- Netflix closes Oxenfree developer Night School, just a month after praising its new game as one of the company's 'most successful cloud game debuts' - 13 August 2026
Less than two months after the release of its latest game, Unhinged, Netflix is closing developer Night School Studios, as well as its Moonloot studio in Helsinki... Read more.
- Pump Up the Volume: 10 Years of OXENFREE - 4 February 2026
Earlier this year OXENFREE turned ten years old. Like many awkward kids of that age, OXENFREE is experiencing a lot of big feelings and emotions. Most of all it wanted to fit in and have features like all the other ten-year-old games on the playground.So, we revisited your feedback and realized there was one small improvement we could give you as a birthday present: volume sliders. Now, you can independently control the levels of music, sound effects, and voiceover to achieve audio bliss. If you think Jonas should pee quieter, that’s a real choice you can make right from the pause menu. Also in the pause menu, you’ll find a support option to reach out to a friendly customer support agent if you’re running into an issue.Finally, we also dusted off the game and resolved a few outstanding bugs while we were under the hood. It’s just a small tidy and sprucing up. Just never say. We didn’t p…
- 10 Years of Night School Studio! - 19 December 2024
Happy 10 years of Night School Studio! A whole decade, huh? That’s a long time to be making games. We’re stoked we’re still here, and even more stoked that you’re still here. We at Night School know we’re nothing without our incredible community. These 10 years wouldn’t have been possible without you. From making OXENFREE as a scrappy, tiny ragtag team to joining Netflix and taking our games to new heights, it’s been a ride – and we’re deeply grateful to have had you along every step of the way. To celebrate and to say thank you, we’re kicking off a couple of fun things this month: 10 Days to Celebrate 10 Years of Night School Starting today, Dec 18, 2024, we’ll be giving away exclusive Night School merch and swag every day for the next 10 days. Each piece is a hand-picked nod to our history, featuring designs inspired by our games and the memories they created. All you have to do is fi…
- Another reminder that your digital library isn't forever: Oxenfree will be completely removed from Itch.io next month - 9 September 2024
Oxenfree , the gloomy adventure game from Night School Studio, will leave indie game storefront Itch.io on October 1, according to an email sent to users who own it this week. And nobody, including anyone who has the game in their library, will be able to download it after it's fully removed... Read more.
- Complete your Night School Collection with 60% Off - 12 July 2024
We're celebrating with our fellow Independent Games Festival award-winning games and studios this July! As part of the IGF Celebration Days, you can complete your collection of Night School games for 60% off. Just add the Night School Complete Collection to your cart! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16322/Night_School_Complete_Bundle/ The collection includes: OXENFREE, a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. OXENFREE was the 2016 Independent Games Festival winner for Excellence in Art. OXENFREE II: Lost Signals, the mind-bending sequel returns to Camena with an investigation into mysterious radio signals. Afterparty, a dark comedy about escaping Hell by outdrinking Satan. The original soundtracks to both OXENFREE I and Afterparty, by our #1 favorite composer, scntfc. Make sure to check out all of the games featured during the event, wh…
- Celebrating 8 Years of OXENFREE - Community Q&A! - 15 January 2024
Dang. 8 years ago TODAY, we were crossing all our digits getting ready to launch the game into the world. Only a year and a half earlier, we weren’t a company, or even a team. Most of us were strangers 18 months earlier, and I’m so grateful that our game is what brought all of these cool folks into my life. Today is the 8 year anniversary of OXENFREE, and your passion for the game is why we were able to create OXENFREE II (which is awesome and you should play if you haven’t yet). In retrospect it all seems stupidly simple; we dove headlong into a game design and story that were intuitively inspiring. We didn’t overthink it, hunted down like-minded folks with crazy skills, stuck them in a box in Glendale California, and hammered on architecting a tiny, scary world. We argued a lot, but over the little things, which felt a lot healthier than the alternative. It was always about getting th…
- OXENFREE II Arrives July 12, 2023 - 19 April 2023
It's time to tune into the next chapter. OXENFREE II: Lost Signals will launch July 12, 2023! Make sure it’s on your wishlist so you can be among the first to play. This game has been a labor of love and we've been fueled by the passion of our community. We're counting down the days until you have the game in your hands. We cannot wait for you to finally meet Riley and make life altering choices while overcoming supernatural challenges that threaten to destroy her future. Watch a new trailer. https://youtu.be/c7AJBSII0Q8 Today, we also debuted an all-new trailer during the Nintendo Indie World Showcase, uncovering new scenes and details from the game. You'll recognize some familiar faces, like Jacob Summers and Riley Poverly as well as some new ones from Camena. Watch the full segment here. Get on the walkie. We also teamed up with the PlayStation Blog to dive deeper into our new walkie…
- Seven Years of OXENFREE + Community Survey - 15 January 2023
Hello! Because it's the seventh anniversary of OXENFREE's release, I wanted to hop over on Steam to thank our community for its kindness, support, and enthusiasm. We're hard at work on OXENFREE II: Lost Signals and can’t wait to share it with you later this year. With this anniversary and the game's release, 2023 is shaping up to be a huge year for all of us at Night School Studio. I'm so thankful that you’re along for the ride. In this new year, we wanted to take a moment to learn more about our community – things like where you play and how you play. I'd love for you to tell us about yourself in our first-ever community survey. It's open until January 30th, 2023 and you can find it here. To say thanks, we'll select five survey respondents to receive a very special gift. It's cool but I won't spoil the surprise. Speaking of spoilers, I'd like to share a new screenshot from the game wit…
- New Netflix game studio to help the streaming service expand output - 26 September 2022
Expect to see more Netflix games, and more unique games from Netflix, in the not-so-distant future, as the streaming juggernaut is expanding its current catalogue of RPG games and arcade games by establishing its own development studio in Helsinki, Finland. Zynga's vice president Marko Lastikka will be the studio's director. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Free games: Oxenfree is the next freebie from the Epic Games Store Free games: Claim spooky teen drama adventure Oxenfree on GOG Oxenfree, Titan Souls and five more great games for less than $1 each in bundle
- 3.2.16 Patch Notes - 9 July 2022
Sometimes, Alex would get stuck while climbing ladders, cliffs, or other objects around Edward’s Island. Now, climbing is possible. 🔺Make sure to update before returning to Edward’s Island. Thanks for your support tickets and help tracking down bugs. If you still have issues, please submit a new ticket on our support site: http://bit.ly/NSSsupport
- What makes a good conversation? Find out at LudoNarraCon! - 6 May 2022
Choosing dialogue choices and having conversations is often part of the core mechanic of any narrative-driven game. How do we craft “good” conversations and what does that mean? Join Kahlief Adams, host and founder of the Spawn On Me podcast, as he sits down with Adam Hines, our co-founder and lead writer. Using our catalog of games, they’ll discuss how writers, narrative designers, and storytellers can build interactive conversations that feel natural and engaging while pushing the boundaries of interpersonal relationships in games. Watch the panel at 4PM PST today Friday, May 6th on Steam. About LudoNarraCon LudoNarraCon 2022 is the fourth edition of an annual digital festival held exclusively on Steam to celebrate narrative video games and the developers that make them. Conceived and organised by indie label Fellow Traveller, the event is available for free to everyone to attend and…
- Netflix has acquired Oxenfree developer Night School Studio - 29 September 2021
Netflix has acquired Night School Studio, the indie developer behind the cult hit Oxenfree and its upcoming sequel, as the streaming giant makes its first meaningful steps into the games industry. As per a post on the Night School Studio blog, the developer is pleased with the acquisition, and believes it'll help it further its goal of explorating interactive narrative projects. "Night School wants to stretch our narrative and design aspirations across distinctive, original games with heart," reads the blog. "Netflix gives film, TV, and now game makers an unprecedented canvas to create and deliver excellent entertainment to millions of people. Our explorations in narrative gameplay and Netflix’s track record of supporting diverse storytellers was such a natural pairing. It felt like both teams came to this conclusion instinctively." Read more
- Netflix acquires Oxenfree developer Night School Studio - 29 September 2021
Night School Studio, the developer behind acclaimed narrative adventure Oxenfree and its highly anticipated sequel, has been acquired by Netflix. Night School has gained a reputation for creating engaging, sharply written adventures with a strong focus on narrative across the four games it's launched since its founding in 2014. After 2016's critically lauded Oxenfree, the developer released a well-received Mr. Robot tie-in, 1.51exfiltrati0n, followed by pub-crawl-through-hell adventure Afterparty and the Apple-exclusive space escapade Next Stop Nowhere. Notably, given the acquisition news, the studio was also reported to have been developing an unannounced Stranger Things project in conjunction with Telltale Games at one time, before the latter company's collapse. More recently, Night School confirmed it's working on an Oxenfree sequel , Lost Signals, for release on Switch, PlayStation,…
- Netflix have bought the developers of Oxenfree - 28 September 2021
Night School Studio are "joining the Netflix team." The developers of Oxenfree and Afterparty are the first games studio to be bought by Netflix, with founder and creative director Sean Krankel writing in a blog post that they'll continue working on the in-development Oxenfree 2. Read more
- Netflix buys Oxenfree developer Night School Studio - 28 September 2021
In one of Netflix's first big moves as it expands into game devleopment, the streaming company announced on Tuesday that it's acquired indie developer Night School Studio. Night School's first game Oxenfree was highly praised when it came out in 2016, and we also quite liked Afterparty , an adventure game about drinking your way out of hell. The studio is currently developing a sequel to Oxenfree, which will continue under Netflix's ownership... Read more.
- Oxenfree 2's villains are sending spooky signals to the original game - 13 September 2021
The makers of Oxenfree have started teasing the upcoming sequel via audio transmissions in the original game. Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals is set to arrive sometime next year, and it'll feature villains who're causing mysterious radio signals that mess with electronics. But it seems they're already up to no good, because an update to the original Oxenfree has introduced these spooky transmissions, which you can hear in several different areas in the supernatural thriller. Read more
- An Oxenfree update has Oxenfree 2 bleeding backwards in time - 12 September 2021
Delightfully good indie horror game Oxenfree has gotten a new update, and it looks like the dimension and time bending weirdness is bleeding from the upcoming sequel into the first game. With Oxenfree 2: Lost Signal on the way, developers Night School Studio have crossed the streams of games about crossing the streams... Read more.
- Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals' new villains are so powerful, they're breaking into the original game's source code - 12 September 2021
Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals' villains have started infiltrating the original horror game. Following an update deployed during the summer (or Q3 for those of you in the southern hemisphere), a series of spooky tweets from developer Night School, and another mysterious patch deployed a few days back, new radio transmissions are now available in the original game, a full half-decade after it was originally released (thanks, PCGN ). "We tried to stop it. We failed," states a mysterious tweet from the developer's official Twitter account, hinting that the villains of the new game are so powerful, they're affecting the source code of the original game. Read more
- Patch 3.1.1 ■ ◼︎🁢N🀰🀫otes - 8 September 2021
We tried to stop it. We failed. Signals are breaking through into OXENFREE and we can't block them, no matter how many patches or changes we m🀫ke to the game. We're in troubl🀰. All of us. If we're going to beat wha■ ever is invading the r🀫dio waves, we're going to need your hel🀫. Hard🀰n Tower. Epipha◼︎y Fields. Fo🀫t Milner. Download this new patch, 🀫o there, and tell us what you hear. Don’t forget to add OXENFREE II to your wishlist and follow Night School Studio on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates.
- 3.1.0 Patch Notes - 12 July 2021
The latest OXENFREE patch addresses minor bugs. It also improves the radio system’s range and stability for tuning into broadcasts. Please report any unusual radio signals in the comments or by tuning your dial to 9🀰.◼︎ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574310/OXENFREE_II_Lost_Signals/ Don’t forget to add OXENFREE II to your wishlist and follow Night School Studio on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates.
