Life Is Strange: Before The Storm Release Date

The Life Is Strange: Before The Storm release date has been announced as August 31st, 2017 on PC, PS4 & Xbox One. On that day the first of the three episodes will be released, it’s titled “Episode 1: Awake”.

During a GameSpot stage demo at E3 2017 Day 2 the Deck Nine Games developer confirmed Episode 2 & 3 will be coming in the period after Episode 1 to allow them to take in Episode 1 player feedback to improve the rest of the prequel’s episodes, something commonly seen in short-season Japanese & Korean TV shows.

Following the announcement on the Xbox E3 briefing of Life is Strange: Before the Storm – the next game in the award-winning, episodic franchise – Square Enix have released the very first gameplay trailer*.


*The trailer song is “Numbers” by Daughter.

Life Is Strange: Before The Storm Release Date

Life Is Strange: Before The Storm Description: Life is Strange: Before the Storm is set in Arcadia Bay, three years before the events of the first game and introduces a rebellious 16 year-old Chloe Price who forms an unlikely friendship with the beautiful and popular Rachel Amber.

When Rachel’s world is turned upside down by a family secret it takes their new found alliance to give each other the strength to overcome their demons.

This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.

Meet Deck Nine Games, the developers behind Life is Strange: Before The Storm!

Up next, an in-depth, 20-minute video showcases three separate scenes from the first episode entitled ‘Awake’. In this footage edited together from three much longer scenes, the first scene takes place in an abandoned mill on the outskirts of Arcadia Bay where Chloe has managed to gain entry to an illegal concert. The second takes place later in the episode where the girls have spent the day together in another brand new environment called The Overlook – and the third and final scene will take the girls back to an important area from the first game that fans will be familiar with.

Life Is Strange: Before the Storm’s first gameplay from E3 2017.

Are you excited for the soon-ish Life Is Strange: Before The Storm release?