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Mixtape

Mixtape is a narrative-driven adventure game developed by the Australian studio Beethoven & Dinosaur and published by Annapurna Interactive, released on May 7, 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. Set in the 1990s, it follows a trio of teenage friends - Rockford, Slater, and Cassandra - through their last day and night together before they go their separate ways after high school. Framed as a mixtape, the game plays as a series of song-driven vignettes on the friends' journey to a final party, blending warmly nostalgic coming-of-age storytelling, stylized musical sequences, and licensed 90s tracks that anchor each memory. Celebrated for its heartfelt writing, evocative soundtrack, and kinetic, music-synced presentation, Mixtape is a compact, emotionally resonant adventure about friendship, growing up, and the memories that linger after the last night.

• Mixtape Structure - The entire story is framed as a mixtape, unfolding in track-by-track vignettes that carry the friends through their last day and night together before high school ends.
• Licensed 90s Soundtrack - Music is the heart of the experience, with licensed tracks from the 1990s anchoring each vignette and driving the rhythm of the storytelling and visuals.
• Coming-of-Age Narrative - A nostalgic, emotionally driven adventure about Rockford, Slater, and Cassandra one last night before they go their separate ways.
• Music-Synced Presentation - Stylized, rhythm-driven sequences and transitions that play off the soundtrack, echoing the studio's signature music-first visual language.
• Memory-Driven Vignettes - The mixtape weaves between the present journey and shared memories, building the friends' history across the songs they grew up with.