Seven years after the original Oxenfree debuted its radio tuning, time looping coming-of-age story on PX and consoles, the sequel is at last upon us. During today's Nintendo Indie World showcase, we at last saw Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals get a release date of July 12.
Oxenfree 2 follows a character who didn't appear in the original Oxenfree, Riley. Riley is an environmental researcher who returns to Camena after noticing strange radio transmissions, five years after the events of Oxenfree. While Riley wasn't part of Oxenfree's story, an update to the game in 2021 ties the two together, so we're likely to see plenty of references or even meet some of the original group of teens, now young adults.
The new trailer shown today for Oxenfree 2 shows off some new elements, such as a strange tilting house, weird supernatural beings, and a new walkie-talkie system to help the characters communicate.
We actually saw quite a bit of Oxenfree 2 back in 2021 in our hands-on preview, and were optimistic about its expanded potential and sense of choice. It's been a while since then, as Oxenfree 2 was delayed from a 2021 release to this year to add more localized languages and make the game "truly special." During that time, developer Night School Studio was acquired by Netflix, and Oxenfree brought to Netflix Games. Unshockingly the sequel will also be on Netflix, as well as Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and mobile.
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.
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Oxenfree 2 follows a character who didn't appear in the original Oxenfree, Riley. Riley is an environmental researcher who returns to Camena after noticing strange radio transmissions, five years after the events of Oxenfree. While Riley wasn't part of Oxenfree's story, an update to the game in 2021 ties the two together, so we're likely to see plenty of references or even meet some of the original group of teens, now young adults.
The new trailer shown today for Oxenfree 2 shows off some new elements, such as a strange tilting house, weird supernatural beings, and a new walkie-talkie system to help the characters communicate.
We actually saw quite a bit of Oxenfree 2 back in 2021 in our hands-on preview, and were optimistic about its expanded potential and sense of choice. It's been a while since then, as Oxenfree 2 was delayed from a 2021 release to this year to add more localized languages and make the game "truly special." During that time, developer Night School Studio was acquired by Netflix, and Oxenfree brought to Netflix Games. Unshockingly the sequel will also be on Netflix, as well as Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and mobile.
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.
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