Episodic video games
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| 2025 | Deltarune ported to Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. |
| 2025 | Hannah Telle was nominated for Great White Way Award for Best Acting at the New York Game Awards |
| 2025 | Outstanding Video Game award status is pending at the 36th GLAAD Media Awards |
| 2025 | Social Impact award status is pending at the 25th Game Developers Choice Awards |
| 2025 | Nominated for Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music at the New York Game Awards |
| 2025 | Longlisted for Game Beyond Entertainment at the 21st British Academy Games Awards |
| 2025 | Received an Honorable Mention for Best Narrative at the 25th Game Developers Choice Awards |
| 2025 | Nominated for Herman Melville Award for Best Writing at the New York Game Awards |
| 2025 | Don't Nod delayed their game Lost Records: Bloom & Rage to avoid competing with Double Exposure. |
| March 2025 | Square Enix reported Life Is Strange: Double Exposure sales as a 'large loss' in their Q3 financial report, indicating significant commercial disappointment for the game. |
| 2025 | Chapters 3 and 4 are slated for release, along with ongoing localization and console porting of upcoming chapters. |
| February 18 2025 | First part (first 'tape') of Bloom & Rage is released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. |
| January 30 2025 | Mob Entertainment announced Chapter 4 with a planned release date. |
| January 30 2025 | Fourth chapter of Poppy Playtime released on Windows. |
| January 28 2025 | Nintendo Switch version of the game was released via retail. |
| January 28 2025 | The Nintendo Switch physical retail version of Life Is Strange: Double Exposure was released. |
| 2024 | Production of Deltarune Chapter 5 began. |
| 2024 | Chapters 3 and 4 began undergoing localization and being ported to consoles. |
| 2024 | The development team set and met an internal deadline of September 1 for completing Chapter 4's main content. |
| 2024 | Hannah Telle was nominated for Best Performance at The Game Awards 2024 |
| 2024 | Life Is Strange: Double Exposure was nominated for Games for Impact at The Game Awards 2024 |
| 2024 | Original planned release window for the game in late 2024, which was subsequently delayed. |
| 2024 | Initially planned release for Bloom & Rage, which was later delayed to avoid competition with Life Is Strange: Double Exposure. |
| November 19 2024 | Nintendo Switch version of the game was released digitally. |
| November 19 2024 | The Nintendo Switch digital version of Life Is Strange: Double Exposure was released. |
| October 31 2024 | André Øvredal was confirmed as the director of the Bendy and the Ink Machine film adaptation. He expressed commitment to creating a movie that would honor the game's characters and world, promising a special experience for fans. |
| October 29 2024 | Life Is Strange: Double Exposure was officially released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. |
| October 15 2024 | Players who pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition received early access to the first two chapters of Life Is Strange: Double Exposure. |
| September 20 2024 | Second and third chapters of Poppy Playtime released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X. |
| July 12 2024 | Poppy Playtime released on Xbox One, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X. |
| June 2024 | Square Enix revealed Life Is Strange: Double Exposure during the Xbox Games Showcase, announcing a direct sequel to the original Life Is Strange (2015) game, developed by Deck Nine. |
| May 2024 | Legendary Entertainment and Angry Films announce they will co-produce and develop the live-action Poppy Playtime film, with Don Murphy and Susan Montford involved. |
| April 14 2024 | Bendy: Secrets of the Machine was released on Steam as a free game, allowing players to explore Gent's creation and solve puzzles in the Dark Puddles realm, revealing a game called 'B3ndy'. |
| February 29 2024 | Poppy Playtime: Forever was released on the Roblox platform by Mob Entertainment and Jazwares. The game supports up to 10 players per server and includes a feature allowing players to build their own maps and stories. |
| January 2024 | Third chapter of Poppy Playtime released on Windows. |
| January 30 2024 | Chapter 3 released on Steam. |
| 2023 | Huggy Wuggy plush toys experienced high global demand, with both licensed and unlicensed versions being popular among children, largely driven by the character's visibility on YouTube. |
| December 2023 | Max discovers a new ability to 'pulse' into an alternate timeline where Safi is still alive, allowing her to travel between parallel timelines. |
| December 2023 | Max learns about Maya Okada, a former student who committed suicide after Lucas plagiarized her work, with Safi and Vinh failing to defend her. |
| December 2023 | Max and Safi expose Lucas' plagiarism at a Krampus-themed party using their respective powers. |
| December 2023 | Bloom & Rage was officially announced at the Game Awards. |
| December 25 2023 | A film adaptation of Bendy and the Ink Machine was officially announced on the game's Twitter account, marking the beginning of the movie project. |
| December 25 2023 | Poppy Playtime released on Nintendo Switch. |
| December 20 2023 | Game released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 platforms. |
| December 20 2023 | Poppy Playtime ported to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. |
| December 13 2023 | The Wolf Among Us 2 was officially announced during The Game Awards, revealing the game's development by Telltale Games and AdHoc Studio. |
| December 4 2023 | Max Caulfield discovers her friend Safi Llewellyn-Fayyad has been killed by a gunshot wound in Lakeport, Vermont, while working as a photographer-in-residence at Caledon University. |
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