The sport previously generally known as We Are OFK

You would possibly keep in mind a sure indie-pop miniseries recreation known as We Are OFK, which began in August 2022 and launched episodes up by way of Sept. 8. OFK is getting a rebrand at this time, because the developer is altering the identify of its episodic journey to Pop. Love. Panic! The OFK Story.

Introduced in a publish at this time from the group’s Twitter account, the band declares that its origin story recreation has a brand new identify.
“We really feel #PopLovePanic suits our story higher!” stated the band. “‘We Are OFK‘ had a ‘If You Know You Know’ vibe, and we wanna be higher about reaching out to individuals who haven’t already heard of our band.”

The identify change coincides with a sale on Steam, the place you may get the total run of Pop. Love. Panic! for 30% off in the mean time.

What’s in a reputation?

Although it sounds unusual, altering the identify of a recreation isn’t as unusual an expertise as you’d suppose. I began back-searching situations by which this has occurred, and located loads of latest examples. Inti Creates retitled Grim Guardians to Gal Guardians in March, and Ubisoft modified Gods & Monsters to Immortals: Fenyx Rising previous to its launch. That’s not even accounting for the variations in titles between areas, like how Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios is now eliminating the Western Yakuza moniker and unifying the collection underneath Like a Dragon.

As for OFK and Pop. Love. Panic! The OFK Story, I hope the rebrand works nicely. We Are OFK has been on my backlog since evaluations appeared heat on it. Although some have been confused by the idea—an interactive fiction telling the origin story of a band, like video video games meets The Gorillaz—it’s distinctive and attention-grabbing. Whether or not OFK has extra discography deliberate or not, it does seem to be they’ve finished one thing a bit exterior the field already.