Life is Strange: Double Exposure developers finally weigh in on which original ending was canon: neither

Life is Strange: Double Exposure will support and respect whichever ending you chose in the original Life is Strange game, developer Deck Nine has said as part of an extended look at its upcoming sequel.

Announced last week during Summer Game Fest, Double Exposure continues the story of the Life is Strange series’ original teenage protagonist Max Caulfield, now an adult.

But the surprise return to Max’s story immediately prompted questions from fans as to whether their previous narrative choices will be supported, and their consequences shown on screen. Now, we know more.

“We knew that this had to be something special,” narrative director Felice Kuan said of returning to Max’s story. “We knew we had to respect the two unforgettable endings to the first chapter of Max’s story, while also crafting something new, something fresh that echoed Max’s past challenges even while it moved Max’s personal story forward.”

As to which of Life of Strange’s endings was canon, Deck Nine said that there was no single canon choice – fitting, perhaps, for a game about dual timelines.

“It was really important at Deck Nine that if we were to make another Max adventure that the game we’d have to respect both those endings,” game director Jon Stauder adds. “Life is Strange: Double Exposure does that very thing.