Over the weekend, news broke out that Telltale Games, the studio famous for narrative adventure games like The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, was laying off almost its entire staff, effectively shutting down. This has left hundreds of people out of work, and all future projects have been cancelled. It's a shocking development that has left many dumbstruck.
Melissa Hutchison, the voice of Clementine and an actor who has lent her talents to Telltale's adventures for over a decade, delivered a bittersweet message via Twitter recently. In it, she speaks about her sadness for the studio's closure, as well as her gratitude for all the support from fans.
She also states that, to her knowledge, The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 2 will be the last chapter in the new season to release, which backs up reports from a couple of days ago. We're sure this won't be the last we hear of Hutchison, but it's a big shame we won't get to see her final performance as Clem.
[source twitter.com]
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I still can't quite wrap my head around it all. Farewell, Clem.
This is a real shame. In fact, the thing that was making me want to finish the last two TWD was Clem. A real shame the end of her story probably won't be shown.
I imagine that she Clem would have had a happy ending, where she settled down in a life she was happy and comfortable in. Nah just kidding, this is TWD. Dead by the end.
probably just ended up in hell along with Duck and Kenny.
Lee on the other hand, he was the hero we needed but didn't deserve
Perhaps, somewhere down the line, one of the writers will reveal what the finale would've been. It's been done before regarding cancelled DLC and whatnot. Keep an eye on those blogs.
I know it's not the same, but it could be a something.
This coming from somebody who only ever played Telltale's Batman seasons, by the way. I just can't get over how much of a kick in the pants this must've been for everybody involved; the developers, writers and actors, of course, but also the fans who just purchased a season pass for these episodes.
If nothing else, Image/Skybound could consider putting out a limited run WD comic with the final season's narrative. At least that would give fans some kind of closure.
I'd happily contribute to a kickstarter project, though hopefully a different company will acquire the rights and the talent involved.
I never bought any of their games because I was waiting for the complete game lol
Loved The wolf among us and would gladly have purchased the next part. I cant imagine episodic releases and the amount of content they churned out helped tho. Think by the end of it there fingers were in too many pies.
God damnit this is an even more heartbreaking ending than they could've ever scripted
Honestly, s*it happens, the games they made were all pretty poor and the staff will all look back in a few years and think "thank god that happened".
Run by idiots. GoT Guardians Minecraft Batman tried or completed most of these, utter garbage.
I didn't buy the last season of the Walking Dead, but if I were someone who had then I'd be demanding a refund. If they dont I can see a class action lawsuit on Telltales hands.
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Yeah, just from the outside looking in, it seemed like a poorly run studio. Made some good stuff, I really liked the first season of The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands, but they were definitely spread too thin. Same problem Platinum was having a few years ago but fortunately woke up to that fact in time. A shame it didn't happen with Telltale. When it was only focused on one game, it delivered.
Only bought their complete retail releases. And so many times i left the game in the store after reading first episode on disc the rest with a download voucher.
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