After rumours surfaced earlier in the week of the possibility of a new company stepping in and finishing up work on Telltale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season, it has now been confirmed by Robert Kirkman, co-creator of The Walking Dead, that his team at Skybound Games will finish the project.
The developer has stated it will try to hire as many of the original Telltale employees who were laid off as possible, but nothing has been set in stone as of writing. Speaking at New York Comic-Con last night, Kirkman broke the news to a panel audience. “We’ve successfully negotiated with Telltale Games for our company Skybound to come in and see Season 4 of the Telltale game to completion. We can’t lose Andrew Lincoln and Clementine in the same year."
While this is excellent news for fans looking for a conclusion to the years of build up, we can't help but worry that one or two developers may fall through the cracks. Hopefully as many of the original developers are hired as possible if they haven't yet found work, otherwise this entire ordeal is sure to leave a sour taste in our mouths.
[source variety.com]
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I wonder if the physical version will still be released?
@jFug i doubt it at this point.
This is cool. Obviously it's all still a bad situation, particularly for those involved, but the game has to be finished imo.
Great news! Look forward to picking it up when its done!!
Really hope as many tt staff as possible can get in on this - other than those who have already managed to secure a position at another studio of course.
Sadly only a stay if execution if they are only contracted for the two episodes, but hopefully will give them more time to find another role elsewhere!
But regardless, we will STILL lose clementine and rick/andrew lincoln in the same year!
I feel like an hour there will be an article saying it's not happening now. This has been one of the weirdest stories in gaming...
I figured some one would pick this up they just wouldn't have left it incomplete like that.
@Rob_230 just what I was thinking. It sounds as if part 4 will release next year or there are plans for more Clem. Or he just meant we can't lose Clem when the story isn't over
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