Annapurna Interactive and Beethoven & Dinosaur announce Mixtape for Xbox Series, PC – a game about being a teenager [Update: PS5]
Due out in 2025.
Publisher Annapurna Interactive and The Artful Escape developer Beethoven & Dinosaur have announced Mixtape, an adventure game about being a teenager. It will launch for Xbox Series and PC via Steam in 2025. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass. (Update 06/11/24: A PlayStation 5 version is also planned.)
Here is an overview of the game, via Annapurna Interactive:
On their last night of high school, three friends embark on one more adventure together. Play through a mixtape of memories, set to the soundtrack of a generation.
En route to their final party together, a perfectly curated playlist draws them into dreamlike reenactments of their formative memories. Experience a variety of narrative vignettes exploring the pivotal moments that shaped them. It’s the greatest hits of teenage friendship, from the first kiss to the last dance. Players will immerse themselves in the teenage wasteland by playing through a mixtape of joyful gameplay, from skateboarding and flying to taking photos after hours at an abandoned theme park, hitting baseballs, and putting on a fireworks show from the backseat of a car. It’s the greatest hits of teenage friendship, from the first kiss to the last dance.
From Beethoven & Dinosaur, developers of BAFTA award-winning game The Artful Escape, Mixtape draws inspiration from classic coming-of-age movies, bringing together nostalgic aimlessness, mischief, music, the highs and lows of adolescence, and the bittersweet feelings brought about by growth, transformation, and moving on.
Featuring music from DEVO, Roxy Music, Lush, The Smashing Pumpkins, Iggy Pop, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, and many more.
Skate. Party. Avoid the law.
Make out. Sneak out. Hang out.
Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.
