Category: Events

Xbox Presents: A Special Look at Stranger Than Heaven Airs Next Wednesday – Here’s Everything You Need to Know

Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief

Next Wednesday, May 6 (US time), we’ll be dedicating a whole new show to a very special project from the legendary RGG Studio. Xbox Presents: A Special Look at Stranger Than Heaven will bring us inside the minds behind the game, offering around 30 minutes of details and insights on the game’s story, world, characters and more, from the developers and cast bringing us this hugely ambitious new title.

Stranger Than Heaven is an entirely new action-adventure game from RGG Studio and – as we revealed at Xbox Partner Preview in March – takes place over five distinct eras of modern Japan, and across five entirely separate cities. But there’s so much more to discover about this game, and this new show promises to dive deeper into the structure of that storytelling.

From the 50-year story you’ll play through, to seeing more of the all-star cast shown in the Partner Preview trailer, Xbox Presents: A Special Look at Stranger Than Heaven will offer our most substantial look at the game so far.

Want to tune in and watch live? Here are all the details you need:

What time does Xbox Presents: A Special Look at Stranger Than Heaven begin? Wednesday, May 6, at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern (May 7 at 12am UK time).

How do I watch? Xbox Presents: A Special Look at Stranger Than Heaven will be available through a variety of outlets, including:

YouTube.com/Xbox (available in 4K 60FPS – EN & JP)
Twitch.tv/Xbox
Twitch.tv/XboxASL
Regional Xbox channels around the world

Is the event available in languages other than English? The full show will be available in Japanese on the Xbox Japan YouTube channel. During the live show, we will also be providing subtitle support in the following languages: Simplified Chinese (ZHCN), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish (Castilian), and Spanish (Mexican).

Following the show, we will provide additional subtitle support for: Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Filipino, French (Canadian), Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Māori, Persian (Farsi), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Just click the gear icon in the lower righthand corner of the primary stream to choose the language of your choice.

Is the show going to be Accessible to those with low/no hearing or low/no vision? There will be a version of the show with Audio Descriptions (AD) in English on the Xbox YouTube channel, as well as American Sign Language (ASL) and Japanese Sign Language (JSL) options.

I’m not going to be able to watch live, where can I find out what was announced? The Xbox Wire team will publish a recap rounding up all the news from the show immediately following the end of Xbox Presents: A Special Look at Stranger Than Heaven.

Co-streamer and content creator notes for Xbox Presents: A Special Look at Stranger Than Heaven: We at Xbox greatly appreciate any co-stream efforts and aim to ensure you have a smooth experience if you choose to do so. However, due to forces beyond our control, we cannot guarantee that glitches or disruptions by bots and other automated software won’t interfere with your co-stream. For those planning to create post-show breakdowns of Xbox Presents: A Special Look at Stranger Than Heaven in the form of Video on Demand (VOD) coverage, we recommend you do not use any audio containing copyrighted music to avoid any action by automated bots, and to also consult the terms of service for your service provider.

Stranger Than Heaven is coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Xbox Cloud. It will be an Xbox Play Anywhere title and available with Xbox Game Pass.