#TELLTALE GAMES WEBSITE CLOSING DOWN SERIES#
And fans will be disappointed they won’t finish their favorite series with this abrupt ending. This is a very, very sad situation for Telltale’s talented staff, who deserved better.
The appeal of landing these IPs was attractive, no doubt, but it was just too much. The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Game of Thrones, Guardians of the Galaxy, Borderlands, Minecraft, Batman, Stranger Things. It always felt like Telltale was taking on just way too many projects. After some uncertainty, Telltale Games is closing for good By Andy Chalk published 15 November 18 The CEO's Twitter account is gone, and the company is in the process of liquidating its assets. “They were just trying to get their job done right now, but nobody was looking long-term and being like, ‘This is unsustainable.’”Īs it turns out, it was indeed unsustainable. “They were putting a Band-Aid on a wound that had been there for years,” the source says. “Some managers would try to alleviate the pain of crunch by supplying overtime workers with food or alcohol, “token gestures” sources say were an effort to make the process as comfortable as possible.
But besides the flagging popularity of the model, back in March, The Verge published a scorching piece about how Telltale’s “toxic management” cost the studio its best developers. The RiseTelltale Games was founded by former LucasArts employees, and as many already know LucasArts were one of the biggest companies with their Monkey Island series, and the first big successful.
0 kommentar(er)
