LCG Entertainment announced plans to revive the Telltale Games studio. The new owner has bought Telltale's assets and plans game production.
According to Polygon, LCG will sell part of the old licenses to the company that owns the rights to the catalog of already released games The Wolf Among Us and Batman. In addition, the studio has original franchises such as Puzzle Agent. Journalists suggest that thanks to this, the developer's old projects may appear on sale.
According to Polygon, the updated Telltale will be led by Game Pest Control founders Brian Waddle and Jamie Ottilie. It is reported that the studio will have a fairly small staff for the next six months. Management has invited some former Telltale developers to return to the company on a freelance basis, with the potential to become full-time in the future.
Former Telltale Games employee Emily Grace Buck , that she is increasingly receiving information that ex-developers have been offered work in the studio. She also indicated that it was nice to hear that some of Telltale's projects will soon return to sale.
In September 2018, Telltale Games laid off 225 employees and canceled upcoming releases. Later studio head about closure. Among the canceled projects was the final season of The Walking Dead, which was completed by Skybound, owned by comic book author Robert Kirkman. Some of Telltale's laid-off employees were involved in the development.
Source: 3dnews.ru