The next chapter of Lies of P arrives in Summer 2025. This new addition, called Overture, takes place before the events of the original game that sold over one million copies in 2023.
Game director Jiwon Choi explains why they’re revisiting the story: “We knew that the end of Lies of P was just the beginning. Overture lets us tell the full story we’ve always wanted to share.”
Players return to Krat, a city inspired by the late 1800s, but this time they’ll see it before its downfall. The game follows a character named Lea, the Legendary Stalker, through streets now covered in snow – a stark change from the original game’s setting.
Combat gets major updates that give players more choices. The new weapons include a bow for fighting from a distance, powerful claws mentioned in the gameplay trailer, and a light sword capable of rapid slashes. These additions offer players different combat options to tackle the challenges ahead.
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The game introduces new enemies that players must face. A blue-skinned puppet master wields chain weapons in battle, while a massive infected shark appears as one of the new boss encounters. Each new enemy promises to test players’ combat skills in different ways.
Round 8 Studio and Neowiz, the game’s creators, are releasing Overture for multiple systems: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. This wide release ensures the game reaches the established Lies of P community across all platforms.
The development team took an interesting approach to creating Overture. Choi compares it to a “developer’s cut” of a movie – where filmmakers include scenes they couldn’t fit in the original release. The team also listened to player feedback from the first game to improve this new chapter.
The prequel format explores the events leading up to the main game’s story, revealing the hidden past of this reimagined dark tale of Pinocchio. Both longtime fans and newcomers will discover untold stories behind familiar and new characters as they explore the expanded world of Krat.