathan Reid, a newly-turned vampire in the midst of the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic in London. You’re challenged with saving a dying city’s citizens while uncovering the truth about your condition.

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The standard edition of the game (retailing for $39.99) will include:
• The Complete Season – episodes 1 to 5 of Life is Strange 2, with Episode 5 supplied as a digital download
• Bonus Game – The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
• Arcadia Bay Patches – these items let you customize Sean’s in-game backpack

Meanwhile, the Collector’s edition (retailing for $69.99) will include the above, as well as:
• Jonathan Morali’s official score – four-by-seven-inch Vinyl Box Set featuring the game’s amazing music
• 32-page hardcover art book featuring concept art from Life is Strange 2
• Four-inch Sean and three-inch Daniel vinyl figurines
• Collector’s Edition presentation box

The Collector’s edition of the game is a limited to a single production run, so if you like what you see, get it while it’s available.

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The port, which was announced last year, never had a specific release date until now. No details on whether this will be a physical or digital release were revealed.

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In a press release, Dontnod Entertainment chairman and chief executive officer Oskar Guilbert states that Dontnod “are delighted to partner with Epic Games and present Twin Mirror to the vast gamer community on its Epic Games store. The conditions of this partnership along with the support of Shibuya Productions reinforce the game’s potential. This strategic operation demonstrates our ability to leverage new market trends in our favor. The video game industry is currently undergoing major transformation and now offers a major competitive advantage to content creators such as Dontnod.”

Twin Mirror will be available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

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“Sean and Daniel’s story continues in Episode 2. On the run from the police following a tragic incident in Seattle and the manifestation of a strange supernatural power, Sean and Daniel Diaz continue their journey into the winter months. As the two brothers struggle against the cold, Daniel gets increasingly ill. Sean decides that they must take the risk and make their way to their distant grandparent’s house to recover and seek shelter.

There, they encounter next-door neighbour Chris Eriksen, a young boy who believes he has powers eerily similar to Daniel’s, and they come face to face with his superhero alter ego, Captain Spirit. As Daniel and Chris are becoming fast friends, it’s up to Sean to make sure Daniel follows a set of rules they agreed on for his power: Never in public. Never talk about it. Run from danger.

Can Daniel successfully hide the truth from the people around them, will the temptation to explore the immense power within him be too much, or will he break the rules in a time of need?”

In addition, Dontnod and Publisher Square Enix have unveiled a live-action trailer for the episode, starring Gonzalo Martin, who provides the voice of Life is Strange 2‘s Sean Diaz.

Life is Strange 2 is available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

Don’t forget to check out Mike’s review of Episode One.

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The trailer provides a nice overview of the setting, as well as explaining the concept of duality found within the game’s narrative, as well as protagonist Sam’s “double”, which will provide clues to aid in the player’s investigation in its own smartass way. The animation needs a bit of work, though. Still, the vague 2019 release date should provide the devs time to smooth things out.

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According to the document, Dontnod “will continue to maximize the potential of the Vampyr licence. After the game’s impressive success on PC, Xbox One, and PS4, it will be Nintendo Switch’s turn to welcome the Dontnod title to reach an even wider audience.”

By indications, Dontnod scored record revenues of €44.3m over the first six months of its fiscal year, thanks in part to Vampyr. You then of course have the upcoming Call of Cthulhu, which launches October 30, which also helped generate buzz for the French company.

No release date for the port has been announced, but in the meantime, we still have that McG-directed TV series to look forward to.

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This trailer combines all of the good stuff that we’ve seen, tosses in some new stuff we haven’t, some story tidbits here, some combat there, and polishes it into a slick and stylish-looking spectacle. Sure, while it belies the game’s post-WWI London in the midst of the Spanish Flu setting, how many games these days have you being a vampire with cool vampire powers? Not many.

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From the look of things, the combat has that potential “free-flow” aspect similar to what you’d get in the Batman: Arkham games, albeit with cool vampire powers driving things. The trailer also hints at the dilemma that protagonist Dr. Jonathan Reid faces with his vampirism, and his decisions with whom to feed on in order to survive. Plus, like any good tease, the trailer hints at more of the backstory as to Reid’s loyalties to his vampire brethren.

June 5th can’t come soon enough. Vampyr will hit PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

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With this entry, the developers discuss their approach to storytelling, what it means to them, and how that relates to video games. As they’ve touched on in the previous entries, Dontnod’s focus is to create a rich story that players can truly be immersed in during the game. Balancing that out with equally-strong gameplay can be a difficult task, but from what they’ve shown so far, the team is certainly up for it.

Vampyr will be available for Steam, PlayStation 4 and XBox One.

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Depending on who you choose to kill, according to narrative designer Stephane Beauverger, it will have an impact not only on the other citizens who were around that now-deceased person, but also the story. What that entails has yet to be revealed. I do hope that the hype doesn’t take over, but man, how cool would it be to have an engrossing story with game mechanics that take it a step beyond what we’ve become accustomed to in RPGs?

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The episode goes into the four London districts that are in the game (Whitechapel, the East End docks, the Hospital, and the West End), and the choices made in each to convey the particular tones in gameplay. Also included is input from the game’s composer, Olivier Deriviere, whose industrial soundtrack is meant to invoke the lonliness that the game’s protagonist, Dr. Jonathan Reid, would feel inside a living city like London. Having the game take place at night also plays into this, as well.

The more I see of this game, and how much thought goes into the presentation, the more I can’t wait for this to finally drop. There’s still no firm 2018 release date, but as soon as it hits…

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Mixed in with the vampire talk is some gorgeous in-game footage, which is an obvious bonus when you think about it. Game director Philippe Moreau goes into detail about the morality of being a vampire, and how unlike, say, a werewolf, a vampire it “self-aware” of their nature. This ties into the fact that the game’s protagonist, Doctor Jonathan Reid, must make tough choices with his vampirism, including the killing of his victims to prevent them from harming others. It all plays into the ripple effect Jonathan’s actions have within the game.

Vampyr is scheduled for release this year on PC, XBox One and PlayStation 4.

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