Life is Strange 2: Episode 2 Coming in January 2019

Square Enix announced today on the official Tumblr blog of their popular adventure game, Life is Strange 2, that the second episode of the game, titled “Rules,” will be released in January 2019. The developers announced also, that more information regarding this new episode, will be revealed in December.

The long-awaited sequel of the award winning game Life is Strange is being made by DONTNOD Entertainment, and released its first episode back in September 27th, 2018 for Playstation 4, Xbox One and Steam for PC. The Linux and Mac versions will be released in 2019.

Check out the launch trailer of Life is Strange 2, featuring a cinematic video:

About Life is Strange 2

Two brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz, 16 and 9, are forced to run away from home after a tragic incident in Seattle. In fear of the police, Sean & Daniel head to Mexico while attempting to conceal a sudden and mysterious supernatural power.

Life on the road is tough and now totally responsible for his much younger brother, Sean begins to realize that his decisions will impact their lives forever…

DONTNOD Entertainment said in a Tumblr post:

“As you know we have kept you updated on what we’re working on for Episode 2 with our developer update blogs. Thanks for tuning in each time and thank you very much for the support you’ve shown us in return. We hope to keep doing these developer updates as we continue to build Life is Strange 2.

Of course, there is a pertinent piece of information that everyone has been asking for since Episode 1 launched: When will Episode 2 be releasing?

The Life is Strange series is a project close to all of our hearts and one for which we do not want to rush development and thereby fail to meet the benchmark of quality and emotional impact that you, our players, deserve. This is why we so far have not announced an official release date – we want to ensure that we will be in a position to release something that we are proud of and that you will enjoy and remember forever.

We understand that there are certain expectations that episodes will be released at a similar cadence as previous Life is Strange games have. The ambition of Life is Strange 2, however, means that the previous frameworks no longer apply if we are to meet the quality of play and storytelling that our vision for a game like this demands and that you deserve.

With this in mind, we can now officially say that Episode 2 will be released in January 2019, but more will be unveiled in mid December, this year. We can’t wait to reveal more about ‘Episode 2: Rules’ to you soon! We’re truly very excited to show you what we’ve been working on and what’s in store for Sean and Daniel.”