Wasn't a Stranger Things game in the works? Would have been my first game from them :/
Sad to hear so many people lost their job :(
Sad to hear so many people lost their job :(
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Telltale Games shutting down after Minecraft Story Mode [Update: TWD S4, ST, TWAU 2 cancelled]
- Thread starter CGiRanger
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Man, I know there was Telltale fatigue, but still seems extremely out-of-the-blue.
Must've been some serious mismanagement to cause this.
Must've been some serious mismanagement to cause this.
Hope the staff land on their feet. Whatever the story was behind this, I'm sure It's no fault with the vast majority of them. Hopefully we get a Shreier look behind the scenes one day.
To be fair John Riccitiello has actually done really well turning Unity Technologies around, i doubt he's the primary reason for this colossal fuck up.
So what happens to the games bought through their store? Hard to imagine they'll keep that running.
God damn, that's awful. I was never really into their games but I do hope that each and everyone who was laid off can find work elsewhere, such as at Santa Monica Studio. Good on them for being rather supportive of the whole thing
I think it's from expanding too fast and releasing a lot of games which didn't sell as well as they'd expected.
I remember many years ago someone from there saying their development budget tended to be around $100 thousand per game. I wonder how rapidly that has increased.
Most will probably be cancelled and - assuming the company stays afloat - they'll work on smaller projects one at a time.
There needs to be some naming and shaming of the top brass for this. Hopefully everyone else can land on their feet.
Microsoft, step in there and buy/save Telltale. They are so perfect for Xbox Gamepass that it hurts.
Yo, WHAT? This is insane. Sending positive energy to the employees affected by this move, I truly feel for them. What a crazy ride from TWD season 1's massive success to this point in time.
On another note...I can't even begin to explain how sad I am that The Wolf Among Us season 2 will not happen. This just sucks all around. Fuck.
On another note...I can't even begin to explain how sad I am that The Wolf Among Us season 2 will not happen. This just sucks all around. Fuck.
Were they just blowing money on buying licenses and hoping to recoup from the name recognition or something?
They'll get bought out.
No way they don't.
I can see anyone of Netflix, Microsoft, Amazon, Activision and Apple buying them.
No way they don't.
I can see anyone of Netflix, Microsoft, Amazon, Activision and Apple buying them.
Even if MS would be to pick up a good amount of the laid off developers, they wouldn't be able to start work on Wolf 2, right? They would need to take in the whole company. I wouldn't mind that at all. I am gonna miss their games for sure.
I wonder what will happen to their catalog. Licensing deals are often not transferable, and are simply canceled if the licensee goes under. We might see large parts of their catalog get pulled down from stores and disappear into licensing limbo soon.
That's unexpected. Can't say I'm surprised, though. Their games haven't sold very well for many years now and the quality dropped signifantly.
I'm devastated by this.
My thoughts are with the staff, and I hope other companies can pick them up on the double.
My thoughts are with the staff, and I hope other companies can pick them up on the double.
I mean, 400 people at the standard $10,000 a month cost to employ (along with benefits, office space, equipment, etc) a game developer is $4 million a month, or $48 million a year, so you need to be bringing a lot of money in the door to keep existing.
If your sales start going downhill as much as theirs did, where games seemed to be selling in the six figure range, that's a pretty spot. Even 500,000 * $25 is only $12.5 million, and you certainly don't get to keep all that given taxes and 30% platform cuts.
DAMN, Feels like not so long ago everyone was complaining about their messy engine and there were people saying that they were not going to change because they were making tons of coins.
Sad tbqh because while I skipped most of their work after TWAU I did enjoyed the Batman games for their take on Bruce and Gotham.
Sad tbqh because while I skipped most of their work after TWAU I did enjoyed the Batman games for their take on Bruce and Gotham.
I can't believe Wolf 2 is gone now to be honest, that has been such a dream game for me. Damn.
But of course the layoffs are more important. I hope they all land of their feet.
But of course the layoffs are more important. I hope they all land of their feet.
Yes, they didn't raise prices either. I forget but wasn't Guardians of the Galaxy cheaper than most of their seasons? And it's not like Marvel just gave them the IP for free.
This is really sad. I know these games arent for everyone but I always liked them. Even the clunky engine had its charm.
I have all the games on Xbox minus TWD s4 and Batman s2. I kinda wanna buy them all on ps4 too before they get pulled. Just bc they have simple, just play the game and get the trophies.
I have all the games on Xbox minus TWD s4 and Batman s2. I kinda wanna buy them all on ps4 too before they get pulled. Just bc they have simple, just play the game and get the trophies.
So since they seem to have already let almost everyone go, does that rule out that another studio will buy them out? Was kinda hoping Microsoft or someone would. But that's out of the question since they already let everyone go?
What the everloving fuck? This is completely unexpected. All indications from the outside were that the new management was getting things back on track.
