A new teaser trailer just dropped for We Were Here Forever, along with exciting closed beta sign up news, previously unseen concept art, and much more - but first, that trailer:
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We're starting up a new email newsletter called the Explorer Post, which will give subscribers the first look at all We Were Here news in the future, along with glimpses of the upcoming We Were Here Forever, from concept art and screenshots to snippets of music or complete soundscapes!
Subscribing to the Explorer Post is also how you can let us know if you're interested in the We Were Here Forever closed beta. Just check the box below the signup form here to let us know!
New Concept Art
These concept art scenes show just a couple of the possible places you'll find yourself if you get into the closed beta!
And how does that second scene look in-game?
Take a look!
Forever isn't so long after all...
We know y'all have been eagerly awaiting We Were Here Forever, but we ask you to hold that excitement a little longer. Our puzzles were SO MINT we had to polish some more for your safety. You know we care.
All jokes aside! Creating the best possible experience for all We Were Here explorers is the most important thing, so we are giving the game the time it needs.
The release is getting closer every day, but there are still mysteries to unravel! We can't wait to share more with you all, and remember subscribers to the Explorer Post will be the first to get those juicy clues as to what's coming!
Forever yours, TotalMayhemGames
Let's get searching and puzzling!
Feeling lucky Explorer? š
The Jester Bunny has hidden easter eggs all over our social media! You can find them over at our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Discord oh and letās not forget about that one over at the We Were Here Forever page! š
Once youāve found them, create the word and leave the solution here a spoiler comment Text [ /spoiler] and have a shot at winning all of our games!
Happy hunting! š„š°
We will pick 1 winner per social media, you may participate on more than one platform
EDIT: Were you able to find all the Jester Eggs? We have contacted our winner. Thank you so much for partaking in this hunt! š
Exciting news from the Antarctic: new game announced!
Surprise dear explorers! Weāre happy to announce that the 4th game in the We Were Here series is coming to you in 2021!
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In We Were Here Forever, weāre going to bring you explorers a next level experience! Expect an even more intriguing and exciting environment for you to explore with new cooperative puzzles and challenges for you and your partner to unravel. Forever will be the largest and most lively game ever seen in the Series, and thatās just the tip of the iceberg.
There is much more to discover in the cold of the Antarctic. One cannot help but wonder what happened to those explorers who got left behind and..
does one ever escape Castle Rock??
Your wait will not be forever
Weāre sure that you guys want to get your hands on the new game in the We Were Here Series just as much as we would like to hand it to you!
Please be patient, our team is still busy torturing each other by testing the puzzles, making the game even look prettier and spookier, and overall, just being excited for this game. We promise itās not going to take forever - weāre aiming to bring you the game later this year!
For now, we hope you enjoyed our announcement trailer and it got you excited enough to wishlist the game on Steam right here!
You Were There for updates
If you want to make sure you donāt miss any updates on the gameās release, be sure you follow us on Twitter and join the lore discussions with fellow explorers on Discord!
Youāll be able to discuss anything related to our games, find new friends to play with or just generally hang out and have a good time!
We love to hear what you guys think of We Were Here Forever, so please be sure to share your thoughts with us!
Yours Forever,
Total Mayhem Games
We Are Finally Here..completely
Explorers! Thank you so much for your support during the release of We Were Here on PlayStation! Although there was some white noise that we needed to fix, we appreciate you all sticking with us and showing your love of the game by mass posting and liking on social media! We definitely see what you guys are doing, and it warms our heart!
Secondly, the number of explorers who shared their love through our ecard raffle is amazing! We hope that many of you were able to (re)connect by playing We Were Here together, maybe even having a romantic Valentineās date while you guys were at it (;
Speaking of We Were Here Togetherā¦ Starting from today, February 23rd, We Were Here Too and We Were Here Together are released on PlayStation! If you previously downloaded We Were Here during its free trial, it will stay in your library forever! For those explorers who missed that boat, you can get all our games now in a We Were Here bundle! Click here..
We saw that many of you were excited to play our other games after playing We Were Here, so hopefully you guys are ready for solving more puzzles, discovering more mysteries and overall, more fun times and memories to have and create for you and your partner!
Thank you for your support!
We Are Here to reconnect you with your loved ones
Be Here Together, with our Lockdown Valentineās Package
This weekend is Valentineās Day, the day of love and appreciation. Unfortunately, many of us might not be able to see our loved ones due to the current state of the world. We hope to bring people together, providing a fun and exciting experience where teamwork is key. Additionally, weāve prepared a special Valentineās Package for everyone to use. Behind that link you can find special wallpapers for your phone and/or desktop, our soundtracks, streamer kits, and last but not least - romantic and fun Valentine ecards to send to your loved ones.
šTweeting explorers, can we have your attention please? This year weāre playing cupid (or mailmanā¦)! Send that special explorer a card via us and they might win one of our prices! Enter our raffle and who knows, you guys might win our games on either PC, Xbox or PlayStation! Click here to enter our raffleš
We Were Hereā¦ and now We Are On PlayStation! šSURPRISE!!!š Itās been three years since the We Were Here Series came to life, and today marks the day we bring it to PlayStation! We Were Here will be free to play until February 22nd, and the release of We Were Here Too and We Were Here Together will follow on the 23rd.
So if youāve been dying to play the game (again) or want to take the chance to connect with a friend or family member who only plays console games, now is your chance!
Want to hear all about our PlayStation 4 release and more? In This Weekās Mayhem episode 3 Our Managing Director Lucia talks to Community Manager Soraya about the release and so much more.
Thank you so much for your ongoing support, we really appreciate it!
We need to talk...
Hi everyone! Itās been a hot minute since we last spoke to you but in the meantime most of you were busy with our Christmas event over at the basecamp. Whilst you were wrapping your minds around our holiday puzzle, weāve been working on a couple of thingsā¦
Podcast We have seen your questions, your cries for more secrets. You want to know more about our games and about our studio. Well, weāve got you fam; This Weekās Mayhem. Our podcast in which we go down to the nitty-gritty about our games with our community manager Soraya and some of our developers. In the second episode we get to know more about the puzzle design progress from our game designer Thijs.
Want to stay up to date on our Weekly Mayhem? You can find all our (future) episodes on our YouTube channel and in this playlist. Consider to subscribe to our channel, any form of support makes the Jester smile!
Merch Out with the old, in with the new! A new year and a new season, means new merch. As previously explained our TMG Essentials will remain, but our TMG Limited got an update! This limited collection is all about love and romance. But no worries, our āCurse of Castle Rockā design is available until the end of January, ON SALE!
Winter has arrived in We Were Here!
Joyful Mysteriesā¦ on sale!
The Steam Winter sale has begun and the explorers of the We Were Here series are joining the festivities! Of course, you can enjoy the first expedition to Castle Rock for free on Steam, but until January 5th, going back to the Antarctic to explore the second and third chapters of the We Were Here series, can be done with big discounts!
In We Were Here Together, a mysterious door has been closed all yearā¦ until now! During the Christmas season, you will find festive decorations inside the basecamp of the explorers. But there is one problem. They need power. A special Christmas Puzzle is available in the third entry of our co-op puzzle adventure series! Have you solved it yet?
Feeling hungry?
What do you think about when it comes to the Holiday season? Spending time with your family, playing games together or how about some delicious food & drinks? On our social media channels, the explorers have been sharing some of their favorite recipes that will warm you up or give you the chills!
Try them out yourself!
Staying warm
In case you missed it! Last month, we launched our new merchandise store for Total Mayhem Games and the We Were Here series! Some of our design series are limited, so you better hurry up if you want to wear some of our cheerful merch. One of these examples is, youād never guess it, our holiday themed products! Head over to the Merch Store (link: http://www.totalmayhemmerch.com) to get it now!
Happy Holidays! ā
Patching in! New Update released
āCan you read me??ā
āLoud and clear! Over!ā As you may have noticed, we have updated We Were Here on Steam! This patch implements a new voice-chat system called Vivox. This should improve communication between explorers using their walkie-talkies, especially those trapped in Castle Rock! You also might notice that when booting up We Were Here, the main menu has received a bit of a facelift! Not only is it looking better, it will also keep you up to date with whatās going on with the We Were Here Seriesā¦ speaking of whichā¦
Wear it like you mean it
We have opened up our brand new merchandise store! There is an even better way to explore Castle Rock when you look the part with your co-op partner! There are different lines of designs, like our simple yet straightforward TMG Essentials designs. Our TMG FOR FRIENDS is there for those who want to relive those memories of being trapped and spending a lot of valuable time together. But there is limited merchandise as well! Such as Curse of Castle Rock pieces of merch as well as Holiday-related sweaters to keep you and your co-op partner warm! These lines of merchandise are available until January 31st! Canāt wait to get your own merch? Go to http://www.totalmayhemmerch.com
Ho Ho Hold on!
The explorers sure like to celebrate whenever there is a good occasion to do so! If you explore the basecamp in We Were Here Together, you might find them eating some treats based on a Dutch tradition called āSinterklaasā. Can you find all of them? https://store.steampowered.com/app/865360/We_Were_Here_Together/ Thereās also a door on the basecamp thatās yet to be openedā¦ I wonder if thereās something lurking behind that as wellā¦
We Were Here is giving you the creeps!
Spooktober is here! What better time than to team up with your online co-op partner and discover the halls of Castle Rock? If you and your partner manage to escape the first time, why not continue the series with We Were Here Too with a -55% discount and We Were Here Together that is -30% off during the Steam Halloween Sale! Be sure to look around the basecamp of We Were Here Together with your co-op partner to find decorations fit for a āpumpkingā.
...and now it seems they have all moved to Discord! The official We Were Here Discord server is growing with new explorers joining every day! Looking for a co-op partner, want to theorise about the mysteries of Castle Rock or do you just want to hang out in our digital hot chocolate bar? Join our Discord server today! Thereās also a monthly challenge for the community which could be a puzzle, news related to the series or a contest! For this spooky month, we asked our lovely community imagine the explorers in their worst nightmare, community member āDuskinatorā did an awesome job!
Cross, Circle, Triangle, Square?
We are also very excited to have shared the news recently that the We Were Here series is coming to PlayStation 4! We canāt wait to have the exciting PlayStation community join our mysterious puzzle adventures and co-op shenanigans. That is all for now...
Have a happy Halloween!
September News
How is everyone doing? It's been a busy month but we've been making steady progress. In fact, we can finally reveal some exciting news... at the end of this post ;)
What are we up to right now?
We can tell you that we're participating in the Tokyo Game Show this year, with some awesome news! If you aren't following the event, you can find it at the end of this post as well. The Tokyo Game Show is always an exciting event with some big announcements and trailers to enjoy - and we're always curious to see what's popular in other parts of the world. We'd love to attract new We Were Here fans from Japan and Asia more generally! If you'd like to check out the event yourself, Inverse has a nice article on how and when to watch.
Which announcements are you hyped for?
How the show looked in years past. It's all online for 2020.
Are you a notetaker?
Some of the puzzles in our games can be more easily solved with the aid of pen and paper, as player QAQAQAQAQ has discovered. Some great drawings here!
We're pleased to see people taking notes, because the We Were Here series is inspired in part by the legacy of classic adventure game Myst - did you know that Myst actually came with a notepad in the game box itself! You can see a cool image of someone's notes from this fun Reddit thread!
Last but not least...
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We have a great announcement for console fans today - those of you following our social media might already have figured it out - the We Were Here series is coming to PlayStation 4 soon! No dates yet, but we'll let you know whenever we have something firmed up. Follow our social media for all the latest news and We Were Here developments! And don't forget: keep your eyes open, because we will probably have more hidden messages in the coming months...
Do you see the circle in this image? There were four other images that had a triangle, cross and square. Put them together, and you got the PS4 controller buttons!
