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Telltale Games’ catalog being pulled from GOG on May 27
- Thread starter Shard Shinjuku
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I would expect everything Telltale to get pulled on May 27.
I heard the same thing for steam earlier today. Anyone knows some good deals? I think the only one I'm missing from the collection is Minecraft Season 2.
So, uh... Game preservation. That's important, everyone. I'm going to hunt down whatever Telltale Games have had physical releases just for collections' sake. So far all I have is Sam & Max Season 2, but I somehow missed out on SBCG4AP. That was never released physically, right?
I got a physical release of Strong Bad back when they offered the physical as a bonus for buying the season directly off of their website. Which uh, I guess is good because good luck redownloading them off there huh.
I wish they had stepped in but sounds like the studio was a mess... so I understand why everyone stayed clear
Yeah, but not all of those were actually a physical release. Wallace & Gromit was just the downloader, though after the backlash they went back to including the actual games in the disc for ToMI and S&M Season 3. Their post-TWD games also vary, with most of them after Batman being an Ep 1+season pass pack, but luckily Borderlands, Wolf Among Us and TWD were all out before the disc release.
EDIT: Actually I think TWD The Final Season has three episodes on disc, but there's that second collection which should have everything.
I mean, TV & movie rights can end up in limbo, too. It's just that its easy to preserve movies because you just need to record them, & some conglomerate will eventually buy up your company & do a re-release eventually.
just picked up Batman season 2 and The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (it's already delisted on Steam, but it's £3.99 on EGS rn)
I've now got everything Telltale 'cept Guardians of the Galaxy.
Bummed that my iOS copies are probably gonna stop working sooner rather than later with how server-dependent they seem to be.
I've now got everything Telltale 'cept Guardians of the Galaxy.
Bummed that my iOS copies are probably gonna stop working sooner rather than later with how server-dependent they seem to be.
I mean, I prefer physical, but in this case it's not really as much of an issue since GoG is DRM-free. A backup copy of it is just as useful as a physical version.
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Because everything Telltale ever did was licensed and those have various was to expire, such as the death of a company.
I believe Skybound has the rights to all the Telltale Walking Dead games now but I'm not 100% sure.
Still can't get the complete season of Batman because i got the first episode for free on PS4 gotta buy each episode individually and spend more
Check Wingamestore and Macgamestore to see if the Steam version's are cheaper on there.
oh btw minecraft storymode aka telltale games minecraft game might delisted from the switch e-shop
Oh shoot. I think I need to get the Batman games then! Already own BttF, Wolf Among Us (GWG), and Tales from the Borderlands!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lost_films
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Games based on externally-owned licensed property will always get delisted when the developer, publisher, or license holder goes out of business.
So I better get on my PS4 and make sure all the stuff I've actually paid for I have downloaded right? Think I will do that this weekend. I know I have Batman stuff that I haven't played so it is unlikely I have it downloaded.
Shouldn't be affected I think.
Once you install the game from disc, you can set it to download an update and install any remaining episodes.
No, because Skybound Games has the rights and they're publishing it now. They bought it back in video game rights to be able to release the last episodes of last season. Skybound is also the original owner of TWD and where Telltale licensed in first place, but now they have a gaming division.
If the author worked on a license, then yes, that could happen. That's literally what is happening here as everything from telltale was licensed and it expired, with no company to renew it.
So what happens when these are removed from digital storefronts? Will the only real viable way to obtain these games be piracy?
That's a genuine question btw, I'm not advocating, I just don't know what normally happens in these situations. I don't imagine it's all that reasonable to pay what I assume would be very high physical prices for a dead company's game?
That's a genuine question btw, I'm not advocating, I just don't know what normally happens in these situations. I don't imagine it's all that reasonable to pay what I assume would be very high physical prices for a dead company's game?
You need to have it on your account (the season pass don't add it automatically), but you can download even if it's delisted.
Technically with nowhere to purchase it would surely be considered abandonware and therefore would not be piracy but rather preservation? I wouldn't want all the hard work the developers put into these games to be completely forgotten over time because nobody can actually obtain the games, that would be a huge loss imo.
I must say though, I really wish they wouldn't be delisted, these games deserve to be played and the people who created them deserve to be paid for their efforts.
User Banned (3 Days): Encouraging piracy
Silver lining: it's pretty great that these games were on GOG to begin with. Their DRM-free copies will make future pirating of them super easy. Let's hope they go on sale before leaving.