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It's Hella Stellar
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/17/2017
Adventure games have been given a second life of late, thanks, in part to the great reception of Telltale Games started with The Walking Dead in 2012. Dontnod, based in France, got off to a rough start with Remember Me, a PS3 exclusive (later ported to Steam) that was released to mediocre reviews and likewise sales. After this nearly bankrupt the studio, they decided to a judicial reorganization, and went with public funding for their new IP, a Square Enix game that resulted in the episodic release of Life is Strange. While Remember Me was (pun intended) mostly forgotten, Life is Strange resulted in numerous awards, including the BAFTA Games Award for Best Story, the Peabody-Facebook Futures of Media Award and The Game Awards' Games for Impact Award and, as of May 2017, has sold over 3 …
