The creators of Life is Strange have provided the first glimpse at their new narrative adventure game Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, which is slated to launch in late 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. A newly released trailer establishes the game’s distinct 1990s setting while teasing an intriguing mystery surrounding a fractured teenage friend group.
Billed as the beginning of a new series, Lost Records centers on Swann Holloway, an introverted teen with a penchant for documenting everyday life with her camcorder in the summer of 1995. The trailer introduces Swann and her tight-knit friend circle – rebellious Nora, charismatic leader Autumn, and pragmatic Kat – as they spend an idyllic few months in the sleepy town of Velvet Cove, Michigan.
However, an ominous tone shift hints that something went awry that permanently damaged their bonds. “This is Swann Holloway, and if you find this video, it’s because I’m dead,” Swann jokes in one chilling moment, her words taking on darker implications given the developers’ penchant for poignant storytelling.
The footage also teases a strange, potentially supernatural mystery after Swann discovers an arcane symbol scrawled on a playground pipe. Her recording then dissolves into static, leaving players to ponder just what secrets lurk beneath Velvet Cove’s peaceful summer facade.
According to Don’t Nod, Lost Records will release across two distinct content drops one month apart, mirroring prior episodic formats that allowed breathing room for discourse and theorycrafting between narrative beats. The unique structure seems designed to recapture the cultural conversation and speculation that surrounded hit games like Life is Strange.
Blending rich 90s nostalgia flavors with Don’t Nod’s signature moody, introspective storytelling, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage already has all the makings of a compelling new adventure series in the making. The thought-provoking exploration of complex adolescent relationships and inexplicable occurrences appears poised to offer an engrossing mysteries for fans to unravel when it arrives in late 2024.
