Oxenfree II: Lost Signals lastly obtained a launch date. During the Nintendo Indie World Showcase, held early Thursday, developer Night School Studio confirmed that its long-delayed supernatural thriller sequel is now arriving July 12 on PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Netflix. While the follow-up wasn’t initially related to the unique Oxenfree, a sequence of updates in 2021 added radio transitions that would offer context into some future villains, a gaggle known as Parentage. Later that 12 months, Oxenfree II: Lost Signals obtained delayed into 2023, with the purpose of including extra localisation choices.
Night School Studio additionally dropped a trailer for Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, which revolves round a brand new character Riley, an environmental researcher returning to her hometown of Camena. This sequel is ready 5 years after the unique and has you examine bizarre electromagnetic waves which can be inflicting interference with radio and electrical tools. It’s nearly like a poltergeist’s presence — TVs activate and off, planes are unable to navigate, and all radio stations really feel powerless in opposition to the static. Back in 2016’s Oxenfree, a gaggle of youngsters on the Edwards Island inadvertently opened a portal, permitting free journey between realities and timelines — akin to Stranger Things.
But now, the members of a cult group, the aforementioned Parentage, have been prodding on the probability of opening a brand new portal and pulling one thing sinister out. “Have you seen anyone else around? We’ve been all over,” Riley tells her accomplice within the Oxenfree II: Lost Signals trailer, hinting they’re traversing by means of a ghost city and that the cult might need one thing to do with it. The sport works on a simple point-and-click mechanic, the place you faucet into ghostly frequencies utilizing the signature ‘radio mechanic’ as means to speak with supernatural entities and bounce again in time through fissures within the pure house. The trailer gives glimpses of a bunch of unnatural occurrences akin to a glitchy demon, characters being forcefully levitated, and a bizarre tilting home.
Besides that, you have obtained the final navigation, which incorporates climbing and rappelling throughout Camena’s hauntingly stunning panorama. There’s additionally a brand new ‘walkie-talkie dialog system’ that permits you to work together with saved contacts and converse to locals to piece collectively the thriller surrounding the city. Night School Studio was the primary developer Netflix acquired as a part of the streamer’s pivot into gaming content material. Oxenfree II: Lost Signals’ launch date reveal comes within the wake of Netflix saying a slate of 40 new video games coming to its platform in 2023.
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals releases July 12 on PC (Steam), PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Netflix. The first Oxenfree sport is at present obtainable to Netflix subscribers as a free obtain.
