DONTNOD Entertainment has today released their first Life is Strange developer diary titled, “A New Beginning” today. The films were shot at DONTNOD Entertainment’s studio in Paris with the aim to provide a behind the scenes view of the game and the team working on it. In this first video, the developers introduce the origins of the game and describe the story, themes and characters players will encounter as you play through the first chapter of this episodic series.

Additionally, the system requirements for the PC version were revealed and can be seen below:

MINIMUM:

OS: Windows Vista

Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Graphics: ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM (not recommended for Intel HD Graphics cards)

DirectX: Version 9.0

Hard Drive: 3 GB available space

RECOMMENDED:

OS: Windows 7

Processor: Dual Core 3.0GHz or equivalent

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Graphics: ATI or NVidia card w/ 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or ATI HD 4890)

DirectX: Version 9.0

Hard Drive: 3 GB available space

Life is Strange will be released on January 30, 2015 on PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4. You can pick up the first episode for $4.99 or alternatively purchase a season pass for $19.99.