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Square Enix Presents will reveal new Life is Strange next week

Square Enix has a lot of news to deliver and the publisher will do so in a direct video presentation set to air next Thursday.

Ozzie Mejia

March 11, 2021 9:00 AM

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Publishers are increasingly turning to direct video presentations in an effort to show off their latest games to the public. Square Enix is the latest to jump aboard that train, announcing a show called Square Enix Presents, which is set to air next Thursday. The team at Square is already giving people a good reason to tune in, promising the reveal of a new entry in the Life is Strange series.

There are already a few details to report on this big Life is Strange reveal. Square notes that it will be a new entry in the series and center around an all-new protagonist, who will have a new power. While Thursday's announcement promises more from Life is Strange, it should be noted that a developer is not listed. It's unlikely to be Dontnod Entertainment, as they've recently decided to venture into self-published projects. While Dontnod is exploring new projects like December's Twin Mirror, Square Enix holds the rights to Life is Strange. That could mean that Life is Strange: Before the Storm developer Deck Nine Games may return to the series, especially as the studio extended its partnership with Square Enix back in 2018. We'll know for certain next Thursday.

However, that's not all that Square Enix plans to show off during next Thursday's Square Enix Presents. The next few weeks are shaping up to be huge for the publisher with Outriders set to release on April 1, Balan Wonderworld releasing on March 26, and Marvel's Avengers set to get the Hawkeye DLC (Clint Barton, not Kate Bishop) and its next-gen console update next Thursday. All three games will be featured to some degree during Square Enix Presents. Viewers can also expect to see more on the 25th anniversary of Tomb Raider, Just Cause Mobile, unnamed games from Taito, and the reveal of a new mobile game from Square Enix Montreal.

Square Enix Presents will last roughly 40 minutes. It will air on the Square Enix Twitch and YouTube channels on Thursday, November 18 at 10AM PT. We'll look to cover the whole thing here at Shacknews, so be sure to come back for the latest news. If you want something to read about the Life is Strange series in the meantime, why not check out our long read feature on the Life is Strange series?

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?