Telltale Games

Telltale Games was shut down last year, and with the studio's closure, numerous projects were supposedly cast into the void. The Walking Dead's final season was spared limbo when it was revived under Skybound Games, but as for projects like The Wolf Among Us 2 -- which was confirmed to be in development before Telltale was shuttered -- the future was completely up in the air.

We write "was" because Telltale Games is reportedly on the cusp of being reborn. According to Polygon, the studio's assets have been snapped up by LCG Entertainment, and it plans on continuing the developer's work. This new studio will be headed by two fresh faces: Jamie Ottilie and Brian Waddle, both of whom have experience in the video game sphere.

In an interview with Polygon, Ottilie says that the company now owns the rights to licensed properties such as The Wolf Among Us and Batman, which means that they could potentially be brought back. "We’re still evaluating, but we definitely want to continue some of the stories," said Ottilie.

As for the cancelled Stranger Things adaptation, Ottilie says that the rights were returned to Netflix, so don't go expecting that one to suddenly spring back to life.

For fans of Telltale's output, this should be pretty exciting news. Ottilie reckons that Telltale had a "viable business", but it was brought down by "market conditions" and "some scale choices" made by the studio's management. Indeed, it's believed that Telltale essentially worked itself into the ground, taking on way too many projects at once and oversaturating its own market. "I like games that tell stories and I think our industry should have a company that specialises in narrative-driven games," Ottilie continues.

What do you make of this? Would you like to see Telltale's style of game be revived? Make some especially tricky choices in the comments section below.

[source polygon.com]