A Memoir Blue Coming to Xbox Game Pass on Day One in March
Publisher Annapurna Interactive emerged on the indie game scene with the award-winning What Remains of Edith Finch in 2017 and by publishing the massively successful The Outer Wilds in 2019. It’s developed a quite positive reputation over the years, with some comparing it to the prominent indie film distributor A24. Only time will tell if the upcoming A Memoir Blue lives up to that standard.
Unfortunately, indie game fans will need to wait a few more months before finding out. Developer Cloisters Interactive just announced that it’s delaying the game until March 24th, 2022. There is some good news for Game Pass subscribers, though, as A Memoir Blue arrives on Game Pass the same day.
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A Memoir Blue follows a champion swimmer named Miriam. On the day of her greatest triumph, Miriam finds herself looking back on her childhood memories of a trip she took with her mother. An example of magical realism, A Memoir Blue lets players explore Miriam’s childhood through a combination of 3D and hand-drawn 2D animation. The developer puts this on full display in the release date trailer published on January 24th.
The trailer’s only around one minute long, though it does an excellent job of setting players up for what Cloisters’ clearly hopes will be an emotionally moving experience. The trailer opens with a somewhat exhausted-looking Miriam falling asleep on her couch. A Memoir Blue seems to take the phrase “a flood of memories” literally, transporting her to a submerged train car. There, Miriam sees a 2D animated version of her and her mother stepping off the train.
The trailer then treats viewers to a series of animated flashbacks intercut with the adult Miriam exploring a
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