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It was confirmed about an hour ago: everyone at Telltale games has been laid off, save for about a dozen people who are finishing up the last Walking Dead game. Wolf Among Us 2 and Stranger Things, which were both mostly finished, will never be. It wasn’t entirely unexpected (they had to lay off about 1/3 of their staff about a year ago, and they still couldn’t recover financially) they’ve been hemorrhaging money for years because they invested so much money and effort making games for entertainment properties that took a huge cut of their already-dwindling sales- IIRC WB Games and Disney took over half of the proceeds from Batman and Guardians of the Galaxy, respectively. I haven’t really played any of their games for several years, but I enjoyed their Homestar Runner and Back to the Future games, and played a lot of their poker stuff.
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Pour one out for feels gaming.
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Sep 21, 2018 21:22
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Tales from the Borderlands sounds impossible to be good and yet it is. Kinda bummed about this even tho most of their games were mediocre to diarrhea dog shits. Dontnod kind of ate their lunch in the chill feelsy narrative game genre, so at least I still have that.... for now
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Sep 21, 2018 21:27
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Huh cool. Didn't know wolf among us was getting a sequel
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Sep 21, 2018 21:34
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Daikatana Ritsu posted:Dontnod kind of ate their lunch in the chill feelsy narrative game genre, so at least I still have that.... for now Dontnod and feels games will be fine. Telltale made games really fast and cheaply which means that sometimes when they had the right people working on a project it turned out really good, and then immediately after it came out the ones who made it good would leave lol. Happened to both Borderlands and TWD Season 1. There's pretty clearly a demand for this kind of game if they're good, I think this is mostly just people getting tired of Telltale's output and not cause these kind of games don't sell.
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Sep 21, 2018 21:50
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drat, I’m sorry. Sorry it didn’t die sooner!
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Sep 21, 2018 21:59
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I have never played a single one of these games and I never will
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Sep 21, 2018 22:03
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drat now their humble bundles are gonna be even cheaper I should've waited lol
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Sep 21, 2018 22:14
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gently caress you tells tales games for making the aqfil sam and max reboot which i played for 10 minites and never played again
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Sep 21, 2018 22:15
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So no sam and max season 4 then huh?
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Sep 21, 2018 22:16
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They died when they released The Walking Dead Season 2
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Sep 21, 2018 22:16
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Plebian Parasite posted:So no sam and max season 4 then huh? why would you want that after season 3
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Sep 21, 2018 22:19
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Fellfail Games.
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Sep 21, 2018 22:22
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but really, what a devastating loss in the world of interactive fiction ..for me to poop on!
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Sep 21, 2018 22:25
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Walking Dead season 1 was awesome but they clearly stretched themselves too thin across too many licenses. Not sure if they also over-hired for a demand that would ultimately be satiated but either way, condolences to everyone that lost their jobs as a result.
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Sep 21, 2018 22:26
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RIP to all my free plats
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Sep 21, 2018 22:42
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Plebian Parasite posted:So no sam and max season 4 then huh? No sam only chloe now
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Sep 21, 2018 22:48
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I’m just upset we never got Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People season 2.
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Sep 21, 2018 23:05
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Lumpy the Cook posted:I’m just upset we never got Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People season 2. It was a fun adventure game and will be missed.
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Sep 21, 2018 23:22
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TOXIC MANAGEMENT COST AN AWARD-WINNING GAME STUDIO ITS BEST DEVELOPERS Mar 20, 2018 https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/20/17130056/telltale-games-developer-layoffs-toxic-video-game-industry By September 2017, Telltale had named a new CEO: former SVP and GM of games at Zynga, Pete Hawley. His hiring came with its fair share of trepidation.
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Sep 21, 2018 23:31
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Aw, they were pretty uneven but I liked most of their games that I played. That’s a bummer
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Sep 21, 2018 23:53
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Poker Night at the Inventory 1 and 2 were fun, sometimes I'll rewatch compilation videos of the characters saying stuff.
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NienNunb posted:Poker Night at the Inventory 1 and 2 were fun, sometimes I'll rewatch compilation videos of the characters saying stuff. Poker Night 2 got removed from sale on digital stores a few days ago and it mostly flew under the radar, so I guess we can expect more of their stuff to vanish soon :/
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Sep 22, 2018 00:24
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Apparently the 25 or so ppl still at Telltale are working on the Minecraft project and not TWD, which will now remain unfinished
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Sep 22, 2018 00:32
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I barely like Batman in general but the first season of Batman was pretty cool. RIP
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Sep 22, 2018 00:41
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https://twitter.com/Binkysaur/status/1043263777477517312
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Sep 22, 2018 00:53
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The weirdest bit of news to come out of this is that the only game they made that ever turned a profit was Minecraft Story Mode
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Sep 22, 2018 01:33
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They didnt even come remotely close to making a game I wanted to play, but it's cool that they... did.. whatever it is adventure gaming people like
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Sep 22, 2018 01:37
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HolePisser1982 posted:They didnt even come remotely close to making a game I wanted to play, but it's cool that they... did.. whatever it is adventure gaming people like Adventure gaming people like German games about talking to elves I think
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Sep 22, 2018 01:42
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In Training posted:The weirdest bit of news to come out of this is that the only game they made that ever turned a profit was Minecraft Story Mode I think I heard that TWD Season 1 did too but yea everything else was propped up by investor money.
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Sep 22, 2018 01:43
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I guess the lesson here is don't make 1000 deals with various megacorps that will take a majority percentage of your sales
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Sep 22, 2018 01:45
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HolePisser1982 posted:They didnt even come remotely close to making a game I wanted to play, but it's cool that they... did.. whatever it is adventure gaming people like They werent good at that either
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Sep 22, 2018 01:49
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Looking back I'm actually shocked they survived as long as they did. 
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Sep 22, 2018 01:50
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I remember the game awards with Joel Mchale drunk on a couch incredulously interviewing telltale when they announced 4 games at once
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Sep 22, 2018 01:55
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The Rolfe Among Us S2 had the most potential out of their working titles. It's the only one with a somewhat interesting premise even tho it was just TwizTeD FaiRyTaLeZ
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Sep 22, 2018 01:55
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Lumpy the Cook posted:Looking back I'm actually shocked they survived as long as they did. They probably sold a bunch of the Minecraft game on other platforms but yea that feels accurate. I'm kinda shocked they made another Batman game after the first one tanked.
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Sep 22, 2018 02:00
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We’re never gonna get Radical Heights Story Mode
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Sep 22, 2018 02:01
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Daikatana Ritsu posted:The Rolfe Among Us Those retards could have made an AVGN adventure game... Imagine how epic 'twould be!
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Sep 22, 2018 02:04
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that sucks
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ive never heard or seen anything about the guardians of the galaxy game
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