{"id":979888,"date":"2026-01-06T01:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=455772"},"modified":"2026-01-06T01:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T01:33:22","slug":"hurry-and-pre-order-this-outer-wilds-art-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/hurry-and-pre-order-this-outer-wilds-art-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurry and pre-order this Outer Wilds art book"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u2019ve rarely felt as targeted as I did today, when I opened my inbox and the following words spilled out from across a sea of email subject lines and splashed into my brain: \u201cOuter Wilds:\u00a0Design\u00a0Works<\/em>\u00a0announced.\u201d I can\u2019t remember the last time I clicked an email this fast.<\/p>\n

\u201cLost In Cult is exceptionally proud to unveil Outer Wilds: Design Works<\/em>,\u201d the press release states, referring to the UK-based publisher of The Console Chronicles<\/em>, a book which I literally just got in the mail last week, I need a break! There are two versions of the book, a handsome Standard Edition for a reasonable \u00a344.99 and then a sickos-only<\/em> Deluxe Edition for a sun-exploding \u00a3125.99\u2026 which is the one I bought, and I am confidant was the right decision for me and my family, no further questions. Both options are available for pre-order now on the Lost in Cult website<\/a> until November 2nd, and should ship out in the second or third quarter of next year.<\/p>\n

The press release notes that this is the publisher\u2019s \u201cmost-requested book ever<\/em>\u201d which, duh, of course it is. It is a scientific fact \u2014 and as a fan of Outer Wilds<\/em>, I of course am basically a scientist now \u2014 that each and every person who has played the game would stop at nothing to recapture even a modicum of the wonder and mystery embedded in every minute of its 22-minute time loops. <\/p>\n

And while there is no turning back time \u2014 again, as a scientist* and an Outer Wilds<\/em> player, I understand that even when stuck in a time loop, knowledge accrues forward \u2014 this book represents perhaps a small chance to discover something new in a world that has been desperate<\/em> for some wonder and some mystery ever since I pieced together the final puzzle pieces of Polygon\u2019s 2019 game of the year<\/a>. Here, watch this trailer and don\u2019t tell me there isn\u2019t something in here <\/em>that will scratch that itch:<\/p>\n

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