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  • Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER Gets a New Trailer

    Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is the long-awaited sequel to indie hit point-and-click adventure game 2064: Read Only Memories. It was announced way back in the ancient year of 2019 but was announced for consoles earlier this year. The game is due out sometime in 2022 but in the meantime we’ve been treated to a brand new teaser trailer.

    The trailer is short and moves fast but it gives us a deeper look at main protagonist and “psychic detective” ES88 and what she’ll be doing in the game. We also get a look at some of the diverse cast of characters that you will be meeting as ES88.

    The new trailer from queer-focused production company MidBoss highlights psychic protagonist ES88 and some of the diverse cast she meets as she helps repair people’s memories with the assistance of a bioengineered psychic creature, the Neurodiver. Her organization MINERVA is on the hunt for Golden Butterfly, a rogue psychic hiding away in the minds of others, slowly corrupting their memories.

    Press Release

    In Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER it is your task as ES88 to track down a rogue telepath who has hidden themselves in the memories of Neo-San Francisco citizens. With the assistance of an artificial lifeform called the Neurodiver, you’re able to enter the victims’ memories to do this. However, the presence of Golden Butterfly in these characters’ minds is quickly corrupting their memories. So you have to be timely about it.

    Neurodiver is due for release in Q1, 2022. It’s being released for Nintendo Switch, Playstation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Playstation 4, and Xbox One. And for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.

  • A Trade Paperback of IDW’s Read Only Memories Comic Series Is Coming This August

    Back in 2019, IDW began publishing a series of comics based on the indie video game 2064: Read Only Memories. After the success of the game, developer MidBoss wanted to bring their unique cyberpunk world to life in the form of comics. Four issues were published from 2019 to 2020.

    Now IDW and MidBoss are collecting the issues and releasing them as a single volume trade paperback. The book will feature additional content and will come with a free Steam key for 2064: Read Only Memories. The book is due to be released this August.

    The trade paperback version of the Read Only Memories comics, brought to life by IDW Publishing with writing from The Walking Dead, X-Men, and Iceman veteran Sina Grace, will launch in August 2021. Collecting the full series into one volume with additional content such as interviews, the book will also include a Steam game key for 2064: Read Only Memories.

    -Press release

    Thus far, four issues of the comic have been published. The series acts as an interquel, taking place between 2064 and it’s recently announced sequel Neurodiver. Neurodiver is due for release in the first quarter of 2022, so if you want to get up to speed on the world of Read Only Memories, you have some time to play the first game and read through the comic book when it is released this August.

    It looks like Read Only Memories is turning into a bit of a multimedia franchise. No complaints here. We love 2064 and it’s world has a lot of potential to be fleshed out and realized through other formats.

  • Read Only Memories: Neurodiver Announced for PS5, Switch, and More

    2064: Read Only Memories was a surprise hit when it was released back in 2015. It was greeted with a lot of critical acclaim for its beautiful art, a deep well written story, and memorable characters. It’s popularity only increased when it was released on the Switch a few years later. It’s sequel, Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, has been in development for some time. And we finally have a bit more information about its upcoming release.

    Neurodiver was originally slated for release in 2020, and had been previously announced for Steam, Xbox One, and PS4. Now developer and publisher MidBoss has announced that the game will also be coming to the Epic Games Store, Playstation 5, and Nintendo Switch. In addition, a demo for Neurodiver is now available on Steam as well as Epic Games Store.

    Explore the corrupted memories of a colorful cast of diverse locals to track down an elusive psychic menace known only as the Golden Butterfly. Equipped with her trusty Neurodiver, ES88 must dive into and follow Golden Butterfly through the victims’ minds in hopes of capturing Golden before they can further corrupt and distort people’s memories into oblivion.

    -Press release

    Read Only Memories: Neurodiver is due to be released in the first quarter of 2022. In addition to Neurodiver, MidBoss has plans to release a trade paperback collection of the Read Only Memories comic series published by IDW comics. The comic serves as a sort of interquel, taking place between 2064: Read Only Memories and the upcoming Neurodiver.