owsf2000 | And they lived happily ever after.

Looks like Telltale Games is closing down for good once the final chapter of the Walking Dead story they're working on is out. They've already laid off all but 25 of the 250 staff members.

I can't say I'm really going to miss them since I don't think I've even played any of their games. I might have one of them bought... maybe... but if I do I haven-oh yeah! the kings quest thing was by them wasn't it?

Let's check the wiki!

Ok, I think I have that Monkey Island game on the PS3. Haven't touched it yet.

And no, that Kings Quest game wasn't by them. Haven't touched it either mind you.

I think I have the first free chapter of the Strong Bad game.

Nothing else on that list does anything for me. So yeah, I guess I can see why they're going out of business. <_< Well, I was originally interested in the Minecraft Story Mode. Up until they released a physical disc with just 1 chapter on it. With a coupon for the rest. IE: A demo game on disc with a coupon to buy the rest. However, if I wanted to get it digitally I wouldn't be interested in the stupid physical game now would I? By the time they actually finished the game and released the "complete" physical edition, it was firmly on my boycott list and I had forgotten about it. I still don't have it and have zero interest in getting it. Apparently they were only given 30 minutes after receiving their notice to pick up their shit and exit the building.

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I'm ambivalent, but mostly leaning on the side of "good riddance to bad rubbish." I used to love Telltale, for the most part. I've played several of their games, and when they worked properly, they were pretty cool. When they didn't work, which was way too often, they were rage-inducing.

Until further info comes in, I'm simply going to translate "insurmountable challenges" as "shitty management decisions."

"The layoffs come a few months after revelations that Telltale was a studio mired in toxic management that included employees being subjected to constant overwork." Yep, when those in charge of the company are pure shit, I'd have to say that those are some pretty insurmountable challenges, there. It didn't help that I think they bit off way more than they could chew, with all the games being announced and such, and then they were spread so thin that the games they were working on suffered for it.

It sucks for the employees who had to put up with that shit, but at least maybe now they can get jobs at companies without such shitty management.

And they lived happily ever after.

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