Oxenfree 2 has been delayed

Night School Studio has delayed its “What’s going on with that radio?” spook-em-up Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals. Originally announced with a release date of fall 2021, then pushed into 2022, it’s now been delayed into next year. “Seeing your fan art, reading your excited comments, and connecting with you fuels our ambition to make this our best game yet”, Night School said on Twitter (opens in new tab). “To make OXENFREE II truly special and add more localizations, we’re moving our release window to 2023.”

The original Oxenfree made our list of the best horror games thanks to its eerie atmosphere, clever twist on the stranded-teenagers subgenre, and excellent dialogue. In his Oxenfree review, Andy Kelly wrote, “Often, conversations in videogames sound like two people taking turns to read out lines. But in Oxenfree the lines flow together seamlessly, and you can respond at any time by selecting one of three answers. The characters will even react to your silence if you don’t answer them, or if you decide to walk away and ignore them. This, combined with fantastic writing and voice acting, makes Oxenfree one of the best virtual recreations of real humans talking to each other—which is lucky, because the dialogue is almost non-stop.”