{"id":941813,"date":"2025-12-30T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=442063"},"modified":"2025-12-30T17:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:35:13","slug":"new-lost-records-bloom-rage-trailer-hints-at-a-teenage-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-lost-records-bloom-rage-trailer-hints-at-a-teenage-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lost Records: Bloom &#038; Rage trailer hints at a teenage mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/new-lost-records-bloom-rage-trailer-hints-at-a-teenage-mystery.png\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Don\u2019t Nod, creators of <em>Life is Strange<\/em>, announced Tuesday at Gamescom that <em>Lost Records: Bloom &amp; Rage<\/em> will be released in two parts \u2014 called tapes \u2014 on Feb. 18, 2025 and March 18, 2025 on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The independent developer shared the first gameplay trailer during the event, following the announcement back in 2023. <em>Bloom &amp; Rage<\/em> is about four teenage girls in a punk band, set in both 1995 and 2022. Like <em>Life is Strange<\/em>, the game appears to be focused on relationships and narratives between characters, and how those relationships play into the larger, magical realist narrative. Visually, it looks a lot like <em>Life is Strange<\/em>, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cNavigate between dual timelines and shape both narratives \u2013 in 1995 and 2022 \u2013 with each offering a piece of the larger puzzle: the life-changing secrets they uncovered back then and why they\u2019re reuniting now, after all these years,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dont-nod.com\/en\/games\/lost-records-bloom-and-rage\/\">Don\u2019t Nod wrote on its website<\/a>. \u201cTogether, in this place, they\u2019re forced to try and remember clearly the fateful memories that have eluded them for the past 27 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The trailer shown Tuesday shows a bit of the gameplay, including a camcorder to film what your friends are up to. There\u2019s a lot of classic coming-of-age shots in the trailer, including the naming of the girls\u2019 band, Bloom &amp; Rage. But that\u2019s where things get weird: Purple lights flicker in 1995, signaling something amiss, before cutting to 2022, where <em>something<\/em> (in a mysterious box) about their past has come back to haunt them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Bloom &amp; Rage<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XpDEwpBKNEA\">was first announced at The Game Awards in 2023<\/a> with an expected release date in late 2024. Don\u2019t Nod narrative director <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2023\/12\/07\/lost-records-bloom-rage-life-is-strange-dont-nod-game-awards\/\">Luc Baghadoust wrote on the Xbox Wire<\/a> in 2023 that <em>Bloom &amp; Rage<\/em> is the first game in what will be the Lost Records universe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/442063\/lost-records-bloom-rage-trailer-announcement\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Nod, creators of Life is Strange, announced Tuesday at Gamescom that Lost Records: Bloom &amp; Rage will be released in two parts \u2014 called tapes \u2014 on Feb. 18, 2025 and March 18, 2025 on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X. The independent developer shared the first gameplay trailer during the event, following the announcement back in 2023. Bloom &amp; Rage is about four teenage girls in a punk band, set in both 1995 and 2022. Like Life is Strange, the game appears to be focused on relationships and narratives between characters, and how those relationships play into the larger, magical realist narrative. 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