Tag: Telltale Games
News Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Remastered Launches On Switch August 2024
A release date has finally been confirmed
Update [Fri 28th Jun, 2024 06:55 BST]: Skunkape Games has shared a new update about the release date of Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Remastered, confirming it will be released for all platforms (including the Nintendo Switch) on 14th August 2024. Alongside this announcement is a new trailer, which...
News Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remastered Announced For 2023
Another Telltale classic returns
The famous crime-fighting duo Sam & Max are returning in 2023, with Skunkape Games announcing Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Remastered. This graphic adventure game by Telltale Games first arrived in 2010. This remaster will follow the Switch release of Sam & Max: Save the World (2020) and Sam &...
News Batman's Telltale Series Gets A Noir-Style Visual Makeover And It's Coming To Switch
The bat is back
Athlon Games and Telltale Games appear to have revealed an announcement ahead of schedule. According to a now-removed press release, Batman - The Telltale Series is receiving a noir-style visual makeover and graphical upgrade, and it is expected to be released on the Switch and multiple other platforms soon. This release – known...
News Skybound Games Expects Episode 3 Of The Walking Dead: The Final Season To Be Released This Year
Miracle workers
Earlier this week, Skybound Games announced it would be hosting a Reddit AMA focused on The Walking Dead: The Final Season. Now that it’s wrapped up, here’s what we found out. According to the company’s CEO Ian Howe, production of episode three and four is at a standstill. New release dates for the episodes will be announced...
News Skybound Games Hosting Reddit AMA For The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Ask anything
Following the news of mass layoffs at Telltale last month, Skybound Games announced it had acquired the rights to publish and develop the remaining episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season. The Walking Dead: Season Two and
News Skybound Games Unsure It Can Secure Original Telltale Team To Help Finish The Walking Dead
Fingers crossed
Last weekend, the creator of The Walking Dead and also the founder of Skybound Entertainment Robert Kirkman confirmed Skybound Games would be taking over the publishing and development of The Final Season. When this announcement was made, Kirkman also stated how the aim was to keep the original development team intact, as Skybound...
News Skybound Games Will Finish The Walking Dead: The Final Season
It's happening
Since mass layoffs at Telltale Games, the company has been trying to work out a way to finish The Walking Dead. Not long ago, it was revealed Telltale had potentially been thrown a lifeline when multiple partners stepped forward and expressed interest in helping see
News Telltale Intends To Hand Over Final Season Of The Walking Dead To Another Company
Episode 3 basically complete, episode 4 was underway
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...
News Telltale's Troubles Not A Concern As Batman: The Enemy Within Releases On Switch eShop
Nothing can stop the Dark Knight
The recent turmoil at Telltale Games completely halted the development of its upcoming games and episodes. Future projects like Stranger Things and a follow-up to The Wolf Among Us have been completely axed, and the final season of The Walking Dead has been cut short - with Telltale still hoping to work ou
News The Walking Dead Season Pass No Longer Available To Purchase From Switch eShop
Telltale working on a solution
Following Telltale's announcement of mass layoffs, The Walking Dead: The Final Season was pulled from multiple digital stores. Despite only being part-way through the season, Telltale asked the online stores to prevent customers from purchasing the full season pass. This applied to every platform except the Nintendo...
News The Walking Dead: The Final Season Pulled From Some Stores But Still Available On Switch
Following mass layoffs at Telltale
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...
News Former Telltale Employee Takes Legal Action Following Mass Layoffs
No surprises here
Telltale Games has now been hit with a class-action lawsuit. A disgruntled former employee is suing the San Francisco-based company on behalf of himself and his fellow laid-off workers. In the filed complaint, Vernie Roberts said Telltale let go of the employees without cause and without providing them advanced notice in writing...
News Netflix Still Considering Stranger Things Game Project, Possibly Without Telltale
Business as usual
When Telltale Games released the original Walking Dead series in 2012, it was a breakout success. The company went on to acquire the rights to franchises such as Batman, Minecraft and even Game of Thrones. Taking on so many big-name p
News Telltale Games Offered Lifeline, Might Allow The Walking Dead To Be Completed
A new hope
Telltale Games hasn't entirely closed up. Although it dismissed hundreds of staff last week, there are still 25 people who have stayed on to fulfill contractual obligations linked to a Minecraft: Story Mode project for Netflix. Other series like
News Telltale Games Voice Actor Posts Message About Incomplete Projects
"You, the fans, will not get to see Clem's journey through to the end"
A few days ago, Telltale Games revealed it had laid off hundreds of employees, with only 25 staff members remaining. The skeleton crew was reportedly staying on to fulfill contractual obligations, which allegedly includes work on a Minecraft: Story Mode project for Netflix. With...
News Telltale Games Begins Majority Studio Closure With Mass Layoffs
Multiple projects reportedly axed
Telltale Games shot to video game fame working on multiple well-known IP including The Walking Dead, Minecraft, Batman and even Game of Thrones. Last month, a Telltale representative said the
News Telltale Admits Its Game Engine Has Let Fans Down In Recent Years
Will focus on fewer series at once in future
One company supporting the Switch since its inception which has perhaps been overlooked from time to time is Telltale Games. During an interview with Eurogamer at Gamescom this week, Telltale's executive producer for The Walking Dead - Brodie Anderson - admit their reliable but aging game engine...
Video Telltale Releases New Trailer For The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Clem is in danger
Last month, Telltale Games confirmed ‘The Final Season’ of The Walking Dead video game series would be arriving on the Switch in late 2018. Now, a new trailer has been released, briefly highlighting the school Clementine stumbles upon. Here she will start a new life as the leader of a young group of survivors while...
News Telltale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season Confirmed For Switch In Teaser Trailer
Clementine's all grown up
Telltale Games has confirmed that 'The Final Season' of the studio's episodic take on zombie-survival TV and comic phenomenon The Walking Dead will be arriving on Switch in "late 2018", sometime after its August release elsewhere. Protagonist Clementine, now a fierce and capable survivor after years of determination...
News Batman - The Telltale Series Finally Gets Release Date Confirmation for Switch
We're all Batman
Here's one to file under 'random announcement of the day'. You see, Batman - The Telltale Series has been listed on retail sites for quite some time with a 17th November release date, but Telltale didn't seem to say anything. You could look through the studio's social media accounts, official website and so on, and there wasn't a...
News It Seems Like Telltale Games Has Ambitious Plans For Nintendo Switch
"No series is out of the question for us to bring to Switch"
The output of Telltale Games may not be to everyone's tastes but the studio has cornered the market in story-driven, episodic adventure titles at the moment. Its library includes IP such as Batman, Minecraft and The Walking Dead, and it has plenty of fans who lap up each and every new...
News Telltale Games Says We Can Expect Guardians of the Galaxy and Batman on Switch
I am Groot
Telltale Games' Minecraft: Story Mode - The Complete Adventure was released on Switch recently, and it seems it is just the beginning of Telltale's plans for Nintendo's portable powerhouse. In a recent video interview with Rocket Beans TV, Telltale's Head of Creative Communications Job Stauffer teased the following: I think...
News Batman: The Telltale Series is Listed for Nintendo Switch by Spanish Retailer
Holy renewed speculation, Batman!
Nintendo gamers continually missed out on the best of what Telltale Games has been offering over the past few years, with very limited and late support for the Wii U. The studio seems to like the Switch platform, however, and has been tentatively stepping in with support - Minecraft: Story Mode - The Complete...
Rumour Batman: The Telltale Series May Be Coming to Switch
Guardians of the Galaxy, too
Telltale Games is one of the many developers that's been confirmed to be working on Switch games, and we already knew that it would be bringing Minecraft: Story Mode to the platform. Given the studio's relatively high output, it was more or less expected that there would be more games showing up at some point on Switch,...
News Deep Silver Signs Back to the Future for Europe
Heavy
Telltale Games' homage to classic 1980s movie series Back to the Future is coming to Europe, courtesy of Deep Silver. Back to the Future: The Game will release on Wii in the first quarter of this year, with the original English language voice overs intact. It'll also feature German voice and subtitles or French subtitles. DEEP SILVER TO...
News Telltale Bringing Back to the Future Wii to Retail
More games to follow
Way back last year we broke the news that Back to the Future would not make it to WiiWare, but Telltale has just announced an agreement with Nintendo of America that will see the series reach Wii after all. Back to the Future: The Game will contain all the episodes available digitally on other platforms, and will see release on...
News Telltale has "No Plans" for Puzzle Agent on WiiWare
Another mystery solved
Telltale Games has really dialled down its WiiWare support in recent times: last October we revealed Back to the Future was not coming to Wii and now Puzzle Agent: Nelson Tethers is the latest casualty. Cubed3 contacted Telltale, whose community manager Alan Johnson had this to say: We're always looking to get our titles on...
News Telltale's Back to the Future Not Coming to Wii
Neither disc nor download planned
We've been keeping you up to date with the development videos of Telltale's Back to the Future games, but a recent press release got us worried when it omitted Wii as a platform. We contacted Telltale and just received word that will upset many Wii-owning fans of Marty McFly's adventures. Alan Johnson, Telltale's...
News How Telltale Games Approached Back to the Future: Episode I
Behind-the-scenes part III talks discusses new narrative ideas
Telltale Games is continuing the release of its behind-the-scenes videos on the upcoming Back to the Future series for WiiWare and the latest talks about how the production team stays true to the franchise yet strive to offer something that people who have yet to see the films will still...
News Meet the New Voice of Marty McFly
Hello, butthead!
Telltale's Back to the Future game has the likenesses of Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, but only the latter was able to lend his voice to the game too. The second behind-the-scenes documentary from Telltale explains how the company came to recast the role of Marty McFly. Well, sort of: it introduces you to the voice actor AJ...
News Go Behind the Scenes with Back to the Future: Episode I
Part one of the making of Episode I
Telltale's Back to the Future game captured the imagination as soon as it was announced, and now we have the first behind the scenes footage to reveal concept art, character models and a little bit about the game's plot. This is just the first part of a series of behind the scenes videos, with the promise of...
News First Episode of Back to the Future Could Appear in Our Timeline by November
Bob Gale lays down some heavy hints
When all that was known about The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was the notorious single piece of artwork, that didn't stop gamers lapping it up. They knew that a much-loved franchise in the hands of a developer with an impressive catalogue of releases can't go wrong. And it's that same kind of expectation which...
News Telltale Jolts Us with 1.21 Gigowatts of Back to the Future Character Art
Marty and the Doc looking sketchy
The announcement that Telltale Games is bringing Back to the Future to WiiWare was enough to send us into a wild frenzy of quoting lines. Now the first official character art has hit 88mph and materialised on our desk there's no telling what will happen. The information accompanying the artwork is similarly...
News Great Scott! Telltale Bringing Back to the Future to WiiWare
Our excitement level hits 1.21 Gigowatts
Telltale is a busy place to be at the moment: not only is it working on the recently unveiled Puzzle Agent, it recently acquired the rights to produce episodic Jurassic Park games, not yet confirmed for WiiWare but a good probability considering the company's past. Now we've learnt that the studio is also...
News Puzzle Agent to Inspect WiiWare
New Telltale pilot on the way
When done right, episodic adventure games on Wii can be fantastic: brimming with intrigue, plot twists and great characterisation, they're up there with the Wii's best. Nobody knows this more than Telltale Games, responsible for bringing us the Tales of Monkey Island games as well as the not-quite-so-good Strong Bad...
News Tales of Monkey Island Promotion
Complete a survey and get a free game!
Telltale Games has just announced a new promotion for US Wii owners in which they'll be giving gamers a free download of their second Tales of Monkey Island release Siege of Spinner Cay in exchange for them completing a very short five question survey. All you have to do is click here to fill out the survey...
News Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2 on PC Tomorrow, WiiWare "Soon After"
The second part of Guybrush Threepwood's new adventure is right around the corner.
If you've bought and played the first chapter of Tales of Monkey Island and are itching to find out what happens after the cliffhanger you were shown at the end, your wait is almost over. The Siege of Spinner Cay, the second chapter in the series, will be released on...
News Telltale Games: 'Wii Audience Is Perfect For Us"
Developer loves Nintendo's machine, actually
Despite the fact that one of the company's staff is of the opinion that the iPhone is more powerful than the Wii, Telltale's design director has insisted that he thinks Nintendo's platform is a perfect fit for their games. We think the Wii audience is perfect for the kinds of games we make, orientated...
News iPhone more powerful than Wii?
Telltale Games seem to think so!
Monkey Island hasn't even been out a week yet, and already a storm's brewing over the game's choppy framerate. When a fan complained on the Telltale Games forums about the Wii versions' framerate, a Telltale programmer went on record to say: ..The Wii is just not a powerful console. An iPhone is much more powerful...
News Tales of Monkey Island Coming to WiiWare on Monday
The premier episode is almost upon us.
Good news for fans of the Tales of Monkey Island titles, the first episode, "Launch of the Screaming Narwhals", is set to hit the North American WiiWare service on Monday, July 27th at a cost 1000 Wii Points. We've also been informed that information regarding a European release should be coming soon...
Interviews Tales of Monkey Island - Telltale Games
We asked Telltale some questions about the legendary series which has finally come to a Nintendo platform.
Who hasn't heard of the Monkey Island series? Although it has never been on any Nintendo platform until now, most people still know that it's one of the greatest point and click adventure series ever made, but after Escape from Monkey Island,...
News Bit Boy!! and Tales of Monkey Island Coming to North American on Monday
Two WiiWare releases already confirmed for a Monday release.
Bernd Geiblinger has confirmed via the Bplus Forums that their newest WiiWare release Bit Boy!! is coming to the North American WiiWare service on Monday, July 13th. Also confirmed for release by IGN this Monday is Telltales's Tales of Monkey Island EP 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal...
News Telltale Says Strong Bad Game Sales Double, More WiiWare Titles Coming
Telltale Games, the people behind Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People have had great success recently. Does this mean they'll be pushing quality titles?
Nintendo’s SD card update announcement at GDC, evidently, has served more than us fans. Telltale Games recently sent out a press release stating that sales of Strong Bad’s Cool game for...
News EU WiiWare Update: Fun! Fun! Minigolf and Strong Bad Episode 5
Not many surprises for Europe today to start off 2009
One game was already announced beforehand, and the other was almost guaranteed to come out! It's still a nice duo of games, however. Fun! Fun! Minigolf was released in the US two weeks ago. As the title implies this is a golf game - Graphically it's easily one of the strongest games on WiiWare,...
News USA WiiWare Update: Strong Bad Episode 5 & Big Kahuna Party
There are no prizes for guessing that Strong Bad Episode 5: 8-Bit Is Enough is out this week. This is the final game in the five part Strong Bad series, in which fans will finally be able to witness Trogdor in all three of the glorious Ds! Other popular Homestar Runner games such as Stinkoman 20X6 and Thy Dungeonman also make appearances. Watch out for our review which will be up later today.
Big Kahuna Party is the other game up for grabs this week. It looks suspiciously like Bejeweled and seems to be based on a Flash game. We don’t know much about...
News Strong Bad Episode 5 - Screens and Trailer
The time for Strong Bad's grand finale has almost come - Strong Bad Episode 5: 8-Bit Is Enough will be released on WiiWare very soon. Telltale has just released some screenshots for this final episode of the series, along with a trailer (Which is the same trailer you can see in Episode 4).
As you can see in the screenshots, the episode will be...
Nintendo has once again shown some serious love to European Wii owners today with the release of a whopping four WiiWare titles.
That's right; if you're a Euro Wii owner then you have Art Style: Rotohex, Bang!, Pit Crew Panic!, and Strong Bad Episode 4: Dangeresque 3 to choose from. You lucky ducks! We’ve already covered Art Style: Rotohex, Pit...
News USA WiiWare Update: Strong Bad Ep 4 & Target Toss Pro: Bags
Strong Bad enters the world of Hollywood action movies this week with the release of Strong Bad Episode 4: Dangeresque 3 on the North American WiiWare service. As the title suggests this is the fourth entry in Telltale Games’ popular episodic adventure series and will set you back 1000 Wii Points. By all accounts, this is one of Strong Bad’s best appearances yet, but if you'd rather not rely on idle speculation when making your game purchases, our review will be live shortly, so fear not!
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News Strong Bad Episode 4: Dangeresque 3 Coming To US WiiWare On Monday
Telltale Games has just announced that Strong Bad Episode 4: Dangeresque 3 will be hitting the US WiiWare service on Monday, November 17th for 1000 Wii Points. They've also included a brand new gameplay video and a whole new set of screen shots that you can check out as well.
We don't currently have much in the way of information on this fifth...
News USA WiiWare Update: Strong Bad Episode 3 and Art Style: Rotohex
Not much surprises today - Both released games were pretty much confirmed to be coming!
Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands is the third installment of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. After Strong Bad's beloved Fun Machine breaks down, he can't play his cool new Limozeen game, so he takes it to Bubs for repairs - The problem is...
