Current Events > Telltale laid off the skeleton crew now too.

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://twitter.com/anameformyself/status/1047930803634630657?s=21

Not that I figured they would finish TWD:FS but this is pretty crazy. Hope they can find a job at some other company.

Such scumbags, laying off everyone without any warning like that.
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They must have finished the Minecraft thing and didn't need em anymore.
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this feels like a scam. to tease fans along for years with a story and then bail out during the final arc

Some report came out today saying they're looking for another company willing to hire the team to finish the season lol I dont think they know how this works.
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MC_BatCommander posted...

Such scumbags, laying off everyone without any warning like that.

Yeah, it's fucked up, but they probably had a clue about getting laid off after the last announcement.

Zikten posted...

this feels like a scam. to tease fans along for years with a story and then bail out during the final arc

Not really a scam so much as mismanagement.

I feel like I want to boot up Poker Night just for some happiness. :(
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Did people even like their games? Didn't most of them sell really poorly?

You could hardly call them games to begin with
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https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-walking-dead-creator-says-to-stay-tuned-for-te/1100-6462288

Ha ha.
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Colorahdo posted...

Did people even like their games? Didn't most of them sell really poorly?

You could hardly call them games to begin with

Only the first Walking Dead game sold really well. I think everything after was a gradual, but steady decline.
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Colorahdo posted...

Did people even like their games? Didn't most of them sell really poorly?

You could hardly call them games to begin with

I liked Season 1 of WD and Wolf Among Us. The formula quickly got old for me after those 2 though, to the point where I haven't even touched their games after WD Season 2.

The skeleton crew was for their Netflix work. The Walking Dead team were gone the day the news came out.

Zikten posted...

this feels like a scam. to tease fans along for years with a story and then bail out during the final arc

The people who worked on the games don't have a job anymore. They most certainly didn't bail.
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Esrac posted...

Colorahdo posted...

Did people even like their games? Didn't most of them sell really poorly?

You could hardly call them games to begin with

Only the first Walking Dead game sold really well. I think everything after was a gradual, but steady decline.

Yep, this chart is steam only but it gives a pretty good picture that TWD season 1 was their only really successful game and when they started cranking out multiple new IP's a year instead of improving their engine and writing sales went way down

https://imgur.com/ZqRGKJa

They definitely got over ambitious and complacent at the same time. I was foreseeing this, wasting so much money buying rights to IPs yet using the exact same engine and writing style.

Only ones I bought from them are the Batman seasons, so I'm glad Season 2 ended in a satisfying manner. I was mildly invested with TWD or TWAU (just enough to watch instead of play), their other ones I didn't care.
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YouTube killed Telltale. Everyone was watching their shit for free in 1080p.
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They're being sued BTW with a class action lawsuit.
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It's a shame a lot of people were overlooking Batman despite how good it was.

That was the first major warning sign I encountered. There was no buzz for the two seasons at all.
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