Telltale Games is closing down for good according to multiple reports online. Telltale employees are also posting on social media that they are no longer employed with the company.

An anonymous source familiar with the situation has told Zealnut that Telltale's closure was going to be complete

Telltale Games is a California-based video game company specializing in narrative adventures. The studio hit prominence with The Walking Dead Season 1 in 2012. The studio has since worked on video games based on Batman, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Minecraft.

In 2017, Telltale Games laid off 90 employees in a restructuring of the company following years of mismanagement. In our report following the layoffs, sources told us that following The Walking Dead Telltale suffered from a constant culture of crunch that pushed employees to release games as quickly as possible. In addition to overbearing management teams that oftentimes meddled in projects, the Telltale Tool proprietary engine was prone to bugs, making development even more difficult.

Telltale is currently in the middle of The Walking Dead Final Season and have previously announced a second season of The Wolf Among Us and a game based on the Netflix hit series Stranger Things.

An anonymous source familiar with the company told Zealnut that a skeleton crew will remain at Telltale to work on Minecraft Story Mode for Netflix while The Wolf Among Us Season 2 and Stranger Things are effectively cancelled.

UPDATE [2:35PM]

Telltale has issued a statement announcing that a small team of 25 will stay to "fulfill the company's obligations to its board and partners." No word yet on Telltale's other games, but the company says it will explain in the coming weeks. Here's the full statement below:

Today Telltale Games made the difficult decision to begin a majority studio closure following a year marked by insurmountable challenges. A majority of the company’s employees were dismissed earlier this morning, with a small group of 25 employees staying on to fulfill the company’s obligations to its board and partners. CEO Pete Hawley issued the following statement:

“It's been an incredibly difficult year for Telltale as we worked to set the company on a new course. Unfortunately, we ran out of time trying to get there. We released some of our best content this year and received a tremendous amount of positive feedback, but ultimately, that did not translate to sales. With a heavy heart, we watch our friends leave today to spread our brand of storytelling across the games industry.”

Telltale will issue further comments regarding its product portfolio in the coming weeks.


SOURCE: https://www.zealnut.com/blogs/entry/California-Leading-Gaming-Studio-Telltale-Close-Down

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