Max will have to fight in order to strenghten the bonds with those that she cares about most, finally confronting herself over the events of the first chapter, learning that she has to keep moving head on if she wants things to change. “Not only did we cast a trans actor for the English part, but we’re working hard to find people in the localized languages as well and make sure we have a strong, representative performance no matter where in the world you might play the game.Max finally manages to stop Kate from jumping off and repeating the fate that she fought so hard to avoid, but is this truly the end? Kate gets sent to the hospital in order to avoid any future attempts at taking her life, but as she speaks to Kate on the phone Warren tells her something suspicious. “The vocal cast was a priority from day one and it was important that we cast in a representative and authentic way,” says Xbox senior creative director Joseph Staten. Update: Dontnod tells The Hollywood Reporter that Tyler is voiced by August Black, a trans actor. “Tyler is a fully-realized, endearing character, whose story is not reduced to simplistic trans tropes,” says Nick Adams, director of transgender representation at GLAAD.

Unlike prior Dontnod titles, Tell Me Why will have a set release schedule that fans will know ahead of time.ĭontnod says it worked closely with LGBT advocacy group GLAAD to help bring Tyler, the trans protagonist, to life. Tell Me Why is slated for a summer 2020 release on Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass. You’ll be able to explore memories from both characters, and ultimately get to choose which version of the story you want to believe. The game stars a set of Alaskan twins, Tyler and Alyson Ronan, who have a troubled childhood. Dontnod boasts that this game has “the first playable videogame hero from a major studio and publisher who is also transgender.” Like previous games by the French studio, Tell Me Why is a narrative-focused adventure game. Microsoft’s big Xbox event saw the reveal of Tell Me Why, a new project by Dontnod, the creators of Life is Strange.

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