LakotaDakota Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Not sure how they can muck up reskinng the same game on a clunky old engine over and over again with a different pouplar franchise heading the charge but apparently they can and are pretty much dead. All future projects cancelled, All remaining staff fired today bar a teams of 25 who are finishing off the last bits of the final walking dead game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2018 They expanded to a ludicrous size very quickly and were generally mismanaged. It also seems they basically didn't make a successful game outside of the first Walking Dead, so all the stuff they pumped out was effectively chasing another golden goose franchise. It's a shame as for all their faults, they had talented people in their writing teams and so on. Overreliance on the dodgy engine and not developing their format did for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Loved Batman, GoT and Borderlands ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Now looking like The Walking Dead is not going to be finished either. Episode 2 expected to release next week as planned but the final episodes 3 & 4 are more than likely not going to happen leaving the game abandoned with no end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Ffs how irrirating love these games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Laid off all their staff with no severance pay and were hiring as recently as last month. Was Tony Xia running the company or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Very frustrating cant believe it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 It was 100% guaranteed to happen as unfortunate as that is to say. There have been precedents set throughout the gaming industry over the years that taking licenced deal after licenced deal ends badly eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 There's a suggestion now they're working with potential partners to get TWD finished. If that partner is Netflix, who they're already working with to complete Minecraft Story Mode, then perhaps they will also do the Stranger Things game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted September 26, 2018 They should be sorting out doing right by their former employees before they think about trying to put more work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 Looks like Stranger Things was at least partially done. https://wccftech.com/telltale-stranger-things-leak/ Well, now we at least have some idea how Telltale’s take on Stranger Things was coming together as a series of GIFs taken from the game have popped up on Reddit/4Chan (thanks to PCGamesN for rounding them up). Now, these snippets are from a very early build of the game, so they’re a bit rough, but they do give us an impression of the game’s overall tone and visual style. They also hint at the changes the Unity engine was going to bring to the Telltale formula. Specifically, it looks like the players would’ve had a bit more freedom to move around and interact with the environment. We also get a glimpse of a first-person action/horror sequence, in which players have to run and hide from a Demogorgon — all without a quick-time event in sight! Check out the clips, below. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Gutted, I love these game...easy platinums, usually. I was looking forward to the 2nd Wolf Amongs Us, which I think was announced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 9 hours ago, Paddywhack said: Gutted, I love these game...easy platinums, usually. I was looking forward to the 2nd Wolf Amongs Us, which I think was announced? It was set to release 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Can't believe they wont be doing a follow up to batman. Really frustrating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Hashtag prayforDemitri_C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 29 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Can't believe they wont be doing a follow up to batman. Really frustrating Or Game of Thrones. Such a cliffhanger to finish on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Their games were more like story telling than actual games, after finishing them I would think I wander what would have happened if I chose the other options but it was too much hassle to play through again. Kind of reminded me of those adventure books from the 80s where it would ask you to turn to a certain page depending on your decision. Their games weren't challenging at all though, felt like i was just watching an entertaining cartoon with the odd button press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 There is a gap in the market for adventure games though, i grew up in the 90s when they were everywhere and it was my favourite genre with the likes of Monkey Island, Beneath a steel Sky, Gabriel Knight series, Broken Sword, Syberia and loads of LucasArts stuff. I miss those kind of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 You could do worse than given Dreamfall Chapters a go for that 'adventure' game fix. Final part of the Longest Journey trilogy, so ideally you will have played the other two first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 I noticed that the second batman telltale has come out on switch (will set you back a cool £49.99 ) I thought this was scrapped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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