Telltale Games shutting down after finishing TWD S4; Stranger Things and TWAU2 cancelled | ResetEra
dang, telltale are a big one to go. Can't say I'm surprised though, they just don't innovate with their games any more. They've always been a chore to play and they've been getting old.
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QuoteTelltale Games, creators of episodic adventure games like The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, and Batman: The Enemy Within, laid off a large number of its staff today. The company will retain a small team of around 25.Click to expand...https://twitter.com/joeparlock/status/1043223544639959040
Original Story:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...ead_developer_Telltale_Games_closing_down.php
Just twitter reports so far, nothing confirmed by the studio
Seems like there are some murmurings going about. But it's certainly come out of nowhere. :O
I suppose why it's kind of shocking is because of all the games and contracts they announced and were supposedly working on and all the IP they had gotten. But I guess maybe they weren't actually profitable?
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The Verge saying Mass Layoffs and only 25 employees remain
Nirolak said: ↑QuoteI checked this again, and they were at 400 before their previous layoffs, and went down to 310 in that layoffs, so around 285 people laid off: https://www.pcgamer.com/telltale-games-lays-off-nearly-a-quarter-of-its-staff/Click to expand...
dang, telltale are a big one to go. Can't say I'm surprised though, they just don't innovate with their games any more. They've always been a chore to play and they've been getting old.