Last week, Telltale posted an update on Twitter about The Walking Dead - revealing potential partners had stepped forward and expressed interest in helping see The Final Season through to completion.
Now, according to two anonymous sources in contact with Kotaku, the deal would essentially result in Telltale passing the final two episodes on to a separate company which would then offer contracts to former Telltale employees to complete the game. The earnings would go towards the company and the team hired to complete the games, rather than Telltale.
According to the same sources, episode three of the The Walking Dead's season finale is basically complete, having been scheduled for a ratings review - which is the step right before official platform certification and classification. Episode four was also on track prior to the turmoil - with voice work for the first part complete. If a deal does go ahead, it's likely the company in charge would use the absolute minimum amount of staff required to release the games.
Are you hoping a deal can be sorted? Were you a fan of this series? Tell us below.
[source kotaku.com.au]
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I hear they are giving it to Team Bondi.
Nice to see Telltale finish the game and completing the series instead of just leaving it out to die.
Still sucky for the former employees but at least those that have followed the story all these years will get closure it seems.
Any word when Season 2 lands on Switch (if ever). Flying home to Ireland from Sydney in 2 weeks so I want a travel companion!
@AnMhiU Doubtful, but then again Batman Season 2 is showing up this week so who knows?
Nah, for anything new Telltale-related stuff, I'm quickly going to recall the fact the laid off should've gotten their due.
And what about the employees that was on the project??? Do they go there or the Pink Slip line???
I hope they finish it, and bring it and the other seasons to the Switch as originally planned. I adore this series and really want to play through, to see the end.
Though I doubt it, I hope Clementine gets a happy ending. But considering it's TWD, most likely, that wont happen.
Just because Telltale made really popular games about zombies doesn't mean they should treat their former employees like zombies.
Hand it to id Software, turned it into a real zombie game.
I just hope all three seasons end up on the switch still as 2 should have been ready to go but never had a release date.
@Angelic_Lapras_King Batman: The Enemy Within showed up on the eShop because Telltale announced its release date a few weeks ago, meaning that the port was already completed and submitted so they just put it out there for anyone who wanted to purchase it.
Actually this is a very fair and good resolution. Telltale will not be getting any of the profit, some of the ex-employees will get temporary work, and the series see's a conclusion.
This gaming fad will then be over?
@holygeez03 Depends on who ends up with the Telltale name. Someone may try to resurrect it.
I Doubt it will happen but I still really want the Guardians of the Galaxy game to come to switch.
@link3710 @holygeez03 It's all Quantic Dream knows (in terms of game style), and we got DONTNOD doing a pretty decent job with it.
Oh and those Until Dawn guys too.. though think their upcoming episodic games looks pretty shoddy (Until Dawn least had the cheese).
Doubt it'll ever go away, but hopefully we can have a decent evolution of it.
Wonder how much they need?
Telltale fell so quick. They took too long on their strong IPs. The Walking Dead should have reached a conclusion years ago. Instead they kept delaying seasons.
Money wise I mean
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