Life Is Strange: Double Exposure Wins Social Impact Award After Studio Layoffs

The game's critical success at GDC 2025 contrasts with poor sales and mass layoffs at Deck Nine Games, leaving its future uncertain.

Life Is Strange: Double Exposure won the Social Impact award at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards, recognizing its narrative significance.
No representatives from Deck Nine Games were initially present to accept the award due to repeated layoffs following the game's poor sales.
Former team members attending GDC independently later collected the award offstage, highlighting the industry's financial instability.
Deck Nine Games, the studio behind the game, faced significant job cuts, including its narrative team, after the game's commercial underperformance.
The future of the Life Is Strange franchise remains unclear, though Deck Nine had previously hinted at plans for its continuation.