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Everything you need to know about Early Access and Launch!

π‘¨π’‰π’†π’Ž. πŸ§‘β€πŸ« Everything you need to know about the Life is Strange: Double Exposure Early Access & Launch. Early Access (Chapters 1 & 2) will unlock at the time shown in the image below on ALL platforms.

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changedFellow players will be able to mute this tag and thereby avoid spoilers until they have a chance to start playing. At the end of Early Access, your save data will be seamlessly pulled into the full game build.
changedAll Outfit Packs and the Exclusive Cat Content will be available to Ultimate Edition players during the early access period – though you will only be able to experience those Outfits and Cat Content relevant to Chapters 1 and 2. 🐱
changedWe support a number of accessibility features, incl: - Longer Timers - Camera Assist - Simple Power Effects - Major Choice Confirmation - Hotspot Pinging & Sound in Range - Alt. Controls - Power UI Indicator - Timeline Display - Focal Circle - Content Trigger Warnings
changedFor Streamers & Content Creators: - There are no limitations to streaming, but we do recommend tagging your streams with #secretsofcaledon to avoid spoiling fans who haven't yet started. - There is no dedicated streamer mode, as music tracks are intended to be played without demonetization claims being made against streams or VODs and have been set-up with that in mind. - A handful of tracks rely on context-sensitive whitelisting. To take advantage of this system, please make sure you mention 'Life is Strange' 'LiS' 'Life is Strange Double Exposure' and/or 'Game' 'Gameplay' in the title of your vid.
addedEarly Access can be obtained right up until launch and is not limited to having purchased the Ultimate Edition before October 15.

Life is Strange: Double Exposure changes

changedFellow players will be able to mute this tag and thereby avoid spoilers until they have a chance to start playing. At the end of Early Access, your save data will be seamlessly pulled into the full game build.
changedAll Outfit Packs and the Exclusive Cat Content will be available to Ultimate Edition players during the early access period – though you will only be able to experience those Outfits and Cat Content relevant to Chapters 1 and 2. 🐱
changedWe support a number of accessibility features, incl: - Longer Timers - Camera Assist - Simple Power Effects - Major Choice Confirmation - Hotspot Pinging & Sound in Range - Alt. Controls - Power UI Indicator - Timeline Display - Focal Circle - Content Trigger Warnings
changedFor Streamers & Content Creators: - There are no limitations to streaming, but we do recommend tagging your streams with #secretsofcaledon to avoid spoiling fans who haven't yet started. - There is no dedicated streamer mode, as music tracks are intended to be played without demonetization claims being made against streams or VODs and have been set-up with that in mind. - A handful of tracks rely on context-sensitive whitelisting. To take advantage of this system, please make sure you mention 'Life is Strange' 'LiS' 'Life is Strange Double Exposure' and/or 'Game' 'Gameplay' in the title of your vid.
addedEarly Access can be obtained right up until launch and is not limited to having purchased the Ultimate Edition before October 15.

π‘¨π’‰π’†π’Ž. πŸ§‘β€πŸ« Everything you need to know about the Life is Strange: Double Exposure Early Access & Launch.

Early Access (Chapters 1 & 2) will unlock at the time shown in the image below on ALL platforms.πŸ•“

Note that this is a single, simultaneous global release. If your Country/City is not listed you can calculate your local release by timezone. Full Launch (Chapters 3-5) is on October 29.

PC System Requirements for Life is Strange: Double Exposure have now been confirmed! πŸ–₯️

Life is Strange: Double Exposure is not episodic, but it does have chapters. The complete story is told over 5 chapters, all of which will be available in the Full Game on October 29.

Ultimate Edition players can play Chapters 1 and 2 two weeks early, from October 15. The Early Access period is intended to enable the "theory-crafting-what-happens-next" that our community loved so much from our previous episodically released games. ✍️

🀫 Please remember to signpost your Early Access posts & spoilers with #SecretsOfCaledon

Fellow players will be able to mute this tag and thereby avoid spoilers until they have a chance to start playing. At the end of Early Access, your save data will be seamlessly pulled into the full game build.

On Steam, the full game will be downloaded as a patch on October 29. On other platforms, the full game will be downloaded as a separate executable.

All Outfit Packs and the Exclusive Cat Content will be available to Ultimate Edition players during the early access period – though you will only be able to experience those Outfits and Cat Content relevant to Chapters 1 and 2. 🐱

Life is Strange: Double Exposure unterstΓΌtzt: Voiceover: English, French, German, Japanese Subtitles: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, LATAM-Spanish, Brazilian-Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

We support a number of accessibility features, incl:

  • Longer Timers
  • Camera Assist
  • Simple Power Effects
  • Major Choice Confirmation
  • Hotspot Pinging & Sound in Range
  • Alt.

Controls - Power UI Indicator - Timeline Display - Focal Circle - Content Trigger Warnings

While the game does not include specific Color Blind options, the game was designed with Color Blindness in mind from the start.

For Streamers & Content Creators: - There are no limitations to streaming, but we do recommend tagging your streams with #secretsofcaledon to avoid spoiling fans who haven't yet started. - There is no dedicated streamer mode, as music tracks are intended to be played without demonetization claims being made against streams or VODs and have been set-up with that in mind. - A handful of tracks rely on context-sensitive whitelisting. To take advantage of this system, please make sure you mention 'Life is Strange' 'LiS' 'Life is Strange Double Exposure' and/or 'Game' 'Gameplay' in the title of your vid.

Early Access can be obtained right up until launch and is not limited to having purchased the Ultimate Edition before October 15.

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Steam News / 11 October 2024

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