Telltale Incorporated, doing business as Telltale Games, was an American independent video game developer and publisher founded in June 2004. Based in San Rafael, California, the studio included designers formerly employed by LucasArts. It's business model revolved around episodic gaming and digital distribution, and it was best known for its various adventure game series based on popular licensed properties.
Telltale Games defunct since October 11, 2018, due to them being filed for assignment. It has since later acquired by LCG Entertainment, which revived the Telltale name as part of its business in August 2019, retaining many of the company's previous licenses and offering former staff freelance positions.
History[]
Company Foundation[]
Telltale Games was founded by Dan Connors, Kevin Bruner and Troy Molander a group of former LucasArts employees who had been working on Sam & Max: Freelance Police, a sequel to the 1993 game Sam & Max Hit the Road, prior to its cancellation on March 3, 2004. In an early press release the vocal public response to said cancellation was cited as a main reason the company was founded. The Telltale Games team has a large collective experience working on LucasArts' famed classics.
Development history[]
| Game | Release date(s) | # of episodes | OS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telltale Texas Hold'em | February 11, 2005 | 1 episode (standalone title) | Win |
| Bone: Out from Boneville | September 15, 2005 | 1 episode (standalone title) | Win, OS X |
| CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder | March 21, 2006 | 5 episodes (standalone title) | Win, PS2 |
| Bone: The Great Cow Race | April 12, 2006 | 1 episode (standalone title) | Win |
| Sam & Max Save the World | October 17, 2006—April 26, 2007 | 6 episodes (monthly) | Win, Wii, X360 |
| CSI: Hard Evidence | September 25, 2007 | 5 episodes (standalone title) | Win, OS X, Wii, X360 |
| Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space | November 8, 2007—April 10, 2008 | 5 episodes (monthly) | iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, Wii, X360 |
| Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People | August 11—December 15, 2008 | 5 episodes (monthly) | Win, OS X, PS3, Wii |
| Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures | March 24—July 30, 2009 | 4 episodes (monthly) | iOS, Win, X360 |
| Tales of Monkey Island | July 7—December 8, 2009 | 5 episodes (monthly) | iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, Wii |
| CSI: Deadly Intent | October 20, 2009 | 5 episodes (standalone title) | Win, Wii, X360 |
| Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse | April 15—August 30, 2010 | 5 episodes (monthly) | iOS, Win, OS X, PS3 |
| Hector: Badge of CarnageD | June 2, 2010—September 22, 2011 | 3 episodes (monthly) | iOS, Win, OS X |
| Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent | June 30, 2010 | 1 episode (standalone title) P | iOS, Win, OS X, PS3 |
| CSI: Fatal Conspiracy | October 26, 2010 | 5 episodes (standalone title) | Win, PS3, Wii, X360 |
| Poker Night at the Inventory | November 22, 2010 | 1 episode (standalone title) P | Win, OS X |
| Back to the Future: The Game | December 22, 2010—June 23, 2011 | 5 episodes (monthly) | iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, PS4, Wii, X360, XONE |
| Puzzle Agent 2 | June 30, 2011 | 1 episode (standalone title) P | iOS, Win, OS X |
| Jurassic Park: The Game | November 15, 2011 | 4 episodes (standalone title) | iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, X360 |
| Law & Order: Legacies | December 22, 2011—March 29, 2012 | 7 episodes (bi-weekly) | iOS, Win, OS X |
| The Walking Dead | April 24—November 20, 2012 July 2, 2013 (400 Days) |
5 episodes (bi-monthly) 1 episode (downloadable content) |
Android, iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, PS4, Vita, X360, XONE |
| Poker Night 2 | April 24, 2013 | 1 episode (standalone title) P | iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, X360 |
| The Wolf Among Us | October 11, 2013—July 8, 2014 | 5 episodes (bi-monthly) | Android, iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, PS4, Vita, X360, XONE |
| The Walking Dead: Season Two | December 17, 2013—August 26, 2014 | 5 episodes (bi-monthly) | Android, iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, PS4, Vita, X360, XONE |
| Tales from the Borderlands | November 25, 2014—October 20, 2015 | 5 episodes (quarterly) | Android, iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, PS4, Vita, X360, XONE |
| Game of Thrones | December 2, 2014—November 17, 2015 | 6 episodes (bi-monthly) | Android, iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE |
| Minecraft: Story Mode | October 13, 2015—March 29, 2016 June 7, 2016 (Adventure Pass) |
5 episodes (monthly) 3 episodes (downloadable content) |
Android, iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, X360, XONE |
| The Walking Dead 2: Michonne | February 23, 2016—April 26, 2016 | 3 episodes (monthly) | Android, iOS, Win, OS X, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE |
| Batman S1 | August 2, 2016-March 27, 2018 | 5 episodes | PC |
| The Walking Dead: Season Three[43] | December 20, 2016—March 26, 2019 | 9 episodes | Win |
| Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two[51] | July 11, 2017-December 19, 2017 | 5 (bi-monthly) | All platforms from Season One |
- Extra: Batman: The Enemy Within: August 8, 2017-March 27, 2018 5 episodes (monthly) Android, IOS, NS, PS4, Win, XONE
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