Come Play Blackout Protocol at PAX East 2023!
Hello Agents! When we shared the news that we will be at PAX East 2023, one of the very first questions we received from the community was, “will Blackout Protocol be playable there?” I can...
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Come Play Blackout Protocol at PAX East 2023!
Hello Agents! When we shared the news that we will be at PAX East...
This is a Safe Place
Agents, While the overall mission of S2P is to contain and eliminate the supernatural...
Sneak Peek at Character Selection and More
Agents, On this last day of February, I wanted to give you a peek...
Closed Beta Changes for the Next Beta
Agents, After going over the CBT data including all your feedback, we have made...
Lost Eidolons v1.5.2 Patch Notes (02/13/2023)
Greetings, Tacticians. Today, we bring a minor patch, version GM1.5.2.R19, to apply the following...
Lost Eidolons v1.5.1 Patch Notes (02/08/2023)
Greetings, Tacticians. Today, we bring a minor patch, version GM1.5.1.R16, to apply the following...
Lost Eidolons Xbox Release Update
Greetings Tacticians, It’s been a while since you heard us talk about the Xbox...
Lost Eidolons v1.5 Patch Notes (01/30/2023)
[EDIT on 2/1/2023 - Corrected wording to accurately convey that epilogues have been added...
Your Closed Beta Feedbacks
Agents, It’s been 11 days since Closed Beta ended so it’s high time we...
Thank You for Playing the Blackout Protocol Closed Beta
Agents, Closed beta is now over. Thank you for volunteering to face the chaos...
Closed Beta Now Open
Agents, The time has come. Gear up and steel yourself to enter Section 13....
Blackout Protocol Dev Log #1: Beginning of the Journey
Hello future agents! As we approach the very first closed beta, I wanted to...
Closed Beta Signup Now Open Exclusively on Steam
Calling All Agents- There’s been a security breach at Section-13. It is a complete...
Lost Eidolons Patch Notes (12/20/2022)
[EDIT on 12/21 PT - Corrected & clarified information on new character sorting order]...
Important Note Regarding the Upcoming New Game+ Mode
Greetings, Tacticians. As we get closer and closer to bringing you the big New...
TurnBasedFest 15% Discount on Steam
Greetings Tacticians, In this year of many firsts for Lost Eidolons, we bring you...
Lost Eidolons Patch Notes (11/29/2022)
Greetings, Tacticians, We are releasing version GM1.03.00.R320 to apply the following fixes and improvements. The...
A Letter from Ocean Drive Studio: One-Month Recap
Greetings, Tacticians! It’s been a bit over a month since Lost Eidolons’ release. It’s...
Lost Eidolons Patch Notes (11/9/2022)
Tacticians, We are releasing version GM1.02.00.R9 to apply the following fixes and improvements. The patch will...
Lost Eidolons Patch Notes (10/31/2022)
Tacticians, We are releasing version GM1.01.00.R308 to apply the following fixes and improvements outlined...
A Letter from Ocean Drive Studio: Two-Week Recap
Hello Everyone! Since we hit the two-week mark of the official release today, I...
Lost Eidolons Hotfix Patch Notes – 10/21/2022
Tacticians, We have a small hotfix today to address some of the crash and...
A Letter from Ocean Drive Studio: One Week Recap
Hello Everyone, It has been already a week since we launched the game! First...
Lost Eidolons Hotfix Patch Notes – 10/20/2022
As promised, we are continuing to work on more improvements and fixes! We are...
Lost Eidolons Hot Fix Patch Notes (10/19/2022)
Tacticians, We are releasing version GM1.00.08.R299 to apply the following fixes and improvements outlined...
Lost Eidolons – Official Launch Day Recap
Hello everyone, Thank you for playing the game on day one of release! It...
A Letter from Ocean Drive Studio: Official Release and Beyond
Hello everyone! It’s launch day! We have been working on the game for the...
Update on Collector’s Edition Production
Greetings, Tacticians. With the PC launch of Lost Eidolons on October 13 upon us,...
The Game is Almost Here! Counting Down the Hours to Launch
Hello Tacticians, It’s tomorrow! Thank you so much for supporting Lost Eidolons and we...
The Tactician’s Guide to Artemesia #7
Changes Since Beta Hello, Tacticians! From the Kickstarter campaign to our launch on October...
The Tactician’s Guide to Artemesia #6
FANTASY FACTS FOR WEIRDO NERDS What up y'all? I'm Brandon, Localization Editor at Ocean...
The Tactician’s Guide to Artemesia #5
ODS ThorThor reporting back for duty. Hope everyone’s off to a good start to...
The Tactician’s Guide to Artemesia #4
ODS Orbit here! I’m one of the newest members here at Ocean Drive Games,...
The Tactician’s Guide to Artemesia #3
Breaking the Battlefield What up, Ocean Drivers? ...Eidol-heads? Lost-o's? I don't know, we're a...
The Tactician’s Guide to Artemesia #2
Greetings all. I’m ODS ThorThor, Ocean Drive Studio’s Communications Director, which is just a...
The Tactician’s Guide to Artemesia #1
Hello to all the brilliant Tacticians waiting to test out their wits in Artemesia!...
Lost Eidolons Comes to Epic Games Store
An epic tale must have an Epic presence. We’re happy to announce that Lost...
PAX West Recap and Thank You
Hello Tacticians and Agents! (Now we are welcoming agents for the Blackout Protocol to...
Blackout Protocol Revealed!
Greetings, Agents. You may remember we mentioned more projects in our 2020-in-review post. Today,...
Lost Eidolons Is Coming to PC Soon!
Greetings, Tacticians. We have some important announcements for Lost Eidolons today! Before we dive...
Ocean Drive Studio Coming to PAX West 2022!
Greetings, Tacticians. Today’s announcement is a first to us: Ocean Drive Studio will be...
Update on Lost Eidolons for Xbox
Greetings, Tacticians. We are deeply grateful for your continued support, and we believe that...
Dev Update – 2022 First Half
Dear Tacticians, Can’t believe it’s already July! We would like to update everyone on...
Thank You for Joining Lost Eidolons in Steam Next Fest!
Greetings, Tacticians! We’d like to say a big thank-you for enjoying Steam Next Fest...
Lost Eidolons Now Found in the Steam Next Fest!
Greetings, Tacticians! Welcome to Steam Next Fest, a week-long celebration of upcoming games! As...
Lost Eidolons Is Coming to Steam Next Fest!
Greetings, Tacticians! Lost Eidolons will be participating in the upcoming Steam Next Fest June...
Our Next Steps on the Journey Beyond CB2
Greetings, Tacticians. It’s been some time since CB2 ended. Based on the feedback we...
Thank You for Playing Lost Eidolons CB2!
Greetings, Tactician! Thank you so much for participating in Lost Eidolons' second beta. It...
Lost Eidolons CBT2 Xbox Hot Fix Patch Notes (4/29/2022)
Fixes We are releasing beta2.22w18.04.r35.f8e72465 on Xbox to apply the following fixes. FIXED: Game...
Lost Eidolons CB2 Survey -Rate Us!-
[UPDATE 4/29] Hope you're enjoying our second closed beta so far! Just a reminder,...
Lost Eidolons CBT2 Patch Notes
* Updated on 4/27/2022: Information on version beta2.22w18.04.R176 added. A Note From Ocean Drive...
Lost Eidolons CB2 Runs 4/28 – 5/2
Greetings Tacticians, It’s finally here—dates are confirmed for Lost Eidolons’ second closed beta!...
Closed Beta 2 Registration Open
Greetings Tacticians, We're thrilled to officially announce the Q3 2022 launch of Lost...
Progress Report – March 2022
Welcome Back, Tacticians! How do you like the new site? As we gear...
In the Driver Seat: Jae (CEO) and Jin Sang (Creative Dir.)
Happy Lunar New Year! New year, new blog! Welcome to a new series we’re...
A Message from ODS Pat
Greetings everybody, Today is a different type of announcement. I’ve been serving as the...
2021 Year in Review
Seasons greetings from the ODS Crew! With the world in a tizzy getting a...
Updated Release Plan
Greetings Tacticians, Today, we’re discussing why we’re delaying Lost Eidolons to late Q3 of...
What we’ve learned from CBT1
Greetings, Tacticians! A few weeks ago, we shared our initial impressions from some of...
How we’re working with beta feedback!
Greetings, Tacticians! It’s been about a week since the first Lost Eidolons Closed Beta...
Lost Eidolons Hotfix Beta1.21w40.5.R107
Bug Fixes Fixed an error in which the speed function was applied to cutscenes...
ODS Plays ‘Lost Eidolons’ Today at 2:00 PM PDT!
Greetings, Tactician! Today at 2:00 PM PDT, ODS Pat will be livestreaming parts of...
Closed Beta 1 Patch Notes
A Note from ODS “Thanks for testing out Lost Eidolons, Tactician. This is the...
Using Feature Upvote to gather feedback!
Greetings, Tacticians! The first beta playtest will be commencing in just a couple of...
Meet the Senior Production Manager: Kay Kim
Quick Intro Name: Kay KimYour Role: Senior Production Manager. My role is to manage...
Closed Beta Test recruits! Welcome soldiers!
Greetings everyone! With the date of the first playtest phase coming soon, we’ve finalized...
The Lost Eidolons Beta Test Starts Sept. 30th!
Tactician! The time has come to raise your banner. The Lost Eidolons 1st Closed...
(Updated Aug. 19th) Kickstarter Fulfillment Surveys
Update Aug. 19th: All BackerKit fulfillment surveys have been sent out as of 10:30...
Call To Arms: Closed Beta Tester Program
Calling all Tacticians! We’re looking for passionate strategy gamers interested in testing the next...
Demo Feedback Responses & Release Timeline Update
Greetings, Tacticians! It’s been about 4 weeks since the Lost Eidolons demo was playable...
Lost Eidolons Demo Event Winners
Congratulations to our community members who partook in the Lost Eidolons demo events! We...
Thanks for playing the demo!
Greetings, Tacticians! What an amazing Steam Next Fest! Over the course of the festival,...
Demo Play 24-Hour Recap
Greetings, Tacticians! It’s been over 24 hours since the Lost Eidolons gameplay demo became...
Lost Eidolons Demo Now Available!
Steam Next Fest has begun and Lost Eidolons is participating! You can try out...
Lost Eidolons Demo Available Tomorrow!
Greetings, tacticians! The team at Ocean Drive Studio is very excited to share that...
Town Hall 4th Edition (Recap)
Greetings, tacticians. This is a recap of the 4th edition of our Town Hall...
Lost Eidolons at the GameSpot ‘Play For All’ Showcase!
Greetings tacticians, Our team's excited to announce that Lost Eidolons will be present at...
Town Hall 3rd Edition (Recap)
Greetings, tacticians. This is a recap of the 3rd edition of our Town Hall...
Status of Game Dev #1
Greetings, backers and future tacticians! Since we have successfully completed the Kickstarter campaign (again,...
The Kickstarter campaign was a GREAT SUCCESS!
Greetings, tacticians! We're proud to announce that as of 5:50 AM Pacific time, the...
Upcoming livestreams! Gameplay showcase & end of campaign!
Greetings, tacticians! Another merry congratulations on reaching 100% funded, and even approaching the first...
We did it. 100% funded on Kickstarter, and beyond!
Holy smokes. We made it! Thanks to the generosity of over 900 of you...
Story: The Empire
Greetings, tacticians. Last week we covered the great general Isoro and the coastal province...
Composer’s Log #1: Inside the Mind of Clark Aboud
Clark Aboud is a renowned composer and producer in the video game space and...
The home stretch! Final Kickstarter week!
Greetings, tacticians! The final week is upon us. With just 4 days to go,...
Story: Benerio Province
Greetings, tacticians. Earlier this week we covered the famed general Isoro and his role...
May Dev Update Recap Video!
Greetings, tacticians! For those of you who missed last week's dev update livestream for...
Story: Isoro & The Rebellion
Greetings, tacticians. Last week we met the lion of the rebellion, Balastar, as well...
Story: The Lion of the Rebellion
Greetings, tacticians. Today's update has us meeting one of the two main iconic characters...
Town Hall 2nd Edition (Recap)
Greetings, tacticians. This week's Town Hall took place during our monthly dev stream! One...
Physical Collector’s Edition Now Available + Dev Update Stream Tomorrow
Greetings, tacticians. We have a couple of awesome news to share today! PC Physical...
Story: Paragon of Justice
Greetings, tactician. In the previous week's updates, we met the lifelong friends of Eden...
Story: Brothers in Arms
Greetings, tacticians. Today we're continuing our spotlight of Eden's mercenary crew. Earlier this week,...
Town Hall 1st Edition
Greetings, tacticians. We're publishing our first Town Hall a day early! This is an...
Story: The Mercenaries of Eliche
Greetings, tacticians. Last week we met our ambitious protagonist, Eden. To continue the story...
Weekly Town Hall Notice & Kickstarter Backer Tier Update
It's the start of another glorious week, and we have a few Kickstarter campaign...
Kickstarter Update: Release Timeline, Physical Copy, and Fulfillment Schedule
Happy Sunday, tacticians! What a pleasant milestone for our team at ODS to wake...
Story: A Hero in the Making
To help you gain a penchant for the world and characters in Lost Eidolons,...
Dev Update: Battle Map Environment Design
Happy Friday, tacticians! Before you all take off to enjoy your weekends, we wanted...
Dev Update: Movement Tiles & Status Icons
Greetings, tacticians! As we have promised, we'll be sharing the development progress we make...
Lost Eidolons is now on Kickstarter!
Lost Eidolons has begun it's 30-day campaign on Kickstarter! You can support the game...
Supported Languages, Pricing, and Kickstarter Preview
Greetings everyone! Today is a smaller blog to inform everyone about two important details...
Lost Eidolons is coming to Kickstarter on April 21st!
Greetings everyone! We’re excited to officially announce that Lost Eidolons will be coming to...
Iconic music composer Clark Aboud signs on for Lost Eidolons!
We're proud to announce that we'll be working together with famed composer and music...
Lost Eidolons Feature Spotlight: Combat/Gameplay
Greetings everyone! Earlier this week we discussed how you could customize your units that...
Lost Eidolons Feature Spotlight: Unit Customization
Greetings everyone! Last week week we talked about the story and outgame of Lost...
Lost Eidolons Feature Spotlight: Camp Actions/Outgame
Greetings everyone! Earlier this week we discussed some of the backstory and lore of...
Lost Eidolons Feature Spotlight: Lore/Story
Greetings everyone! This is the first feature showcase blog in a new series where...
Behold! Our first upcoming game: Lost Eidolons!
Greetings everyone! It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for here at Ocean Drive...
Meet the Community Manager: Pat Nguyen
I've commandeered this blog! Today's introduction is for none other than the new Lead...
2020 Year in Review
Can't believe it's already end of 2020! As everyone has suffered from Covid 19...
We are Hiring!! – US Office
Hi everyone! We are finally start building our US office (Ocean Drive Games, Inc.),...
Meet the Developer: Jungsoo Lee
For today's blog, I would like to introduce myself with some casual things around...
Meet the Developer: Sungchul Park
For today's blog, please meet Sungchul Park, CTO for the game projects at Ocean...
Meet the Developer: Hyojin Lee
For today's blog, please meet Hyojin Lee, Game Director for the first ever project...
Meet the Developer: Jin Sang Kim
For today's blog, please meet Jin Sang Kim, Creative Director for the first ever...
Meet the Developer : Jae Kim (CEO)
We are kicking off "Meet the Developer" series on our blog to introduce key...
Thoughts on the Community-Driven Development Approach
Today, for our third official blog, I would like to discuss the topic of...
Why I joined Ocean Drive Studio
Hi everyone, I am Jungsoo Lee, Head of Global Operations of Ocean Drive Studio, and President of Ocean...
The Beginning
What’s up everyone! I am Jae Kim, CEO of Ocean Drive Studio, a newly established...