If you've been keeping up with your gaming news over the last few days, you'll likely be aware of Telltale Games' closure and the mass layoffs which followed. It appears that the studio's current project - The Walking Dead: The Final Season - has now been pulled from some digital stores but, curiously, you can still purchase the game on Switch.
Despite being part-way through the promised season of episodes, Telltale has reportedly asked retailers to temporarily prevent customers from purchasing a full season pass. Digital distribution platform GOG.com has shared a quick message on the game's page listing to explain the sudden removal.
"Telltale has requested a temporary pause of sales of The Walking Dead - Final Season. For all up to date Telltale news, please refer to their official Twitter page."
The season pass has also been taken down from Steam - which now only allows you to download a demo - but the Switch eShop listing is still working just as it always has done. Despite recent reports suggesting otherwise, it appears that the full pass can still be purchased for PS4 and Xbox One, too.
Of course, in light of recent events, this is hardly a surprising fact; the full season was originally thought to have been cancelled, before potential lifelines started to appear which had the potential to save the project, with a large cloud of uncertainty now looming over proceedings as a result. It's strange that the full pass can still be purchased on consoles, however; we can only assume that the game page update process takes a little longer for these platforms, with the game likely to disappear in the near future.
Naturally, if you were thinking of purchasing a copy for yourself on Switch, we'd advise you to hold off for the moment to see if Telltale finds an answer to its problems. It would be lovely to see the project saved, and even more lovely to see its ex-employees be given a helping hand, but things aren't looking particularly rosy at present.
Feel free to share your thoughts on the matter in the comments below.
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[source gog.com, via polygon.com]
Comments 15
I was the first to comment!
Ok but is batman still coming??
@BladedKnight they employed new staff in the weeks before the layoffs... people relocated their families across country. They were not run well at all.
I don't think they just forgot to tell Nintendo about this. My guess is that they sent the message to all stores. Problem is that Nintendo isn't as quick as, in this case, Steam to answer and react accordingly.
As commented before, this shows how this practice of selling a product that doesn't exist yet can go wrong all the time, especially in this industry where many things get troublesome.
Hold off on a purchase? I don’t think that’s wise. If you want it nows the time to get it! I believe the full season in the eshop is $25
I'm surprised the editor is asking to pull its game out.
I have no clue where the money goes whan a game is purchased and the company doesn't exist anymore.
@Andors Good on you. How do you feel about it?
They're going to need all the extra money they can get for this lawsuit.
It’s a good thing as soon as I heard about that the walking dead was supposedly ending, my sister was going to buy it but I told her to not buy it.
Maybe Nintendo purchased Telltale Games!!!
I know! It's most likely more like Nintendo is slow to make changes to the eshop....but wouldn't that be a strong move by Nintendo to purchase the studio and manage it going forward.
@BladedKnight Yes, my post was meant as goofy speculation and not to be taken serious. However, fired employees can be re-hired. Lost IP's can be replaced with others....especially if Nintendo were to take ownership. So while I wouldn't place a bet on my speculation because there's very little chance of it happening, I wouldn't call it impossible either, and I wouldn't call it stupid if Nintendo could do this.
I bought the telltale walking dead pinball table on pinball fx 3 just in case that gets pulled as well, chances are it might so got it just to be safe.
I was going to grab this on PC tonight.... Noooooo!
This breaks my friggin’ heart. I really did love Telltale. It’s a shame what they’ve done to everyone involved.
I wont give them another dime unless they confirm that we are still getting the other seasons on Switch, and someone buys the rights, and finishes the final season.
It's sad what they did to their employees, and I am really sad that we may never know how Clem's story ends.
Nintendo could by the rights to the software and restore the games but buying the Company that isn't the smartest to make right now. That way they can find someone to finish the game and release it.
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