#Telltale games website closing down series#

#Telltale games website closing down series#

They even gave us a series of Wallace And Gromit games (now sadly unavailable). They also spearheaded the push for episodic releases as far back as the (sadly unfinished) Bone games, based on Jeff Smith's excellent comic series. Telltale practically invented a new genre of adventure games - part interactive movies, part choose-your-own-adventure. Telltale have seen some rough times in the past year, and laid off 90 staff back in November (roughly a quarter of their number), but today's losses seem far more final, and The Verge's sources say staff were let go with no severance. Presumably the small team left at the studio will be ensuring their final release (whether one episode or the remainder of the season is unknown) goes relatively smoothly before the company close their doors.

The news comes as a surprise, given that the second episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season is due to launch on Tuesday, September 25th. Telltale Games have released no official statement yet. A source tells USGamer the upcoming The Wolf Among Us 2 and a Stranger Things adventure series have been cancelled. The Verge report that a skeleton crew of around 25 will remain at the studio, down from around 250. This is backed up by media posts from developers at and close to the studio, such as Outerloop's Chandana Ekanayake. Update: Telltale have officially confirmed the bad news that they've closed most the studio and only 25 employees remain.ДЄs reported by Gamasutra, it seems that prolific choose-your-own-adventure studio Telltale Games is shutting down.