DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio that brought us Life Is Strange and Vampyr, has been around for 14 years now. Its anniversary has just passed, as a matter of fact, and to celebrate, the company has undergone a visual overhaul, and a slight name change. It's now called DON'T NOD, and it has a spiffy new logo to go along with the new name.
Obviously, for most of us it's an extremely minor shift, but the developer is clearly chuffed with this new identity. "I am very proud of the journey that DON’T NOD has been on over the past 14 years," says CEO Oskar Guilbert in a press release. "The company has evolved in many ways with a strong will to lead the way in creating and publishing meaningful entertainment, through original and relatable stories, which empower our talents and players to inspire change, however small. This new brand’s visual overhaul will help us convey our core identity".
Indeed, the company has expanded with a new location in Canada, and is shifting into the world of games publishing. In the same press release, it's stated the studio has "six internal projects" in development right now, and is working to self-publish these as well as help release some third-party games. The above video shows how DON'T NOD intends to adapt the new logo to match each game, simultaneously teasing said titles.
So, it's all systems go over at DON'T NOD — what do you make of this change? Are you looking forward to the studio's new games? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source dont-nod.com, via gematsu.com]
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I’ve been calling them Dot Nod for years 😄
Please don't do a Telltale and expand too fast, spreading yourself too thin! Enjoyed LiS 1/2, Tell me Why and more. Also just played Life is Strange: True Colours and Before the Storm. Liked them both
Is it just me, or do painful marketing phrases like "exploring our new visual identity" make everybody wanna throw up?
Love the studio, love their work and most of what it stands for, but c'mon. It's an updated logo and an extra apostrophe, not a freakin' movie of the week on the Hallmark Channel.
They finally ran autocorrect on their name.
Don't forget Remember Me
@themightyant Worth noting that true colours and before the storm were developed by Deck Nine, not Dont Nod, with Square Enix retaining the LiS ip.
Dont Nod only worked on LiS 1 & 2. Not sure if the investment they had from Tencent stopped Square working with them on True Colours
Ooooh so that’s what that stands for sarcasm
@themightyant IMO they already did. Vampyr was too janky and LIS2 was crap when compared to the first game. The rest of their games(I can't even remember their names) were just forgettable.
Whatever chance that studio had of becoming big after LIS1 is now gone.
@Rob_230 Thanks I did kinda know that but also forgot! Thanks for the reminder/clarification. Interesting point re:Tencent: Hadn't thought of that. EDIT: But then how did they but out Tell me Why if that is the case.
@Bismarck I didn't like LiS2 at first, or for quite a while tbh, but by the end I was heavily invested in the characters and their fates. By the end I actually cried, it genuinely moved me. I have heard that some paths are MUCH better than others so ymmv.
@msvalle Remember Me was such a great concept but was poorly executed imo, the gameplay itself just wasn't fun. Would have loved to have seen a sequel that built on those ideas though.
I don’t know … I actually like the original form without the apostrophe. It makes the palindrome more obvious.
I like their games, regardless. Even Remember Me. I still need to play Life is Strange 2 though.
"Hey, we don't have any new games to release, how can we get the attention of the gaming sites?"
"I know, let's make a useless change to our name!"
DON T NOD
~ that apostrophe is invisible
Remember Me was great fun when playing on the highest difficulty. I'd love a remaster.
Correct use of punctuation is always appreciated.
The bar had been set very low by Bandai Namco.
Everything logo change that comes after it gets a pass
More like don't not.haha.word up son
A Remember Me remaster & sequel would be good. A great concept that seemed to be reworked into their following IPs.
This really should make it less confusing for everyone that thought the game's were made by Don Tnod.
@RogerRoger "not a freakin' movie of the week on the Hallmark Channel."
It's Don(')t( )nod though. How can you tell the difference?
Liked Vampyr. I couldn't get into Life is Strange. Some story driven walking sims just don't hit for me. My favorite being Unfinished Swan. Looking forward to Deathstranding on Premium. As for Dont nod, I think a Vampyr 2 on ps5 only should look great as the ps4 visuals were impressive. Really setting the mood.
Oh I bet some consultant made a fortune with this change... Regarding DONTNODs games... Well Remember Me was fantastic, Vampyr was pretty good (lame gameplay and buggy mess aside) and the rest of their games? Not my cup of tea I guess, don' get the hype for LiS at all...
I always thought it was dotnod lmao
Remember me that one as fun.
@BrotherFilmriss Vampyr would really have been better with a little more budget thats for sure still a fun game.
Throwing my hat in the "Remember Me is brilliant and a criminally underrated/overlooked gem" ring.
I was so excited to see what they did after a debut that good...and, as far as I'm concerned, they have yet to come anywhere close to it in any game since.
Despite its flaws, Remember Me was pretty fun.
@BritneyfR_ee: Same here lol.😄
Remember me was a great game it was just the combat that didnt quite work the rest of it was great
@GeneJacket @Flaming_Kaiser @BrotherFilmriss @MaseSco @ApostateMage @Th3solution @msvalle Remember Me was a seriously underrated game, I'd also love to see a remaster and a sequel.
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