Read Only Memories: Neurodiver gets Q3 release window
On Sunday, developer MidBoss and publisher Chorus Worldwide announced that cyberpunk point-and-click adventure Read Only Memories: Neurodiver will release sometime during Q3 of 2023. There’s no set release date yet, but hopefully that will be revealed closer to Q3. The game is slated to release on PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One, but has been delayed multiple times now.
This is a sequel to MidBoss’ 2064: Read Only Memories which released in October of 2015. This first game puts you in the shoes of a down-on-their-luck journalist who wakes up to a weird little robot having broken into their apartment to ask them to help solve a mystery that will shake Neo-San Francisco to its core.
Read Only Memories: Neurodiver has players return to Neo-San Francisco, this time as psychic detective ES88. ES88 is hunting a rogue telepath called The Golden Butterfly through the city, but they aren’t alone in their hunt. They enlist the help of a neurodiver, a bioengineered creature that can use amplified mind reading abilities, to help in their search for the fugitive esper.
Like the last game, Read Only Memories: Neurodiver will feature a diverse cast that includes LGBTQ+ characters. Some will be returning from the original 2064: Read Only Memories, like gene-spliced lawyer Jess Meas, and notorious hacker TOMCAT. Additionally, the story was written by queer comic writer Sina Grace (DC’s Iceman, Image Comics The Walking Dead, IDW Read Only Memories) and includes additional writing from Samantha Ortiz, who worked on Neon White and Comunicación.
Fans who are looking forward to the Q3 release can check out the standalone Pilot Memories prologue now via Steam and the Epic Games store for a taste of what’s to come later this year. The game’s actual release date has not yet been announced, but presumably MidBoss and Chorus Worldwide will share more information about that as we get further into the year.
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