
The prequel introduces Chloe as the playable protagonist and tells the story of Chloe and Rachel's friendship three years prior to the original game's events. The first episode, " Awake" was released on August 31, 2017. Life is Strange: Before the Storm, the prequel to the events of the first game, was developed by the Denver-based studio Deck Nine Games in collaboration with Square Enix, released in 2017. On March 6, 2016, the game released in Japan, fully dubbed.

This increased to a staff of forty after a year when Square Enix stepped in to support production in June 2014. Back in her hometown Arcadia Bay, a picturesque seaside town in Oregon, Max is reunited with her old friend, Chloe Price, and they start to uncover the truth behind fellow student, Rachel Amber's mysterious disappearance, and soon they find themselves exposed to the darker side of Arcadia Bay.ĭevelopment on this game actually began in April 2013 with a small team of fifteen people. The game's protagonist is Max Caulfield, better known as Max, a shy 18-year-old photography senior who discovers she can rewind time to change the course of events. The final episode, " Polarized", was released on October 20, 2015. The first episode, " Chrysalis", was released on January 29, 2015.

The original game, Life is Strange, was developed by the French studio Don't Nod and published by Square Enix, released in 2015.
