Telltale Games is back: After the closure of a very public study and the dubious treatment of company personnel, of whom 90% were fired without notice or severance pay, the interactive video game publisher should return to the business of Telltale Games manufacturing and shipping.
As reported by Business Wire, Telltale's resurrection is due to a series of industry leaders who decided to buy the studio, with rights to key assets, trademarks, technology, and some of Telltale's intellectual property. "
The reopened studio will seek to reissue "some games from the studio's back catalog," along with new titles based on Telltale's "best-selling brands."
What games will the new version of Telltale be available?
The name Telltale has become synonymous with interactive fiction, generally working with prestigious franchises such as The Walking Dead or Batman of DC. However, the licenses for The Walking Dead series, as well as the unfinished Stranger Things game, have been returned to their original owners. Therefore, it is unlikely that new games from these franchises will be sold under the Telltale name.
Others, such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Sam & Max or Tales from the Borderlands could be reissued in batches of titles from previous catalogs, the last of the three that appear to be ready for future titles with a Borderlands 3 game about to launch. .
The publisher of Skybound now owns the rights to pre-existing The Walking Dead games, with The Walking Dead: the Telltale Definitive series, which includes previously unreleased episodes released September 10 on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.
We expect the Telltale series to end there, and considering the studio's informal closure, future licensing of Telltale may be more difficult than before, despite its new direction.
Via polygon