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Telltale Games shutting down after Minecraft Story Mode [Update: TWD S4, ST, TWAU 2 cancelled]
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Well considering they kept announcing new stuff it seemed like it was all swell over there.
300+ people on the payroll, that burns through money real fast.
I wonder if this comes as a shock to all their employees or just a few.
I mean if every one of their launches was a financial failure after TWD:S1... that kind of talk had to have at least gotten around to some people. The writing had to be on the wall for at least SOME people as more and more of their games bombed.
I hope so, anyway. The alternative is just awful.
I mean if every one of their launches was a financial failure after TWD:S1... that kind of talk had to have at least gotten around to some people. The writing had to be on the wall for at least SOME people as more and more of their games bombed.
I hope so, anyway. The alternative is just awful.
Sounds like sales were the big killer...The entire narrative based game industry is so absolutely fucked if this shit can be watched, for free, on youtube and twitch. It's completely disgusting...people need to pay and play for their entertainment, not just simply watch them FOR FREE...
The aftermath of this is going to be wild, particularly from a preservation standpoint. Telltale's catalog is largely two things: licensed and fully digital. Even a lot of their retail releases didn't actually include the full game (speaking of, if anyone knows which of their retail releases actually include the full games, that might be useful). And licensing always makes things difficult to re-release down the line. I think the Wallace and Gromit game was already delisted?
Like, who gets the assets, code, and all that for Strong Bad's game? The Chapman Bros obviously retain the IP and licensing rights, but they're probably not set up to preserve any game assets like Microsoft (for Minecraft) or WB (for Batman) may be.
In short, if you have an urge to preserve any of these, whether for your own interests or just to play again in the future, get crackin' on that now.
Like, who gets the assets, code, and all that for Strong Bad's game? The Chapman Bros obviously retain the IP and licensing rights, but they're probably not set up to preserve any game assets like Microsoft (for Minecraft) or WB (for Batman) may be.
In short, if you have an urge to preserve any of these, whether for your own interests or just to play again in the future, get crackin' on that now.
Damn how does this happen, I thought their games sold well. With reused assets and the same engine since forever I always imagined they were profitable. Guess I was very wrong. I hope everyone lands on their feet.
Telltale is a company that consistently ship products, its not like they cook a single huge budget aaa game over 6 years only for it to flop, how can this happen without a downsizing first? This shouldnt have taken them by surprise
Them seemingly always expanding and announcing new projects definitely made it seem like the games were successful.
Very sudden, but not shocking when you consider how incredibly fast they expanded and how many projects they took on after TWD dropped and became a huge hit. They were tiny, got a hit, then obtained licenses and employees at an absurd rate.
It felt like a bubble, but I just didn't expect it to burst out of nowhere like this.
It felt like a bubble, but I just didn't expect it to burst out of nowhere like this.
Walking Dead season 1, Wolf Among us and Tales from the borderlands where real gems so it's a shame they are shutting down. Their trademark genre was getting pretty crowded and most of the competition were simply better than them in terms of visuals and engine.
God damn, I really grew to love their stories despite the technical issues. I swear they were doing well recently.. selling on ever platform possible.
This means no Wolf Among Us 2.. or Batman.. or Borderlands .. :(
MS should have acquired them, their model is literally a perfect fit or Game Pass. Or at least get those devs affected and form a team, hope they all land on their feet soon. Narratively they are a very talented bunch.
This means no Wolf Among Us 2.. or Batman.. or Borderlands .. :(
MS should have acquired them, their model is literally a perfect fit or Game Pass. Or at least get those devs affected and form a team, hope they all land on their feet soon. Narratively they are a very talented bunch.
So not only are they shutting down completely out of nowhere, but it also transpires that the vast majority of their awesome games over the years weren't even successful?
This is absolutely heartbreaking.
Hopefully all the super talented folk who worked there land on their feet, at least.
;_;
This is absolutely heartbreaking.
Hopefully all the super talented folk who worked there land on their feet, at least.
;_;
Most of the disk versions of their games are season pass disks. Meaning you have to put the disk in then download all the eps. Some disks have the first ep included on the disk and you download the rest. Very few (most of TWD games) have all the eps on the disks.
Edit: Had some incorrect info about needing a Telltale account. No account is needed to download the episodes
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Wow after seeing this I'm no longer shocked by the news. Had no idea their sales crashed this hard.
You do not need a telltale account to download anything on PS4.
just trying to think of ways this was avoidable and man all i can really say is this is really sad news. hope the guys/gals there can find work quick elsewhere
They did downsize, they had a lay off of 25% of their staff like a year ago, they were trying to restructure. Consistently making games is an old model, there's a reason the big publishers have moved away from releasing tons if games all the time and now only release a few games a year.
Damn, what a fucking bummer. They were taking way too many projects so maybe they were stretching themselves thin? Best of luck to all of those dudes, and here is hoping they get back on their feet.
Holy shit that is badWow after seeing this I'm no longer shocked by the news. Had no idea their sales crashed this hard.
That's really sad... they just started to turn a new leaf.
I guess Clem's final season truly is the end. :(
I guess Clem's final season truly is the end. :(
Wow after seeing this I'm no longer shocked by the news. Had no idea their sales crashed this hard.
Looks like the above happened. Damn.
Wow after seeing this I'm no longer shocked by the news. Had no idea their sales crashed this hard.
damn, Batman is almost non existant
From the sounds of it, they won't finish that either.
It's sad to hear about the loss of jobs for anyone. But I'm not entirely surprised. They spread themselves way too thin across too many licences. Made no improvements to their animations or engine until it was way too late (animations and performance is still poor) and persisted with the episodic release method which most people simple waited for sales for once all episodes had released.
Wow after seeing this I'm no longer shocked by the news. Had no idea their sales crashed this hard.
Huh, thought Borderlands did a lot worse relatively. Glad I was wrong, though it's no consolation to Telltale at this point.
I'm a huge fan of telltale and it's devastating to hear of this.
Telltale's games got my girlfriend interested in story heavy games and we've been playing through literally all Telltale games since TWD1 was out. We are both super hyped for Season 4 and this literally came out of nowhere (for us at least).
I'm super sad we won't get proper closure in TWAU but even more sad for the loss of jobs at Telltale. Hope you all land on your feet real soon and thanks for the memories.
Telltale's games got my girlfriend interested in story heavy games and we've been playing through literally all Telltale games since TWD1 was out. We are both super hyped for Season 4 and this literally came out of nowhere (for us at least).
I'm super sad we won't get proper closure in TWAU but even more sad for the loss of jobs at Telltale. Hope you all land on your feet real soon and thanks for the memories.